Texas Education Code

§ 44.902 — LONG-RANGE ENERGY PLAN TO REDUCE CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY

ED § 44.902Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part I. SCHOOL FINANCE AND FISCAL MANAGEMENT · Ch. 44. FISCAL MANAGEMENT · Art. Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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(a)The board of trustees of a school district shall establish a long-range energy plan to reduce the district's annual electric consumption by five percent beginning with the 2008 state fiscal year and consume electricity in subsequent fiscal years in accordance with the district's energy plan.

(b)The plan required under Subsection (a) must include:

(1)strategies for achieving energy efficiency that:

(A)result in net savings for the district; or

(B)can be achieved without financial cost to the district; and

(2)for each strategy identified under Subdivision (1), the initial, short-term capital costs and lifetime costs and savings that may result from implementation of the strategy. (b-1) For purposes of Subsection (b), a strategy for achieving energy efficiency includes facility design and construction.

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Legislative history

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1347 (S.B. 300), Sec. 4, eff. June 19, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 982 (H.B. 1728), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.