Chapter
256
2008 -- H 8431
Enacted 07/05/08
A N A C T
RELATING TO PUBLIC
PROPERTY AND WORKS - PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Introduced By:
Representatives Sullivan, Ferri, Segal, Naughton, and Malik
Date
Introduced: June 20, 2008
It is enacted
by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 37-8-17.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 37-8 entitled "Public
Buildings"
is hereby amended to read as follows:
37-8-17.1.
Energy efficient resources. -- (a) In addition to the requirements
set forth in
section
37-8-19, the director of the department of administration, in consultation with
the state
energy
office, shall establish, maintain, and implement a system of rebate incentives
for the
installation
of energy efficient sources in state owned and leased buildings offered by the
various
public
utilities providing those resources to the state.
(b)
Any public building that is owned by the state or any department, office,
board,
commission,
or agency thereof, including state-supported institutions of higher education
shall
purchase
or generate sixteen percent (16%) of their electricity from renewable energy
resources
by
January 1, 2020, in accordance with the following schedule:
By
2010, four and one-half percent (4.5%) of electricity used shall be from
renewable
energy
resources, with an additional one percent (1%) of electricity purchased or
generated in
each
of the following years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014; and an additional one and
one-half percent
(1.5%)
of electricity purchased or generated in each of the following years 2015,
2016, 2017,
2018,
and 2019, from renewable energy resources.
(c)
On or before June 1, 2009 the office of Energy Resources shall file a report
with the
President
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives detailing the
progress of
the
program to include but not be limited to, suggestions for achieving the stated
goals for
renewable
energy resources.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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