Energy Cost Savings Law and Legal Definition
According to 10 CFR 436.31 [Title 10 Energy; Chapter II -- Department of Energy; Subchapter D Energy Conservation; Part 436 Federal Energy Management and Planning Programs; Subpart B Methods and Procedures for Energy Savings Performance Contracting], the term energy cost savings means “a reduction in the cost of energy and related operation and maintenance expenses, from a base cost established through a methodology set forth in an energy savings performance contract, utilized in an existing federally owned building or buildings or other federally owned facilities as a result of --
(1) The lease or purchase of operating equipment, improvements, altered operation and maintenance, or technical services; or
(2) The increased efficient use of existing energy sources by cogeneration or heat recovery, excluding any cogeneration process for other than a federally owned building or buildings or other federally owned facilities.”
Legal Definition list
- Energy Conservation Standard
- Energy Conservation Project Costs
- Energy Conservation Measure - ECM
- Energy Conservation Maintenance and Operating Procedures
- Energy Conservation Improvement
- Energy Cost Savings
- Energy Efficiency and/or Renewable Energy [EE/RE] Report
- Energy Efficiency Measure
- Energy Efficiency Rating
- Energy Efficient Mortgage
- Energy Facilities
Related Legal Terms
- 656 Committee [Energy]
- Above the Line Costs (Entertainment Law)
- Abrupt Loss [Energy]
- Absorption Costing
- Accelerated Cost Recovery System
- Access Authorization [Energy]
- Access Savings Account
- Accessible Environment [Energy]
- Acquisition Cost of an Item of Purchased Equipment
- Acquisition Cost of Equipment [Education]
