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| https://welch.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/bipartisan-coalition-117-house-members-and-22-senators-push-extend-2011 | Bipartisan coalition of 117 House Members and 22 Senators push to extend 2011 energy efficiency initiative in federal buildings | 2013-11-20 | 2013 | 2013-11 | Democrat | House | VT | Peter Welch | W000800 | welch.house.gov | legacy | Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO), Rep. Peter Welch, (D-VT), Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) and Sen. John Boozman (R-AR), joined by 117 House colleagues and 22 Senate colleagues, are calling for a 5-year extension of President Obama's federal buildings energy efficiency initiative. In 2011, the President kicked off a 2-year initiative to achieve $2 billion in energy savings in federal buildings. The bipartisan, bicameral coalition of legislators is calling on the President to continue the successful use of performance contracting in federal facilities by launching a 5-year, $5 billion extension of the 2011 initiative. The 2011 executive order employed the use of Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs) and Utility Energy Services Contracts (UESCs) to achieve energy savings in federal buildings.Under an ESPC or UESC, an energy services company or a utility negotiates a contract with a federal agency that specifies the amount of energy savings it will achieve through retrofits and other measures. The company or utility is then paid for its performance out of the savings it achieves rather than through appropriated funds. The federal government spends over $6 billion annually on energy use in federal facilities. Rep. Gardner, Rep. Welch, and Senator Coons have introduced legislation(H.R.2689 and S.1308) to advance the use of ESPCs and UESCs in the federal government that mirrors the expansion proposed in the coalition's letter to the President. The legislators point out in their letter that the 2011 initiative has led to a substantial increase in federal facility upgrades carried out by private-sector entities without any upfront cost to the taxpayer There is still substantial potential for achieving more savings and the success of the past two years' effort has created important momentum that should now be continued. 117 House Members, including 70 Democrats and 47 Republicans, have signed onto the Gardner-Welchletter which can be read here. 22 Senators, including 16 Democrats and 6 Republicans, have signed the identical Coons-Boozman letter which is still open for signatures in the Senate. The following Representatives and Senators have signed the Gardner-Welch-Coons-Boozman letter to date: HOUSE SENATE Rep. Mark Amodei Sen. Chris Coons Rep. Andy Barr Sen. John Boozman Rep. John Barrow Sen. Ron Wyden Rep. Marsha Blackburn Sen. Rob Portman Rep. Earl Blumenauer Sen. Bernie Sanders Rep. Bruce Braley Sen. Lamar Alexander Rep. Paul Broun Sen. Tom Udall Rep. Julia Brownley Sen. John Hoeven Rep. Vern Buchanan Sen. Jeanne Shaheen Rep. Cheri Bustos Sen. Saxby Chambliss Rep. Lois Capps Sen. Brian Schatz Rep. Tony Cardenas Sen. Jim Inhofe Rep. Matt Cartwright Sen. Al Franken Rep. Judy Chu Sen. Jeff Merkley Rep. Howard Coble Sen. Mark Begich Rep. Mike Coffman Sen. Martin Heinrich Rep. Steve Cohen Sen. Ed Markey Rep. Doug Collins Sen. Richard Blumenthal Rep. Gerald Connolly Sen. Chris Murphy Rep. John Conyers Sen. Robert Menendez Rep. Jim Cooper Sen. Jack Reed Rep. Rodney Davis Sen. Dick Durbin Rep. John Delaney Rep. Rosa DeLauro Rep. Jeff Denham Rep. Charlie Dent Rep. Donna Edwards Rep. Renee Ellmers Rep. Anna Eshoo Rep. Sam Farr Rep. Stephen Fincher Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick Rep. Bill Flores Rep. Trent Franks Rep. Cory Gardner Rep. Chris Gibson Rep. Phil Gingrey Rep. Paul Gosar Rep. Tim Griffin Rep. Raul Grijalva Rep. Brett Guthrie Rep. Ralph Hall Rep. Richard Hanna Rep. Denny Heck Rep. Jim Himes Rep. Rush Holt Rep. Mike Honda Rep. Jared Huffman Rep. Randy Hultgren Rep. Lynn Jenkins Rep. Pitts Joseph Rep. Bill Keating Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy, III Rep. Derek Kilmer Rep. Adam Kinzinger Rep. Anne McLane Kuster Rep. Jim Langevin Rep. Barbara Lee Rep. Zoe Lofgren Rep. Alan Lowenthal Rep. Dan Maffei Rep. Jim Matheson Rep. Doris Matsui Rep. Michael McCaul Rep. Betty McCollum Rep. Jim McDermott Rep. Jim McGovern Rep. Mike McIntyre Rep. David McKinley Rep. George Miller Rep. Jim Moran Rep. Mick Mulvaney Rep. Patrick Murphy Rep. Richard Nolan Rep. Alan Nunnelee Rep. Bill Owens Rep. Frank Pallone Rep. Bill Pascrell Rep. Erik Paulsen Rep. Ed Perlmutter Rep. Scott Peters Rep. Pingree Pingree Rep. Mark Pocan Rep. Jared Polis Rep. Bill Posey Rep. David Price Rep. Mike Quigley Rep. Charlie Rangel Rep. Reid Ribble Rep. Raul Ruiz Rep. Tim Ryan Rep. John Sarbanes Rep. Jan Schakowsky Rep. Kurt Schrader Rep. Robert "Bobby" Scott Rep. Carol Shea Porter Rep. Mike Simpson Rep. Krysten Sinema Rep. Jackie Speier Rep. Lee Terry Rep. John Tierney Rep. Paul Tonko Rep. Niki Tsongas Rep. Fred Upton Rep. Chris Van Hollen Rep. Greg Walden Rep. Jackie Walorski Rep. Henry Waxman Rep. Daniel Webster Rep. Peter Welch Rep. Ed Whitfield Rep. Roger Williams Rep. Joe Wilson Rep. Frank Wolf Rep. Steve Womack Rep. John Yarmuth Rep. Todd Young | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |