North Carolina § 143-64 - 17H. Report on guaranteed energy savings contracts entered into by State governmental units.

§ 143-64. 17H. Report on guaranteed energy savings contracts entered into by State governmental units.

A State governmental unit that enters into a guaranteed energy savings contract or implements an energy conservation measure pursuant to G.S. 143-64.17 L must report either (i) the contract and the terms of the contract or (ii) the implementation of the measure to the State Energy Office of the Department of Environmental Quality within 30 days of the date the contract is entered into or the measure is implemented. In addition, within 60 days after each annual anniversary date of a guaranteed energy savings contract, the State governmental unit must report the status of the contract to the State Energy Office, including any details required by the State Energy Office. The State Energy Office shall compile the information for each fiscal year and report it to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, the Fiscal Research Division, and the Local Government Commission annually by December 1. In compiling the information, the State Energy Office shall include information on the energy savings expected to be realized from a contract or implementation and shall evaluate whether expected savings have in fact been realized. History (2002-161, s. 8; 2006-190, s. 5; 2009-446, s. 1(c); 2011-145, s. 9.6D(e); 2013-360, s. 15.22(f); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u); 2017-57, s. 14.1(g).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2002-161, s. 12, provides that nothing in the act limits the use of any method of contracting authorized by local law or other applicable laws. Session Laws 2013-360, s. 15.22(a), provides: "The State Energy Office is hereby transferred from the Department of Commerce to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. This transfer shall have all of the elements of a Type I transfer, as defined in G.S. 143A-6 ." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2013.'" Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.2, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.5, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2009-446, s. 1(c), effective August 7, 2009, substituted "Commerce" for "Administration" in the first sentence. Session Laws 2011-145, s. 9.6D(e), effective July 1, 2011, rewrote the first sentence; and in the last sentence, inserted "or implementation." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 15.22(f), effective July 1, 2013, substituted "Environment and Natural Resources" for "Commerce." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(u), effective July 1, 2015, substituted "Department of Environmental Quality" for "Department of Environment and Natural Resources" in the first sentence. Session Laws 2017-57, s. 14.1(g), effective July 1, 2017, substituted "Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, the Fiscal Research Division, and" for "Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and to" in the third sentence.