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It may be a small state, but Maryland still represents a lot of territory with a complex governmental energy infrastructure involving 124 utility vendors, 58 state agencies, and over 120 Accounts Payable offices. With a decentralized bill pay process, just getting a handle on the state government’s energy use and cost is a challenge. The EmPOWER Maryland Energy Efficiency Act of 2008 sets per capita targets for reducing state electricity use. Using a 2007 baseline, the Act requires a 15 percent reduction in electricity use and peak demand by the year 2015. Seeking to lead by example, the state government is on track to meet that goal internally, thanks to interdepartmental communication, competition, and the collaboration of a third party utility bill auditing and analysis team.
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The EmPOWERMaryland Energy Efficiency Act of 2008 set per capita targets for reducingstate electricity use. Using a 2007 baseline, the Act requires a 15 percent reduction in electricity use and peak demand by the year 2015.
The Department of General Services (DGS) Office of Energy Performance and Conservation (“Energy Office”) needed a platform robust enough to hold all of the details needed to support comprehensive energy tracking and purchase of deregulated commodities.
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How to get the data necessary to evaluate goal progress
How to incentivize energy stakeholders to develop/implement the necessary programs
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The State acquired
EnergyCAP energy management softwarefor energy tracking.
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With the help of StateStat, Maryland’s Open Data portal,
the DGS established an energy/electricity reduction competition between
State agencies.Each agency’s consumption of electricity and total
energy from “significant facilities” is beingmonitored and compared to the FY08 baseline
using EnergyCAP’s Groups & Benchmarking feature.
The State purchases de-regulated electricity for thousands of its smaller accounts through periodic online reverse auctions.
Thanks to the
comprehensive bill history provided by the State Energy
Database, DGS is able to leverage the State’s buying power to secure the most
competitive rates.
The State of Maryland is tracking:
1,188 meters
water:
steam:
50 meters
electricity:
8,695meters
chilled
water:
3 meters
oil:
610 meters
The State of Maryland learned that managing and communicating
energy information and centralizing data management can play a key role in achieving energy reduction goals.
Tracked commodities are associated with more than 5,000 Places, including parks, stadiums, airports, hospitals, traffic lights, and more.
EnergyCAP provides easy access to the summary and granular data necessary to secure the most competitive bids and render cost-saving
purchasing decisions.
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Maryland State Agencies Reduce Energy Use
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