State campus district energy

AN ACT Relating to establishing a prioritization process for 1
capital funding for state campus district energy systems; amending 2
RCW 43.88.030 and 19.27A.200; adding new sections to chapter 19.27A 3
RCW; and creating a new section. 4
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:5
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. It is the intent of the legislature to 6
establish a prioritization process to inform capital budget funding 7
for state campus district energy system decarbonization projects. The 8
legislature intends to support these campus energy decarbonization 9
projects through capital appropriations that are additive, and do not 10
supplant, capital budget funding for routine capital construction and 11
renovation projects included in agencies' 10-year capital plans. 12
Further, the legislature intends to provide state agencies with a 13
high degree of funding predictability for projects that decarbonize 14
state campus district energy systems, as those systems are defined in 15
chapter 19.27A RCW, and to create an efficient process that supports 16
compliance with the state's adopted clean buildings performance 17
standards and statutory greenhouse gas emission limits for state 18
agencies.19
H-2763.1
HOUSE BILL 2330
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session
By Representatives Ramel, Parshley, Reed, Fitzgibbon, Zahn, and Berg
Prefiled 01/08/26. Read first time 01/12/26. Referred to Committee
on Capital Budget.
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NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 19.27A 1
RCW to read as follows: 2
(1) The campus energy upgrades committee is established within 3
the department. The committee shall administer a prioritization 4
process for scoring and ranking capital decarbonization projects for 5
state campus district energy systems as those systems are defined in 6
RCW 19.27A.260. 7
(2) The committee shall be comprised of 11 voting and two 8
nonvoting members. The director of the department shall appoint 9
committee members for staggered two-year and three-year terms, as 10
determined by the director. The director shall endeavor to appoint 11
members representing diverse geographic regions of the state. Voting 12
members must include: 13
(a) One representative of the state energy office established in 14
chapter 43.21F RCW; 15
(b) Three persons with technical expertise in building 16
decarbonization, thermal energy network or district heating and 17
cooling system construction or conversion that is intended to reduce 18
fossil fuel consumption, or related subject matter. At least one of 19
these members must have experience in environmental justice issues;20
(c) One person with professional expertise in life-cycle 21
greenhouse gas accounting; 22
(d) One person with experience in developing and advocating for 23
public-private partnerships in the clean energy or clean buildings 24
sector; 25
(e) One person with professional experience in financing or 26
engineering complex decarbonization projects; 27
(f) One person representing the interests of organized labor;28
(g) One person representing electric utilities;29
(h) One representative of the Washington utilities and 30
transportation commission; and 31
(i) The state treasurer or the state treasurer's designee.32
(3) One representative of the office of financial management and 33
one representative of the department of enterprise services shall 34
serve as nonvoting members acting in an advisory role to the 35
committee. 36
(4) The committee may consult with outside advisors and subject 37
matter experts as needed. 38
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(5) Committee members shall serve without compensation but may 1
request reimbursement for travel expenses as provided in RCW 2
43.03.050 and 43.03.060. 3
(6) By a majority vote of appointed members, the committee shall 4
select a committee chair for a term of two or three years.5
(7) The committee may adopt policies and procedures necessary to 6
carry out its duties under this act. 7
(8) The department shall provide staff support to the committee.8
(9) Meetings of the committee must comply with chapter 42.30 RCW, 9
the open public meetings act, and must provide regular opportunities 10
for public comment. 11
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 19.27A 12
RCW to read as follows: 13
(1) The campus energy upgrades committee shall develop and adopt 14
a project scoring and ranking process by which capital projects for 15
state campus district energy systems are prioritized for funding 16
recommendations. The committee must: 17
(a) Provide guidelines and templates for agencies to use when 18
submitting projects to the committee for consideration; and19
(b) Consider weighting the criteria in subsection (3) of this 20
section. The committee may adopt additional criteria as it deems 21
necessary. 22
(2) The adopted scoring and ranking process and associated 23
guidelines must expand upon, and must not conflict with, existing 24
statutory requirements for energy standards, as applicable. These 25
standards may include, but are not limited to, energy life-cycle cost 26
analysis and standards for major facility projects under Title 39 27
RCW, and energy-related building standards under this chapter.28
(3) The committee must include the following elements, in no 29
particular order, in its adopted scoring and ranking process:30
(a) The approximate dollar value by fiscal year of operating cost 31
savings upon completion of the proposed project, by fiscal year, over 32
the entirety of the project's useful life. If the proposed project is 33
a discrete phase of a larger project, the estimated savings resulting 34
from both the discrete phase and from the planned completion of the 35
entire campus district energy project must be considered, as deemed 36
appropriate by the committee; 37
(b) The approximate dollar value of avoided capital maintenance 38
or replacement costs for repairs to existing energy systems for the 39
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expected or practical useful life of the existing systems being 1
replaced or upgraded by the proposed project; 2
(c) The readiness of the project to proceed to construction;3
(d) The amount of greenhouse gas emission reductions for the 4
agency that are estimated to be achieved by the project, including 5
the extent to which the project contributes to achieving agency 6
compliance with greenhouse gas emission limits for state agencies 7
outlined in RCW 70A.45.050 and energy-related building standards in 8
this chapter; 9
(e) The energy use intensity reductions in buildings connected to 10
the district energy system project; 11
(f) The amount of leveraged nonstate funding or in-kind 12
contributions from other partners. This may include the use of a 13
public-private partnership in which the private partner funds a 14
portion or all of the design or construction of infrastructure 15
associated with the project; 16
(g) The expected reduction in greenhouse gas emission by private 17
entities in the project area as a result of: (i) The state campus 18
district energy system acting as an anchor customer for a thermal 19
energy network deployed pursuant to RCW 80.28.450; (ii) the resulting 20
expansion of such a thermal energy network; or (iii) the extent to 21
which the project otherwise may reduce energy costs for surrounding 22
residences and businesses; 23
(h) The extent to which the proposed project is discrete, or 24
phased, and the portion of the project that would be completed with 25
the requested funding; 26
(i) The addition of cooling capability to facilities that do not 27
have existing cooling infrastructure; 28
(j) To the extent practicable, the overall balance of statewide 29
geographic distribution of projects recommended for funding while 30
considering the availability of current and developing workforce in 31
the project area; 32
(k) The alignment of the project with locally adopted climate 33
action plans for the city or county in which the project is located;34
(l) The extent to which the project contributes to state or local 35
emergency preparedness and disaster resilience; 36
(m) The ability of the project to improve electric reliability in 37
the region by balancing or spacing the timing of electrical loads on 38
the grid; 39
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(n) The extent to which the project proposal includes necessary 1
electrical infrastructure upgrades or improves local electrical grid 2
capacity for future projects; and 3
(o) The alignment of the proposed project with other major 4
capital projects planned for the campus in order to achieve 5
efficiencies and related cost savings when possible.6
(4) The committee may prioritize projects that address systems 7
that are at the end of their expected useful life or are at risk of 8
imminent failure. 9
(5) The committee must review related project information 10
produced by the energy life-cycle cost analysis conducted under 11
chapter 39.35 RCW if available. In addition, the committee must share 12
project proposal information with the department of enterprise 13
services for use in the energy life-cycle cost analysis, if the 14
analysis is required, in order to avoid duplication of effort.15
(6) The committee and the department may request additional 16
information from agencies that submitted plans under RCW 19.27A.260 17
in order to validate data used in the prioritization framework 18
developed under this section. 19
(7) When developing and finalizing each recommended funding list, 20
the committee must consider: (a) The need to balance long-term system 21
planning and growth priorities for state entities; (b) the need to 22
balance major capital project requests for design and construction 23
