Mixing Appropriations and Private Financing to Meet Federal Energy Management Goals

Shonder, John A

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

关键词: Life Cycle Cost;    Energy Savings;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1093715
RP-ID  :  ORNL/TM-2012/235
RP-ID  :  DE-AC05-00OR22725
RP-ID  :  1093715

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 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.