42 U.S.C. § 8262e — Federal energy cost accounting and management

(a) Guidelines — Within 120 days of October 24, 1992, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, working with the Secretary, GSA, and the Secretary of Defense, had to set guidelines for each agency to accurately track energy use in every building or facility it owns, operates, manages, or leases — where the government pays utilities separately and operates the leased space itself. These guidelines are used in the reports required under section 8258. Each agency had to follow the guidelines within 120 days after they were issued. Each facility energy manager must keep energy use and cost records that the Inspector General, Congress, and the public can review. (b) Contents of guidelines — The guidelines must set up a monitoring system to find (1) which facilities cost the most to run, measured per square foot or another useful way; (2) unusual or abnormal changes in energy use; and (3) whether utility bills for electricity and gas are accurate. (c) Federally leased space energy reporting requirement — GSA must include, in each report it submits under section 8262a, the estimated energy cost of leased buildings or space where the federal government doesn't pay the utility bills directly.