Executive Order: Slash Energy Consumption

Executive Order: Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management
Bush Orders Federal Agencies to Slash Energy Consumption

President George W. Bush recently issued an executive order requiring federal agencies to cut their energy consumption, shift federal fleets to alternative fuel and plug-in hybrid vehicles, and expand procurement programs for environmentally friendly products.

Under the order, agencies operating fleets of at least 20 motor vehicles must reduce their consumption of petroleum products by two percent a year through the end of fiscal 2015. Bush said federal agencies would start buying new plug-in hybrid vehicles when they are commercially available.

The order requires agencies to reduce their overall energy use by three percent annually through 2015 and to cut water consumption two percent annually over the same period. Agencies must increase alternative fuel consumption at least 10 percent annually.

The order mandates that agencies expand procurement programs focusing on environmentally friendly products, including bio-based products. At least 50 percent of current renewable energy purchases must come from renewable sources that began generating power after January 1, 1999, the order states.

And by 2010 the federal government must increase to at least 2,500 the number of operations that implement environmental management systems, up from about 1,000 today.

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