Bill Text: NJ S2340 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires State to include distributed energy resource in certain new State buildings and consider retrofitting certain existing State buildings with distributed energy resource.*

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-09-15 - Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [S2340 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S2340-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2340

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED AUGUST 11, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Senator  SAMUEL D. THOMPSON

District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)

Senator  PETER J. BARNES, III

District 18 (Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires State to include distributed energy resource in certain new State buildings and consider retrofitting certain existing State buildings with distributed energy resources.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Environment and Energy Committee on September 15, 2014, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning the ¹[construction of certain State buildings] use of distributed energy resources in certain State buildings¹ and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  Any new building having at least 15,000 square feet in total floor area that is to be constructed for the sole use of a State governmental entity after the effective date of this act shall include a distributed energy resource to be utilized when the normal source of electricity is disrupted due to a power outage.  The Director of the Division of Property Management and Construction in the Department of the Treasury, in cooperation with the New Jersey Building Authority where appropriate, shall enforce the provisions of this act.  All plans, specifications, and bid proposal documents for any building to which the provisions of this section apply shall identify the distributed energy resource to be constructed or utilized by the building.  The requirements of this subsection shall be in addition to the requirements of P.L.2007, c.269 (C.52:32-5.3 et seq.). 

     b.    ¹Whenever a State governmental entity prepares a request for proposal for the reconstruction, renovation, repair, or improvement of an existing State building having at least 15,000 square feet in total floor area, the State governmental entity shall consider retrofitting the building with a distributed energy resource and, if feasible, include in its request for proposal a specification that the reconstruction, renovation, repair, or improvement include a distributed energy resource.

     c.¹  The requirements of this section shall not apply to any building for which a request for proposal ¹[for entering into a contract]¹ to design  ¹, reconstruct, renovate, repair, or improve¹ the building has been issued prior to the effective date of this act. 

     ¹[c.]  d.¹  As used in this section:

     "Distributed energy resource" means one or more electric power generation, management, or storage technologies, excluding diesel fuel technologies, located at or near the point of energy consumption, which are capable of providing the standard energy needs of a building or structure, or group of buildings or structures, if the normal source of electricity is disrupted due to a power outage.

     "State governmental entity" means the same as the term is defined in section 1 of P.L. 2007, c.269 (C.52:32-5.3).

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.