Annual Report to Congress on Federal Government Energy Management and Conservation Programs Fiscal Year 1999
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Annual Report to Congress on Federal Government Energy Management and Conservation Programs Fiscal Year 1999 January 11, 2001 U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Federal Energy Management Program Washington, DC 20585 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...............................................1 I. OVERVIEW OF FEDERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ..7 A. Overview of Federal Energy Management Policy and Legislative Mandates .........................................7 B. Overall Federal Energy Consumption, Costs, and Carbon Emissions ...10 C. Federal Coordination ........................................17 D. Personnel and Energy Awareness Activities ......................19 - Training .................................................19 - Recognition ..............................................20 - Energy Awareness .........................................24 - Federal Energy Saver Showcase Facilities ......................25 E. Funding for Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Facilities ...........26 - Direct Appropriations ......................................26 - Federal Energy Efficiency Fund ..............................30 - Energy Savings Performance Contracting .......................32 - Utility Partnerships ........................................37 F. Life-Cycle Costing (LCC) ....................................37 G. Procurement Policy .........................................38 H. Public Education Programs ...................................39 II. ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES ........43 A. Energy Consumption and Costs for Buildings and Facilities .........43 B. Progress Toward the Mandated Goals for Buildings and Facilities .....51 C. ENERGY STAR® Program Participation ..........................56 D. Federal Building Energy Performance Standards ..................58 III. ENERGY INTENSIVE OPERATIONS IN FEDERAL FACILITIES ....60 A. Energy Consumption and Costs for Energy Intensive Operations ......60 B. Statutory Background and Progress Toward Goals for Industrial Facilities .......................................64 IV. ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT ........67 A. Energy Consumption and Costs for Vehicles and Equipment .........67 B. Alternative Fuel Vehicles .....................................72 V. FEDERAL AGENCY ENERGY MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES .......75 1. Department of Agriculture ....................................75 2. Department of Commerce ....................................78 3. Department of Defense ......................................80 4. Department of Energy .......................................87 5. Department of Health and Human Services .......................93 6. Department of Housing and Urban Development ..................99 7. Department of the Interior ...................................101 i 8. Department of Justice ......................................106 9. Department of Labor .......................................109 10. Department of State ........................................111 11. Department of Transportation ................................114 12. Department of the Treasury ..................................116 13. Department of Veterans Affairs ...............................118 14. Environmental Protection Agency .............................120 15. General Services Administration ..............................123 16. National Aeronautics and Space Administration ..................127 17. National Archives and Records Administration ..................131 18. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ..............................132 19. Railroad Retirement Board ..................................134 20. Social Security Administration ...............................135 21. Tennessee Valley Authority ..................................139 22. United States Postal Service .................................142 TABLES Table 1-A Total Primary Energy Consumption By Federal Agencies ...........11 Table 1-B Total Net Energy Consumption By Federal Agencies ...............12 Table 2 Federal Petroleum Usage in FY 1999 ...........................15 Table 3-A Agency Expenditures for Energy Conservation Retrofits and Capital Equipment, FY 1985 through FY 1999 (Thousands of Nominal Dollars) ..............................27 Table 3-B Agency Expenditures for Energy Conservation Retrofits and Capital Equipment, FY 1985 through FY 1999 (Thousands of Constant 1999 Dollars) .........................28 Table 4-A Federal Primary Energy Consumption in Buildings and Facilities .....44 Table 4-B Federal Net Energy Consumption in Buildings and Facilities .........45 Table 5 Petroleum-Based Fuel Consumption in Buildings and Facilities ......48 Table 6-A Defense and Civilian Federal Costs for Buildings Energy in FY 1999 ..49 Table 6-B Consumption and Costs of Federal Buildings Energy by Fuel Type in FY 1999, FY 1998, and FY 1985 ................50 Table 7-A Federal Buildings and Facilities Net Energy Use Per Gross Square Foot, FY 1985 and FY 1999 ...................53 Table 7-B Federal Buildings and Facilities Primary Energy Use Per Gross Square Foot, FY 1985 and FY 1999 ...................54 Table 8 Federal Net Energy Consumption in Excluded Buildings/ Process Operations .........................................61 Table 9 Defense and Civilian Federal Costs for Excluded Buildings/ Process Energy in FY 1999 ..................................63 Table 10 Federal Energy Consumption in Vehicle and Equipment Operations ...68 Table 11-A Defense and Civilian Federal Costs for Vehicle and Equipment Energy in FY 1999 .........................................70 ii Table 11-B Consumption and Costs of Vehicle and Equipment Energy by Fuel Type in FY 1999, FY 1998, and FY 1985 ................71 Table C Federal Energy Expenditures, FY 1985 through FY 1999 ...........C-2 FIGURES Figure ES-1 Decrease in Btu per Gross Square Foot in Federal Buildings and Facilities from FY 1985 ..........................4 Figure ES-2 Federal Consumption of Petroleum-Based Fuels FY 1985 through FY 1999 ....................................5 Figure 1 Federal Energy Consumption, FY 1999 ..........................13 Figure 2 Federal Energy Costs, FY 1999 ................................14 Figure 3 Carbon Emissions from Federal Energy Consumption, FY 1990 to FY 1999 ........................................16 Figure 4 Energy Conservation Retrofit Expenditures ......................29 Figure 5 Defense and Civilian Energy Consumption in Buildings and Facilities by Fuel Type, FY 1999 ................43 Figure 6 Consumption of Electricity and Other Fuels in Buildings and Facilities, FY 1985 through FY 1999 .............46 Figure 7 Energy Costs (Constant 1999 Dollars) in Buildings and Facilities, FY 1985 through FY 1999 .......................47 Figure 8 Progress Toward the Energy Reduction Goals for Federal Buildings and Facilities, FY 1985 through FY 1999 ...............51 Figure 9 Range of Energy Intensity (Btu/GSF) in Buildings and Facilities by Agency in FY 1999 .......................................56 Figure 10 Defense and Civilian Federal Energy Consumption in Vehicles and Equipment by Fuel Type, FY 1999 ................69 APPENDICES Appendix A List of Authorities ........................................ A-1 Appendix B Data Collection ...........................................B-1 Appendix C Federal Energy Expenditures FY 1985 through FY 1999 ...........C-1 Appendix D Buildings Exempted From NECPA’s Performance Goal in FY 1999 . D-1 Appendix E Department of Energy: Education, Extension, and Information Services ......................................E-1 Appendix F Federal Interagency Energy Policy Committee ...................F-1 Appendix G Personnel of the Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program .............................. G-1 iii AGENCY ACRONYMS Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC Central Intelligence Agency CIA Department of Agriculture USDA Department of Commerce DOC Department of Defense DOD Department of Energy DOE Department of Health and Human Services HHS Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD Department of the Interior DOI Department of Justice DOJ Department of Labor DOL Department of State ST Department of Transportation DOT Department of the Treasury TRSY Department of Veterans Affairs VA Environmental Protection Agency EPA Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEOC Federal Communications Commission FCC Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC Federal Trade Commission FTC General Services Administration GSA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA National Archives and Records Administration NARA National Science Foundation NSF Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC Office of Personnel Management OPM Panama Canal Commission PCC Railroad Retirement Board RRB Social Security Administration SSA Tennessee Valley Authority TVA United States Information Agency USIA United States Postal Service USPS INTERNET WEB SITES CITED IN THIS REPORT Federal Energy Management Program www.eren.doe.gov/femp Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse www.eren.doe.gov National Energy Information Center www.eia.doe.gov Alternative Fuels Data Center www.afdc.nrel.gov Clean Cities Program www.ccities.doe.gov iv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report on Federal Energy Management for Fiscal Year (FY) 1999 provides information on energy consumption in Federal buildings, operations, and vehicles and equipment, and documents activities conducted by Federal agencies to meet the statutory requirements of Title