[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 44912-44913] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-21420] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Federal Energy Management Program
Agency
Department of Energy (DOE).
Action
Notice.
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Summary
DOE is releasing an updated draft of the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) Measurement and Verification (M&V) Guidelines for Federal Energy Projects for public comment. DOE will consider comments and recommendations for the new version of the Guidelines.
Dates
Submit comments on or before September 17, 1999.
Addresses
Mail comments to Tanya Sadler, Office of Federal Energy Management Programs, EE-90, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121, or by e-mail to tanya.sadler@ee.doe.gov. Electronic copies of the draft Guidelines are available from the following Internet web address: https:// eande.lbl.gov/CBS/femp/MVdoc.html. Printed copies will be sent upon request.
For Further Information Contact
Tanya Sadler, Program Manager for Energy Savings Performance Contracting, (202) 586-7755 by phone or (202) 586-3000 by fax.
Supplementary Information
The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT) and the resulting energy savings performance contracting regulation, 10 CFR Part 436, authorize Federal agencies to enter into contracts where the contractor incurs project costs and is paid from the energy cost savings resulting from the project. Energy cost savings are defined in 10 CFR Part 436 as ``reductions in cost * * * from a base cost * * * established through a methodology set forth in a contract * * *'' Further, 10 CFR 436.37 requires an annual energy audit that ``shall verify the achievement of annual energy cost savings.'' FEMP provided detailed guidance on performing these procedures when it released the FEMP M&V Guidelines for Federal Energy Projects in 1996. The FEMP M&V Guidelines were designed to provide specific instructions to Federal users on how to apply energy savings determination procedures that are defined in the industry-wide document, the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP). In the past three years, the IPMVP has been updated to reflect lessons learned. In order to maintain consistency with the IPMVP, respond to recommendations for improvements, and add new features for Federal agency users, FEMP will release an update of the M&V Guidelines called FEMP M&V Guidelines for Federal Energy Projects, Version 2.1. The new version contains the following updates to the 1996 version: new M&V methods for cogeneration, new construction, operations and maintenance, renewables, and water conservation projects. FEMP plans to update the Guidelines on an as needed basis.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 11, 1999. Dan W. Reicher, Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. [FR Doc. 99-21420 Filed 8-17-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P