§5B-2F-1. Short Title

This chapter shall be known and cited as the West Virginia Energy Policy and Development Act.

§5B-2F-2. Purpose; Office of Energy; Office to Develop Energy Policy and Development Plan; Contents of Energy Policy and Development Plan; and Office to Promote Energy Initiatives

(a) Effective July 1, 2017, the Division of Energy is hereby continued, but shall be designated and known as the Office of Energy and shall be organized within the Department of Economic Development. All references throughout this code to the Division of Energy shall be construed to refer to the Office of Energy. The office […]

§5B-2F-3. Energy Savings Contracting Program

The secretary shall, working with such other agencies of the state as the secretary deems appropriate, establish an energy savings contracting program to support the design and installation of energy-savings contracts that may be entered into by agencies of the state under 5A-3B-1 et seq. of the code. Such program shall include the development and […]

§5B-2F-4. Energy Savings Program

(a) No later than October 1, 2021, the secretary shall establish an energy savings program designed to reduce energy usage for electricity, natural gas, fuel oil, and steam in all state buildings under the care, custody, and control of the state by 25% below 2018 levels by 2030. The secretary shall report annually to the […]

§5B-2F-5. Disclosure of Energy Usage

No later than July 1, 2021, the secretary shall establish a program for measuring and benchmarking the energy, including electricity, natural gas, fuel oil, and steam, efficiency of all state buildings under custody and control of the state. Such program shall use the benchmarking tool Energy Star Portfolio Manager operated by the United States Environmental […]