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BGS responds to audit of State Energy Management Program, outlines fixes and reauthorization plans
Summary
The Department of Buildings and General Services told the committee it agrees with an auditor's findings about gaps in data tracking, savings verification and baseline setting for the State Energy Management Program and described steps to improve measurement and verification, staffing and automated data sharing ahead of program reauthorization.
The Department of Buildings and General Services (BGS) told the House Energy committee on April 23 that it accepts the auditor's findings on the State Energy Management Program (SEMP) and is implementing changes to improve tracking, verification and reporting.
Deputy Commissioner Emily Cassiki and Brian Su, state energy program manager at BGS, briefed the committee on the agency's reasoned response to an audit covering fiscal year 2016 and the January report's recommendations. The audit cited deficiencies in data tracking for facilities not owned by BGS, measurement and verification of projected energy savings, inconsistent baseline setting, and incomplete reporting of completed projects. BGS said it generally agreed with those findings and laid out a set of procedural and staffing…
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