PRINTER'S NO. 192
No. 172 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY BARD, HERSHEY, RUBLEY, HERMAN, BUNT, CREIGHTON,
CURRY, DALEY, HENNESSEY, HORSEY, LEACH, PAYNE, SAYLOR,
SEMMEL, TANGRETTI, THOMAS, WRIGHT AND ZUG, FEBRUARY 10, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
FEBRUARY 10, 2003
AN ACT
1 Requiring the Department of General Services to establish energy
2 profiles for certain State buildings.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Energy
7 Profile for State Buildings Act.
8 Section 2. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
10 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11 context clearly indicates otherwise:
12 "Department." The Department of General Services of the
13 Commonwealth.
14 "Energy profile." A document, as described in section 3,
15 showing the types and rates of energy consumed and the amount of
16 dollars expended for energy consumption in a State building.
17 "State building." A structure occupied by an executive
1 agency as defined in 62 Pa.C.S. § 103 (relating to definitions).
2 Section 3. Energy profiles for State buildings.
3 (a) Establishment.--The department shall establish an energy
4 profile for each State building.
5 (b) Content.--The energy profile established in subsection
6 (a) shall include, but not be limited to, the following
7 information for the State building:
8 (1) The source of electric generation, including the
9 type of generation.
10 (2) The source of heating fuel, including the type of
11 fuel.
12 (3) The size of the building as measured in square feet.
13 (4) The total expenditures per month for electricity and
14 heating fuel.
15 (5) The total amount of British thermal units per month.
16 (6) The total amount of Btu's per month per square foot.
17 (7) The total expenditures per month per square foot.
18 Information shall be reported for the current month and the
19 preceding six months and shall clearly indicate the additional
20 utility costs or the cost savings from the immediate past month
21 to the current month as well as any cumulative costs or cost
22 savings for the fiscal year.
23 (c) Posting.--The department shall post the energy profile
24 for a State building in a location accessible to the general
25 public during normal business hours and shall post the energy
26 profile for the State building on the department's World Wide
27 Web site.
28 (d) Public record.--An energy profile shall be deemed a
29 public record and subject to the provisions of the act of June
30 21, 1957 (P.L.390, No.212), referred to as the Right-to-Know
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1 Law.
2 (e) Review and regulations.--The department shall annually
3 review the provisions of this act to determine if additional
4 information shall be required to be included on each profile.
5 The department shall have the authority to promulgate rules and
6 regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act.
7 Section 4. Effective date.
8 This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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