Mixing Appropriations and Private Financing to Meet Federal Energy Management Goals

Shonder, John A¹ 

[1] ORNL

关键词: Energy savings;    life cycle cost;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1093715
RP-ID  :  ORNL/TM-2012/235
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1093715
Others  :  Other: EL1702010
Others  :  CEEL035

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This report compares several strategies for mixing appropriations and private financing in a typical federal agency that has identified $100 million in required energy conservation measures (ECMs) at its facilities. The analysis shows that in order to maximize savings and minimize overall life-cycle cost, the best strategy for the agency is to use private financing to fund as many of the ECMs as possible within the statutory maximum 25-year project term, beginning with the ECMs with the shortest paybacks. Available appropriations should either be applied to a privately financed project as a one-time payment from savings (i.e., as a buydown ) or used to directly fund longer-payback ECMs that cannot be included in the privately financed project.