The director may enter into third party agreements that the director, with the concurrence of the Department of Finance, determines are appropriate and cost-effective to implement energy efficiencies and feasible onsite electric generation pursuant to Section 14711.5 and to achieve the goals of this section. The director may enter into negotiated agreements with parties on the terms and conditions that the director, with the concurrence of the Department of Finance, deems are in the state’s interests to accomplish all of the following objectives:
(a) Reduce overall energy consumption in state facilities by 30 percent.
(b) Achieve energy self-sufficiency at state facilities using clean, modern technologies that produce zero air emissions or that meet or exceed state air quality standards.
(c) Maximize the use of renewable energy technologies for both onsite electrical generation as well as thermal energy production.
(d) Utilize private third party financing, where feasible, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of such energy investments.
(e) Achieve these objectives at delivered energy costs equal to or less than the cost of obtaining the energy through the electric grid or other conventional means, as determined by the director.
(Added by Stats. 2001, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 8, Sec. 2.5. Effective April 12, 2001.)
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