1. The Office of Energy shall:

(a) Provide to local governments information and educational resources relating to operating cost-savings measures and performance contracts.

(b) Include on the Internet website maintained by the Office, if any, information and educational resources relating to operating cost-savings measures and performance contracts.

2. The Office of Energy may, upon receiving a request from a local government for support relating to operating cost-savings measures:

(a) Provide to the local government support relating to operating cost-savings measures; and

(b) Charge and collect a fee from the local government for the provision of any support described in paragraph (a).

3. All fees charged and collected by the Office of Energy pursuant to subsection 2 must be accounted for separately in the State General Fund. The Director of the Office of Energy shall administer the account. Money in the account must be used only to pay the costs incurred by the Office of Energy to provide support to local governments pursuant to subsection 2 and is hereby authorized for expenditure as a continuing appropriation for this purpose.

4. The Director of the Office of Energy may apply for and accept any gift, donation, bequest, grant or other source of money for deposit in the account. The interest and income earned on money in the account, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the account. Money that remains in the account at the end of the fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund, and the balance in the account must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.

5. A local government may include in a performance contract the amount of any fee charged by the Office of Energy pursuant to subsection 2.

6. The Director of the Office of Energy may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section, including, without limitation, regulations which establish the amount of the fees to be charged and collected by the Office of Energy pursuant to subsection 2.

(Added to NRS by 2013, 2119)