funding, given the fiscal impact of funded design projects on the 24
state's overall capital budget; and (c) the need to balance state 25
capital funding between design and construction project phases to 26
meet state priorities and associated deadlines established in this 27
chapter and RCW 70A.45.050. 28
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. A new section is added to chapter 19.27A 29
RCW to read as follows: 30
(1) A preliminary report describing the draft prioritization 31
framework and scoring criteria is due to the governor and the 32
legislature by December 30, 2026. The preliminary report must include 33
information collected from decarbonization plans received by the 34
department under RCW 19.27A.260 that contain, at a minimum, complete 35
information regarding: 36
(a) Project elements that can be developed as discrete modules or 37
phases; 38
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(b) Greenhouse gas emission reduction or energy savings 1
estimates; 2
(c) Project cost estimates; and 3
(d) Estimates of construction schedules or the amount of time 4
required to complete project phases. 5
(2)(a) Beginning in 2028, the committee shall report to the 6
governor and the house capital budget and senate ways and means 7
committees, or successor committees, of the legislature by November 8
15th of each even-numbered year. The report must include:9
(i) A prioritized list of capital projects related to state 10
campus district energy systems recommended for funding in the 11
subsequent biennial capital budget. The prioritized project list must 12
group projects into the following categories for funding: (A) 13
Feasibility studies, demonstration projects, and predevelopment 14
activities; (B) design and construction for discrete project phases 15
or complete projects; (C) minor works for the repair or replacement 16
of project elements that will be a part of or connected to the 17
completed campus decarbonization project; and 18
(ii) An analysis of barriers to state agencies entering into 19
energy as a service contracts as authorized under RCW 39.35C.050 or 20
participating in public-private partnerships, and recommendations for 21
legislation to facilitate agencies' use of these models.22
(b) If a project that was ranked in the top 35 percent of the 23
most recent past recommended list was not funded by the legislature, 24
the committee must retain that project's ranked position on the next 25
recommended project list unless the committee determines that 26
adjusting the project ranking is warranted based on the best 27
available information. 28
(c) The committee may submit a supplemental prioritized list of 29
emergent projects by November 15th of an odd-numbered year for 30
consideration by the governor and legislature for funding in a 31
supplemental capital budget. 32
Sec. 5. RCW 43.88.030 and 2025 c 414 s 8034 are each amended to 33
read as follows: 34
(1) The director of financial management shall provide all 35
agencies with a complete set of instructions for submitting biennial 36
budget requests to the director at least three months before agency 37
budget documents are due into the office of financial management. The 38
budget document or documents shall consist of the governor's budget 39
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message which shall be explanatory of the budget and shall contain an 1
outline of the proposed financial policies of the state for the 2
ensuing fiscal period, as well as an outline of the proposed six-year 3
financial policies where applicable, and shall describe in connection 4
therewith the important features of the budget. The biennial budget 5
document or documents shall also describe performance indicators that 6
demonstrate measurable progress towards priority results. The message 7
shall set forth the reasons for salient changes from the previous 8
fiscal period in expenditure and revenue items and shall explain any 9
major changes in financial policy. Attached to the budget message 10
shall be such supporting schedules, exhibits and other explanatory 11
material in respect to both current operations and capital 12
improvements as the governor shall deem to be useful to the 13
legislature. The budget document or documents shall set forth a 14
proposal for expenditures in the ensuing fiscal period, or six-year 15
period where applicable, based upon the estimated revenues and 16
caseloads as approved by the economic and revenue forecast council 17
and caseload forecast council or upon the estimated revenues and 18
caseloads of the office of financial management for those funds, 19
accounts, sources, and programs for which the forecast councils do 20
not prepare an official forecast. Revenues shall be estimated for 21
such fiscal period from the source and at the rates existing by law 22
at the time of submission of the budget document, including the 23
