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House Bill 3693
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House Bill 3693, Section 12 amends Section 388.005 Health and Safety Code, to require school districts and state agencies to
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establish a goal to reduce annual electric consumption by 5 percent each state fiscal year for six years beginning September 1, 2007.
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School districts and state agencies not meeting the goals are required to report that all available measures had been implemented.
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School districts and state agencies are required to use State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) forms to report progress on meeting goals.
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Link to SECO:
http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/
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Action required beginning 2007 - 2008 School Year:
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School districts and TEA are required to establish a goal to reduce electric consumption by five percent each state fiscal year for six years
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beginning September 1, 2007; school districts and TEA are required to begin purchasing commercially available light bulbs using the fewest
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watts necessary for instructional facility lighting requirements and school districts are required to record electricity, water, and natural gas
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consumption in an electronic repository and report this information on a publicly accessible internet website with an interface designed for
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ease of navigation (Requires the metered amount of electricity, water, or natural gas consumed for which it is responsible to pay and the
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aggregate cost for those utility services - FASRAG 1.8.2.9) Link to FAR Guide:
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/school.finance/audit/resguide13/new/new.pdf
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Use "September Calc. Sheet" for September - August fiscal year. Use "July Calc. Sheet" for July - June fiscal year.
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Be sure to use yearly totals in Column "C"
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The "Calculations Sheet" will calculate the unit and aggregate monthly cost when electricity, gas and water usage and cost are entered.
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The (+/-) change from 2009 - 2010 column will display only when data from last month of fiscal year is entered.
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Calculations will show increase/decrease in both usage (consumption) and cost as positive (increase) or negative (decrease)
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Note: Release 2 correction - Unit cost were not calculating correctly. Version 2 corrects this calculation.
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Updated 05/23/12
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For questions regarding this template, Please call or e-mail Gary, Randy or Woody at Region 12 ESC
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Gary Barker, School Finance Agent ESC 12
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254.297.1107
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gbarker@esc12.net
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Woody Brewton, School Finance Agent ESC 12
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254.297.1101
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wbrewton@esc12.net
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Nick brown
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254-297-1112
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nbrown@esc12.net
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