[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]


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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 
[email protected]. Electronic copies of the draft Guidelines are 
available from the following Internet web address: http://
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.


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    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]
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