supplemental budgets submitted in the even-numbered years of a 24
biennium. However, the estimated revenues and caseloads for use in 25
the governor's budget document may be adjusted to reflect budgetary 26
revenue transfers and revenue and caseload estimates dependent upon 27
budgetary assumptions of enrollments, workloads, and caseloads. All 28
adjustments to the approved estimated revenues and caseloads must be 29
set forth in the budget document. The governor may additionally 30
submit, as an appendix to each supplemental, biennial, or six-year 31
agency budget or to the budget document or documents, a proposal for 32
expenditures in the ensuing fiscal period from revenue sources 33
derived from proposed changes in existing statutes.34
The budget document or documents shall also contain:35
(a) Revenues classified by fund and source for the immediately 36
past fiscal period, those received or anticipated for the current 37
fiscal period, and those anticipated for the ensuing biennium;38
(b) The undesignated fund balance or deficit, by fund;39
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(c) Such additional information dealing with expenditures, 1
revenues, workload, performance, and personnel as the legislature may 2
direct by law or concurrent resolution; 3
(d) Such additional information dealing with revenues and 4
expenditures as the governor shall deem pertinent and useful to the 5
legislature; 6
(e) Tabulations showing expenditures classified by fund, 7
function, and agency; 8
(f) The expenditures that include nonbudgeted, nonappropriated 9
accounts outside the state treasury; 10
(g) Identification of all proposed direct expenditures to 11
implement the Puget Sound water quality plan under chapter 90.71 RCW, 12
shown by agency and in total; and 13
(h) Tabulations showing each postretirement adjustment by 14
retirement system established after fiscal year 1991, to include, but 15
not be limited to, estimated total payments made to the end of the 16
previous biennial period, estimated payments for the present 17
biennium, and estimated payments for the ensuing biennium.18
(2) The budget document or documents shall include detailed 19
estimates of all anticipated revenues applicable to proposed 20
operating or capital expenditures and shall also include all proposed 21
operating or capital expenditures. The total of beginning 22
undesignated fund balance and estimated revenues less working capital 23
and other reserves shall equal or exceed the total of proposed 24
applicable expenditures. The budget document or documents shall 25
further include: 26
(a) Interest, amortization and redemption charges on the state 27
debt; 28
(b) Payments of all reliefs, judgments, and claims;29
(c) Other statutory expenditures; 30
(d) Expenditures incident to the operation for each agency;31
(e) Revenues derived from agency operations; 32
(f) Expenditures and revenues shall be given in comparative form 33
showing those incurred or received for the immediately past fiscal 34
period and those anticipated for the current biennium and next 35
ensuing biennium; 36
(g) A showing and explanation of amounts of general fund and 37
other funds obligations for debt service and any transfers of moneys 38
that otherwise would have been available for appropriation;39
(h) Common school expenditures on a fiscal-year basis;40
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(i) A showing, by agency, of the value and purpose of financing 1
contracts for the lease/purchase or acquisition of personal or real 2
property for the current and ensuing fiscal periods; and3
(j) A showing and explanation of anticipated amounts of general 4
fund and other funds required to amortize the unfunded actuarial 5
accrued liability of the retirement system specified under chapter 6
41.45 RCW, and the contributions to meet such amortization, stated in 7
total dollars and as a level percentage of total compensation.8
(3) The governor's operating budget document or documents shall 9
reflect the statewide priorities as required by RCW 43.88.090.10
(4) The governor's operating budget document or documents shall 11
identify activities that are not addressing the statewide priorities.12
(5)(a) Beginning in the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium, the governor's 13
operating budget document or documents submitted to the legislature 14
must leave, in total, a positive ending fund balance in the general 15
fund and related funds. 16
(b) Beginning in the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium, the projected 17
maintenance level of the governor's operating budget document or 18
documents submitted to the legislature must not exceed the available 19
fiscal resources for the next ensuing fiscal biennium.20
(c) For purposes of this subsection: 21
(i) "Available fiscal resources" means the beginning general fund 22
and related funds balances and any fiscal resources estimated for the 23
