PUBLIC LAW 109–58—AUG. 8, 2005
119 STAT. 649
‘‘(ii) THIRD PARTY CONTRACTS.—Contracts described in clause (i) may include contracts for equipment conversions to less costly utility sources, projects with resident-paid utilities, and adjustments to frozen base year consumption, including systems repaired to meet applicable building and safety codes and adjustments for occupancy rates increased by rehabilitation. ‘‘(iii) TERM OF CONTRACT.—The total term of a contract described in clause (i) shall not exceed 20 years to allow longer payback periods for retrofits, including windows, heating system replacements, wall insulation, site-based generation, advanced energy savings technologies, including renewable energy generation, and other such retrofits.’’. SEC. 152. ENERGY-EFFICIENT APPLIANCES.
42 USC 15841.
In purchasing appliances, a public housing agency shall purchase energy-efficient appliances that are Energy Star products or FEMP-designated products, as such terms are defined in section 553 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, unless the purchase of energy-efficient appliances is not cost-effective to the agency. SEC. 153. ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS.
Section 109 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12709) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking ‘‘1 year after the date of the enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 1992’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2006’’; (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (iv) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(C) rehabilitation and new construction of public and assisted housing funded by HOPE VI revitalization grants under section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), where such standards are determined to be cost effective by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.’’; and (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, and, with respect to rehabilitation and new construction of public and assisted housing funded by HOPE VI revitalization grants under section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), the 2003 International Energy Conservation Code’’ after ‘‘90.1–1989’)’’; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking ‘‘within 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 1992’’ and inserting ‘‘by September 30, 2006’’; and (B) by inserting ‘‘, and, with respect to rehabilitation and new construction of public and assisted housing funded by HOPE VI revitalization grants under section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), the 2003 International Energy Conservation Code’’ before the period at the end; and
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