Energy Conservation: Energy Savings Performance Contracting in Federal CivilianAgencies

摘要

As the nation's single largest user of energy, the federal government hasemphasized energy conservation through legislation and executives orders. Most recently, in the Energy Policy Act of 1992, the Congress authorized federal agencies to use energy savings performance contracting (performance contracting) as a tool for implementing energy conservation measures. This report reviews the implementation of performance contracting by civilian agencies during the first year after DOE issued its final regulations, from April 10, 1995, to April 10, 1996. Specifically, it provides information on (1) the civilian agencies that have awarded energy savings performance contracts, (2) the characteristics of the firms that DOE has listed as qualified for performance contracts, (3) the firms that submitted project proposals but were not awarded contracts and the reasons why, and (4) the responsibilities of the federal civilian agencies involved in performance contracting and the administrative costs they incurred through their involvement.