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‘Govt purchases must comply with energy-efficiency law’
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Posted on Nov 13 2006
The Division of Procurement and Supply will not approve purchase requests that do not meet requirements of the new energy-conscious procurement law.
Procurement director Herman Sablan noted in a memorandum that the recently enacted Public Law 15-23, which introduces mandatory energy-efficient requirements for products purchased by the CNMI government, requires immediate compliance.
Sablan urged government agencies to incorporate the new requirements into all their requests for solicitations and purchase order documents.
Enacted in August 2006, P.L. 15-23 requires all government agencies to use cost-effective, energy efficient products and build energy efficiency buildings—or explain why they did not.
In addition, the law sets goals for public utility companies to diversify their power supply to include increasing percentages of renewable energy, starting with five percent at the end of 2007, up to 50 percent at the end of 2030.
It allows customers make their own power and sell extra back to the Commonwealth as “net energy metering.” It also promotes clean energy transportation, requiring the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. to provide quick-charge stations for electric vehicles. [B][I](Agnes E. Donato)
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