general fund and related funds, adjusted for proposed revenue 24
legislation, and with forecasted revenues adjusted to the greater of 25
(A) the official general fund and related funds revenue forecast for 26
the ensuing biennium, or (B) the official general fund and related 27
funds forecast for the second fiscal year of the current fiscal 28
biennium, increased by 4.5 percent for each fiscal year of the 29
ensuing biennium. 30
(ii) "Projected maintenance level" means estimated appropriations 31
necessary to maintain the continuing costs of program and service 32
levels either funded in the governor's budget document or documents 33
submitted to the legislature or mandated by other state or federal 34
law, adjusted by the estimated cost of proposed executive branch 35
legislation, and the amount of any general fund moneys projected to 36
be transferred to the budget stabilization account pursuant to 37
Article VII, section 12 of the state Constitution. Proposed executive 38
branch legislation does not include proposals by institutions of 39
higher education, other separately elected officials, or other 40
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boards, commissions, and offices not under the authority of the 1
governor that are not funded or assumed in the governor's budget 2
document or documents submitted to the legislature.3
(iii) "Related funds" has the meaning defined in RCW 43.88.055.4
(d) (b) of this subsection (5) does not apply: 5
(i) To any governor-proposed legislation submitted to the 6
legislature that makes net reductions in general fund and related 7
funds appropriations to prevent the governor from making across-the-8
board reductions in allotments for these particular funds as provided 9
in RCW 43.88.110(10); or 10
(ii) In a fiscal biennium for which the governor proposes 11
appropriations from the budget stabilization account pursuant to 12
Article VII, section 12(d)(ii) of the state Constitution.13
(6) A separate capital budget document or schedule shall be 14
submitted that will contain the following: 15
(a) A statement setting forth a long-range facilities plan for 16
the state that identifies and includes the highest priority needs 17
within affordable spending levels; 18
(b) A capital program consisting of proposed capital projects for 19
the next biennium and the two biennia succeeding the next biennium 20
consistent with the long-range facilities plan. Insomuch as is 21
practical, and recognizing emergent needs, the capital program shall 22
reflect the priorities, projects, and spending levels proposed in 23
previously submitted capital budget documents in order to provide a 24
reliable long-range planning tool for the legislature and state 25
agencies; 26
(c) A capital plan consisting of proposed capital spending for at 27
least four biennia succeeding the next biennium; 28
(d) A strategic plan for reducing backlogs of maintenance and 29
repair projects. The plan shall include a prioritized list of 30
specific facility deficiencies and capital projects to address the 31
deficiencies for each agency, cost estimates for each project, a 32
schedule for completing projects over a reasonable period of time, 33
and identification of normal maintenance activities to reduce future 34
backlogs; 35
(e) A statement of the reason or purpose for a project;36
(f) Verification that a project is consistent with the provisions 37
set forth in chapter 36.70A RCW; 38
(g) A statement about the proposed site, size, and estimated life 39
of the project, if applicable; 40
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(h) Estimated total project cost; 1
(i) For major projects valued over five million dollars, 2
estimated costs for the following project components: Acquisition, 3
consultant services, construction, equipment, project management, and 4
other costs included as part of the project. Project component costs 5
shall be displayed in a standard format defined by the office of 6
financial management to allow comparisons between projects;7
(j) Estimated total project cost for each phase of the project as 8
defined by the office of financial management; 9
(k) Estimated ensuing biennium costs; 10
(l) Estimated costs beyond the ensuing biennium;11
(m) Estimated construction start and completion dates;12
(n) Source and type of funds proposed; 13
(o) Estimated ongoing operating budget costs or savings resulting 14
from the project, including staffing and maintenance costs;15
(p) For any capital appropriation requested for a state agency 16
for the acquisition of land or the capital improvement of land in 17
which the primary purpose of the acquisition or improvement is 18
recreation or wildlife habitat conservation, the capital budget 19
document, or an omnibus list of recreation and habitat acquisitions 20
provided with the governor's budget document, shall identify the 21
