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IND-48 / Energy, environment and communities

Accept utility rebates and obtain utility-financed conservation improvements

Participate in demand/conservation programs, accept generally available incentives, and let utilities advance eligible design/implementation costs for repayment.

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Authority / instrument · IND-48

Utility conservation partnerships

Energy, environment and communities

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary of Defense; authorized Service Secretary

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Not unrestricted private gift acceptance or loan borrowing

Recorded executor

DLA Energy Installation Energy or Utility Services as appropriate; Service contracting officers / USACE / NAVFAC / AFCEC

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Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedRepayment subject to appropriations from utility-service funds; authorized incentives accepted. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProcess sourcedUESCs use the installation’s eligible serving utility and a limited-source acquisition process; they differ from the ESCO savings-guarantee model. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.

At a glance

Possible toolIND-48 · Other statutory tools

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense; authorized Service Secretary

Other statutory tools

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Conditional legal pathway; current funding, required determinations, and actual delegation not certified.

Program process and intake

Checked 2026-10-04 · process documented. Program evidence is separate from legal authority, available funds and transaction approval.

UESCs use the installation’s eligible serving utility and a limited-source acquisition process; they differ from the ESCO savings-guarantee model.

Utility energy service contracts and utility incentives

Who this route serves
Federal facilities and their qualifying franchised gas/water/electric utility providers
Administering office / routing lead
Installation energy and contracting officials; eligible serving utility; FEMP technical support
Direct implementation

FEMP’s authority list expressly includes 10 USC 2913, separate from government-wide 42 USC 8256.

What this evidence label means
Published process and 2025 assurance guide

FEMP maintains UESC procedures and a 2025 performance-assurance guide explicitly citing DoD § 2913.

Status reference date: 2026-10-04 · research checked 2026-10-04

UESC Performance Assurance Planning Guide2025 · Executive Summary: authorities and performance assuranceofficial technical/process guidance · Evidence record

Program eligibility

Steps and preparation

  • Check existing GSA areawide/basic agreements; plan the project and prepare the justification for other than full/open competition before utility negotiations.

    FEMP UESC Phase1: Acquisition Planning · Initial J&A for other than full/open competition; statutory citationsofficial process guide · Evidence record
Funding, limits and authority relationship

Funding and financial terms

  • utility/third-party finance and appropriations · Published process; checked 2026-10-04

    The utility may arrange financing; an agency can combine appropriations and financing to pay for improvements.

    FEMP About Utility Energy Service Contracts · Serving utility, financing, authority list and Existing Contractsofficial program guidance · Evidence record

Exclusions and limits

Authority relationship source

FEMP About Utility Energy Service Contracts · Serving utility, financing, authority list and Existing Contractsofficial program guidance · Evidence record

FEMP UESC program and utility team →

technical/process guidance: Federal customer support and serving-utility route, not an unrestricted developer loan application.

Source access and verification notes
Research scope and sources checked

Reviewed currentFEMP programme, acquisition-planning phase and2025 assurance guide; did not import ESPC guarantees into UESC eligibility.

What remains unverified

  • No installation-specific serving-utility eligibility, approved J&A, rebate or project financial terms verified; § 2913(d) custody/receipt rules require transaction review.

A dated source check is not continuing monitoring. Recheck the linked official notice before preparing a submission. Browse program research →

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Cost-effective conservation/demand program
  • Repayment terms no less favorable than utility’s most favored customer
  • Government title to installed devices at agreed point

Limits & exclusions

  • Incentives must be generally available and consistent with statutory goals
  • Not unrestricted private gift acceptance or loan borrowing

Funding conditions

  • Repayment subject to appropriations from utility-service funds; authorized incentives accepted.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Installation energy manager
  • Service energy office / ASD(EI&E)

Resources

  • Installation utility/O&M accounts or authorized project funds

Approval

  • Secretary concerned; Secretary of Defense approval when statute requires
    Office profile

Execution

  • DLA Energy Installation Energy or Utility Services as appropriate
  • Service contracting officers / USACE / NAVFAC / AFCEC
    Office profile

Partners & review

  • Utility / energy-service company
  • DOE technical assistance; State utility regulator where required

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

Requirement sponsor → named planning office → resource owner and counsel → statutory approving official → authorized executing/contracting office.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

What this research establishes

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedRepayment subject to appropriations from utility-service funds; authorized incentives accepted. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProcess sourcedUESCs use the installation’s eligible serving utility and a limited-source acquisition process; they differ from the ESCO savings-guarantee model. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Confidence: High on statutory permission; execution roles are organizational routing, not verified individual delegations.

Currentness: 2024 official U.S. Code operative text read; relevant amendments in Pub. L. 119-60 (Dec. 18, 2025), 119-21 and 119-103 examined. Rolling OLRC source consulted where retrievable; transaction-specific later-law and delegation confirmation remains necessary.

Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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