Installing Electric Meters at Navy Facilities: Benefits and Costs

摘要

In the near future, Congress is expected to give final approval to legislation that will require electric meters to be installed on federal facilities. Both houses of Congress have passed omnibus energy bills1 which are presently being considered by a conference committee. Both versions of the bill contain provisions that 'all Federal buildings shall, for the purposes of efficient use of energy and reduction in the cost of electricity used in such buildings, be metered or submetered.' The bills go on to specify that 'Each agency shall use, to the maximum extent practicable, advanced meters or advanced metering devices that provide data at least daily and that measure at least hourly consumption of electricity in the Federal buildings of the agency. Such data shall be incorporated into existing Federal energy tracking systems and made available to Federal facility energy managers'.