projected costs of operation and maintenance for at least the two 22
biennia succeeding the next biennium. Omnibus lists of habitat and 23
recreation land acquisitions shall include individual project cost 24
estimates for operation and maintenance as well as a total for all 25
state projects included in the list. The document shall identify the 26
source of funds from which the operation and maintenance costs are 27
proposed to be funded; 28
(q) For any capital appropriation requested for a state campus 29
district energy system, the capital budget document provided with the 30
governor's budget must identify how the appropriation is consistent 31
with recommendations made by the campus energy upgrades committee 32
pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of this act.33
(r) For any capital budget request for funding in the 2025-2027 34
or 2027-2029 fiscal biennia for which the project cost is 35
substantially increased, a statement detailing the amount and reason 36
for the additional cost. If the increased cost is the result of a 37
change in design, the agency must also submit a construction cost 38
estimate for the design as originally submitted. For purposes of this 39
subsection (6)(((q))) (r), "substantially increased" means total 40
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estimated project costs are more than 15 percent above those listed 1
in the prior agency budget request and for which the legislature 2
relied in making a funding decision for design or construction, 3
adjusted for C-100 inflation factors; 4
(((r))) (s) Such other information bearing upon capital projects 5
as the governor deems to be useful; 6
(((s))) (t) Standard terms, including a standard and uniform 7
definition of normal maintenance, for all capital projects; and8
(((t))) (u) Such other information as the legislature may direct 9
by law or concurrent resolution. 10
For purposes of this subsection (6), the term "capital project" 11
shall be defined subsequent to the analysis, findings, and 12
recommendations of a joint committee comprised of representatives 13
from the house capital appropriations committee, senate ways and 14
means committee, legislative evaluation and accountability program 15
committee, and office of financial management. 16
(7) No change affecting the comparability of agency or program 17
information relating to expenditures, revenues, workload, performance 18
and personnel shall be made in the format of any budget document or 19
report presented to the legislature under this section or RCW 20
43.88.160(1) relative to the format of the budget document or report 21
which was presented to the previous regular session of the 22
legislature during an odd-numbered year without prior legislative 23
concurrence. Prior legislative concurrence shall consist of (a) a 24
favorable majority vote on the proposal by the standing committees on 25
ways and means of both houses if the legislature is in session or (b) 26
a favorable majority vote on the proposal by members of the 27
legislative evaluation and accountability program committee if the 28
legislature is not in session. 29
Sec. 6. RCW 19.27A.200 and 2025 c 264 s 3 are each amended to 30
read as follows: 31
The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 32
19.27A.210((, 19.27A.220, 19.27A.230, 19.27A.240, and )) through 33
19.27A.250, and sections 1 through 4 of this act unless the context 34
clearly requires otherwise. 35
(1) "Agricultural structure" means a structure designed and 36
constructed to house farm implements, hay, grain, poultry, livestock, 37
or other horticultural products, and that is not a place used by the 38
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public or a place of human habitation or employment where 1
agricultural products are processed, treated, or packaged.2
(2) "Baseline energy use intensity" means a building's energy use 3
intensity that is representative of energy use in a normal weather 4
year. 5
(3)(a) "Building owner" means an individual or entity 6
((possessing title to)) that owns a building. 7
(b) In the event of a land lease, "building owner" means the 8
entity possessing title to the building on leased land.9
(4) "Building tenant" means a person or entity occupying or 10
holding possession of a building or premises pursuant to a rental 11
agreement. 12
(5) "Conditional compliance" means a temporary compliance method 13
used by covered building owners that demonstrate the owner has 14
implemented energy use reduction strategies required by the standard, 15
but has not demonstrated full compliance with the energy use 16
intensity target or alternative metric. 17
(6) "Consumer-owned utility" has the same meaning as defined in 18
RCW 19.27A.140. 19
(7) "Covered building" includes a tier 1 covered building and a 20
tier 2 covered building. 21
(8) "Department" means the department of commerce.22
(9) "Director" means the director of the department of commerce 23
or the director's designee. 24
(10) "Electric utility" means a consumer-owned electric utility 25
or an investor-owned electric utility. 26
(11) "Eligible building owner" means: (a) The owner of a covered 27
building required to comply with the standard established in RCW 28
19.27A.210; or (b) all eligible tier 2 covered building owners.29
(12) "Energy" includes: Electricity, including electricity 30
delivered through the electric grid and electricity generated at the 31
building premises using solar or wind energy resources; natural gas, 32
including natural gas derived from renewable sources, synthetic 33
sources, and fossil fuel sources; district steam; district hot water; 34
district chilled water; propane; fuel oil; wood; coal; or other fuels 35
used to meet the energy loads of a building. 36
(13) "Energy use intensity" means a measurement that normalizes a 37
building's site energy use relative to its size. A building's energy 38
use intensity is calculated by dividing the total net energy consumed 39
in one year by the gross floor area of the building, excluding the 40
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parking garage. "Energy use intensity" is reported as a value of 1
thousand British thermal units per square foot per year.2
(14) "Energy use intensity target" means the target for net 3
energy use intensity of a covered building. 4
(15) "Gas company" includes every corporation, company, 5
association, joint stock association, partnership, and person, their 6
lessees, trustees, or receiver appointed by any court whatsoever, and 7
every city or town owning, controlling, operating, or managing any 8
gas plant within this state. 9
(16) "Greenhouse gas" includes carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous 10
oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.11
(17)(a) "Gross floor area" means the total number of square feet 12
measured between the exterior surfaces of the enclosing fixed walls 13
of a building, including all supporting functions such as offices, 14
lobbies, restrooms, equipment storage areas, mechanical rooms, break 15
rooms, and elevator shafts. 16
(b) "Gross floor area" does not include outside bays or docks.17
(18) "Investor-owned utility" means a corporation owned by 18
investors that meets the definition of "corporation" as defined in 19
RCW 80.04.010 and is engaged in distributing either electricity or 20
natural gas, or both, to more than one retail electric customer in 21
the state. 22
(19) "Multifamily residential building" means a covered 23
multifamily building containing sleeping units or more than five 24
dwelling units where occupants are primarily permanent in nature.25
(20) "Net energy use" means the sum of metered and bulk fuel 26
energy entering the building, minus the sum of metered energy leaving 27
the building or campus. Renewable energy produced on a campus that is 28
not attached to a covered building may be included.29
(21) "Qualifying utility" means a consumer-owned or investor-30
owned gas or electric utility that serves more than 25,000 customers 31
in the state of Washington. 32
(22) "Savings-to-investment ratio" means the ratio of the total 33
present value savings to the total present value costs of a bundle of 34
an energy or water conservation measure estimated over the projected 35
useful life of each measure. The numerator of the ratio is the 36
present value of net savings in energy or water and nonfuel or 37
nonwater operation and maintenance costs attributable to the proposed 38
energy or water conservation measure. The denominator of the ratio is 39
the present value of the net increase in investment and replacement 40
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costs less salvage value attributable to the proposed energy or water 1
conservation measure. 2
(23) "Standard" means the state energy performance standard for 3
covered buildings established under RCW 19.27A.210.4
(24) "Thermal energy company" has the same meaning as defined in 5
RCW ((80.04.550)) 80.04.010. 6
(25) "Tier 1 covered building" means a building where the sum of 7
nonresidential, hotel, motel, and dormitory floor areas exceed 50,000 8
gross square feet, excluding the parking garage area.9
(26) "Tier 2 covered building" means a building where the sum of 10
multifamily residential, nonresidential, hotel, motel, and dormitory 11
floor areas exceeds 20,000 gross square feet, but does not exceed 12
50,000 gross square feet, excluding the parking garage area. Tier 2 13
covered buildings also include multifamily residential buildings 14
where floor areas are equal to or exceed 50,000 gross square feet, 15
excluding the parking garage area. 16
(27) "Weather normalized" means a method for modifying the 17
measured building energy use in a specific weather year to energy use 18
under normal weather conditions. 19
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