DOE Awards 21 Energy and Water Infrastructure Contracts
The Department of Energy has awarded 21 new energy and water saving contracts to private-sector companies that will help improve the efficiency of federal facilities. These indefinite delivery indefinite quantity energy savings performance contracts are awarded to energy service companies that provide guaranteed cost savings as a result of privately financed energy and water infrastructure improvements to federal facilities, without the need for additional congressional appropriations.
“This program highlights how the public and private sector partnerships can align with the Administration’s objectives for increased energy efficiency and job creation without burdensome regulations,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry. “A key component is that these energy and water efficiency projects at federal facilities pay for themselves, and the hope is that all federal agencies will utilize this financing method to the fullest extent.”
Under an energy savings performance contract, the contractor designs, constructs, and installs an energy and water savings project that meets the federal agency’s needs and provides the necessary financing, with no required initial cost to the federal agency. The contractor must provide a guarantee to the federal agency that the improvements will generate annual energy savings sufficient to pay for the project over the term of the contract. The contractor is paid over the term of the contract from the savings resulting from the project, which must be paid by the federal agency from funds appropriated to, or otherwise made available by, the federal agency for the payment of energy, water, or wastewater treatment expenses and related operation and maintenance expenses.
The federal government has been awarding energy savings performance contracts at an investment pace of about $2 billion every three years. The Department of Energy expects the contracts awarded to be used for investments resulting in federal infrastructure improvements, energy savings, and job creation. Federal agencies can work with the selected companies under the Department of Energy indefinite quantity energy savings for a period of five years with one extension period of 18 months.
The new contracts were awarded to the following energy service companies:
- ABM Government Services, LLC of Hopkinsville, KY
- AECOM Technical Services, Inc. of San Diego, CA
- Ameresco, Inc. of Framingham, MA
- The Brewer-Garrett Company of Middleburg Heights, OH
- CEG LLC of Arlington, VA
- Consolidated Edison Solutions Inc. of Valhalla, NY
- Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. of Baltimore, MD
- EDF Renewable Energy of San Diego, CA
- Energy Solutions Professionals, LLC of Overland Park, KS
- Energy Systems Group, LLC of Newburg, IN
- Honeywell of Golden Valley, MN
- Leidos Engineering, LLC of Oklahoma City, OK
- Lockheed Martin Corporation of Rockville, MD
- Noresco United Technologies of Westborough, MA
- OpTerra Energy Services of Overland Park, KS
- Schneider Electric of Austin, TX
- Siemens Government Technologies, Inc. of Arlington, VA
- SmartWatt Energy of Ballston Lake, NY
- Southland Energy of Dulles, VA
- Trane U.S. Inc. of St. Paul, MN
- WGL of McLean, VA
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