Bill Text: NJ A1349 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires Division of Property Management and Construction to conduct analysis of State buildings to determine energy and cost savings through use of renewable energy equipment or technology.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-10 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee [A1349 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A1349-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman DAVID P. RIBLE
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Requires Division of Property Management and Construction to conduct analysis of State buildings to determine energy and cost savings through use of renewable energy equipment or technology.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning State buildings and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. As used in this act:
"Renewable energy" means electrical energy produced from solar, photovoltaic, wind, geothermal, or biomass technologies; provided that in the case of biomass technology, the biomass is cultivated and harvested in a sustainable manner.
"Renewable energy system" means any system which uses renewable energy to provide all or a portion of the electricity for the heating, cooling, or general electrical energy needs of a building.
"State building" means a building or portion of a building that is owned, leased or operated by a State agency.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Division of Property Management and Construction in the Department of the Treasury shall conduct a cost benefit analysis of every State building to determine the energy and cost savings, if any, if the division were to install or use in such building a renewable energy system. The division shall complete a report with its findings and recommendations within 18 months of the effective date of this act and shall provide a copy of the report to the Governor, the Treasurer, the Senate President and the Speaker of the General Assembly at that time.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Division of Property Management and Construction in the Department of the Treasury to conduct a cost benefit analysis of every building that is owned, leased or operated by a State agency, to determine the energy and cost savings, if any, if the division were to install or use in such building a renewable energy system. The division is to complete a report with its findings and recommendations within 18 months of the effective date of the bill and is to provide a copy of the report to the Governor, the Treasurer, the Senate President and the Speaker of the General Assembly at that time. The bill defines renewable energy as electrical energy produced from solar technologies, photovoltaic technologies, wind technologies, geothermal technologies, or biomass technologies; provided, in the case of biomass technologies, that the biomass is cultivated and harvested in a sustainable manner.
