Recent congressional legislation allows federal agencies new authorities to
contract for energy savings by sharing the
acquired savings with an energy service
company. As part of its charter to make
the federal government more energy-efficient, the Federal Energy Management Program
(FEMP) endeavors to improve the technical basis for such performance-based
contracting. Specific tasks include the
development of improved energy use baselining methods, refinement of a simplified
energy analysis method and support to
users, preparation of guidelines and procedures
for energy savings initiatives,
and publication of a manual to guide identification and analysis of energy conservation measures. This paper describes the
current status and planned progress in
each of these areas, and how these relate
to several planned shared savings projects
