Sponsored by:
Senator STEPHEN M. SWEENEY
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Senator TROY SINGLETON
District 7 (Burlington)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes School and Small Business Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program in BPU.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act establishing the School and Small Business Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program in the Board of Public Utilities and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes and amending P.L.1999, c.23.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. (New section) As used in in P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill):
ANSI means American National Standards Institute.
ASHRAE means the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
Board means the Board of Public Utilities or any successor agency.
"Board of education" means and includes the board of education of any local school district, consolidated school district, regional school district, county vocational school and any other board of education or other similar body other than the State Board of Education, the Commission on Higher Education or the Presidents' Council, established and operating under the provisions of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes and having authority to make purchases and to enter into contracts for the provision or performance of goods or services. "Board of education" shall include the board of trustees of a charter school established under P.L.1995, c.426 (C.18A:36A-1 et seq.).
Coronavirus 2019 means the coronavirus disease 2019, as announced by the World Health Organization on February 11, 2020, and first identified in Wuhan, China.
HVAC means heating, ventilation, and air conditioning.
Licensed professional means a professional licensed in this State to perform system design, construction, or installation of features, materials, components, or manufactured devices for mechanical systems required pursuant to P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
Noncompliant appliance means all of the following:
a. a commercial dishwasher that was manufactured prior to January 1, 2010, that does not meet the efficiency requirement of the Energy Star Product Specification for Commercial Dishwashers, Version 1.1;
b. an automatic commercial ice maker that was manufactured prior to January 1, 2010, that does not meet the efficiency requirement of the Energy Star Product Specification for Automatic Commercial Ice Makers, Version 1; or
c. a commercial clothes washer that was manufactured prior to January 1, 2010, that does not meet the efficiency requirement of the Energy Star Product Specification for Clothes Washers, Version 5.0.
Noncompliant plumbing fixture means:
a. a toilet manufactured to use more than 1.6 gallons of water per flush;
b. a urinal manufactured to use more than one gallon of water per flush;
c. a showerhead manufactured to have a flow capacity of more than 2.5 gallons of water per minute; or
d. an interior faucet that emits more than 2.2 gallons of water per minute.
Program means the School and Small Business Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program established pursuant to section 2 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
"Small business" means a sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation that has its principal place of business in the State, is of a size and type determined by the board, and is a women s business or minority business, as those terms are defined in section 2 of P.L.1987, c.55 (C.52:27H-21.8).
SSBNPFA Program means the School and Small Business Noncompliant Plumbing Fixture and Appliance Program established pursuant to section 4 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
SSBVEEVR Program means the School and Small Business Ventilation and Energy Efficiency Verification and Repair Program established pursuant to section 3 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
Underserved community means a school district in which at least 75 percent of public school students are eligible to receive free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Program established pursuant to the "Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act," Pub.L.79-396 (42 U.S.C. s.1751 et seq.).
Water-conserving appliance means any of the following:
a. a commercial dishwasher that meets the criteria of the Energy Star Product Specification for Commercial Dishwashers, Version 2.0, or any revision to those criteria published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency that is adopted by the board for the program;
b. an automatic commercial ice maker that meets the criteria of the Energy Star Product Specification for Automatic Commercial Ice Makers, Version 3.0, or any revision to those criteria published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency that is adopted by the board for the program; or
c. a commercial clothes washer that meets the criteria of the Energy Star Product Specification for Clothes Washers, Version 8.0, or any revision to those criteria published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency that is adopted by the board for the program.
2. (New section) a. The Board of Public Utilities shall establish and administer a School and Small Business Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program for the purpose of providing grants to boards of education and small businesses for the installation of certain HVAC systems and energy efficient and water-conserving appliances to improve air quality and energy efficiency in school districts under the jurisdiction of a board of education and small businesses, including school districts and small businesses in underserved communities. The program shall consist of the following programs:
(1) The School and Small Business Ventilation and Energy Efficiency Verification and Repair Program; and
(2) The School and Small Business Noncompliant Plumbing Fixture and Applianc