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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 45-2 Annual energy consumption report.">
  <section prefix="§" num="45-2" heading="Annual energy consumption report.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Agency reports to Finance.">
      <para num="(1)">On or before January 1 of every year, each City agency shall provide the Department of Finance with an energy consumption report.</para>
      <para num="(2)">This report shall state:<para num="(i)">how the agency has complied to date with the criteria and performance measures established by the Commission on Sustainability;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the amount budgeted for energy consumption in the current fiscal year;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the amount budgeted for energy consumption in the next fiscal year; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">a plan to reduce energy consumption in the next fiscal year in accordance with the criteria and performance measures established by the Commission on Sustainability.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">The amounts shall be stated in:<para num="(i)">the units of energy billed by the sources, such as gallons, kilowatt-hours, or therms;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the energy equivalent per year in the International System of Units (joules per year) or BTU’s by each energy source;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the cost of each type of energy; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">the total cost of energy for each agency.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Finance report to Council.">This information shall be transmitted by the Department of Finance to the City Council on or before March 1 of the same year.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §164A</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 81-237</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ords. 07-488</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
