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It describes how an energy service company implements energy conservation measures, is repaid from shared savings, and must satisfy statutory and regulatory requirements. 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Background\nThe goal of this RFI is to solicit information from industry to assist the \u003C agency, site name and location> in structuring a future solicitation for a proposed \u003Cx> MW on-site solar array that will be implemented using an energy savings performance contract energy sales agreement (ESPC ESA). An ESPC ESA is a project structure that allows federal agencies to utilize the ESPC long-term multiyear contracting authority to implement cost-saving renewable energy conservation measures (ECMs) on federal buildings/land that support domestic energy production and leverage private sector investment. Under an ESPC ESA, just as with a traditional ESPC, an energy service company (ESCO) incurs the costs of implementing an ECM (in this case the ECM is an onsite renewable energy generation system) and is repaid by the federal agency from a share of the resulting energy savings.\nThe ESPC ESA must meet all ESPC statutory and regulatory requirements  (See 42 U.S.C. § 8287 et seq. and 10 C.F.R. § 436.30 et seq.), including the requirement that the agency pay for the cost of the ESPC ESA from energy savings generated each year over the life of the contract. The ESCO must be on the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Qualified List of Energy Service Companies (DOE Qualified List) available at \u0013 HYPERLINK \"http://energy.gov/eere/femp/doe-qualified-energy-service-companies\" \u0014http://energy.gov/eere/femp/doe-qualified-energy-service-companies\u0015 or an agency's list of qualified contractors (consistent with 42 U.S.C. § 8287(b)(2)(A)-(B) requirements) prior to contract award.\nIn order for the ESPC ESA contract to be scored annually, it must be consistent with the requirements under the OMB “Addendum to OMB Memorandum M-98-13 on Federal Use of Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs) and Utility Energy Service Contracts (UESCs)” (M-12-21, dated September 28, 2012, available at \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.gsa.gov/portal/mediaId/189419/fileName/Environmental_Programs_Addendum_to_OMB_Memo_m-12-21.action\" \u0014https://www.gsa.gov/portal/mediaId/189419/fileName/Environmental_Programs_Addendum_to_OMB_Memo_m-12-21.action\u0015), including the requirement that the federal government retain title to the onsite renewable energy generation system at the conclusion of the contract.\nThe intent is for the ESPC ESA to meet the safe harbor requirements of IRS Revenue Procedure 2017-19 (see \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-irbs/irb17-07.pdf),\" \u0014https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-irbs/irb17-07.pdf),\u0015 including the requirements that the ESPC ESA contract length be 20 years or less, that the ESCO will own, operate, and maintain the renewable energy generation system at all times, and title transfer of the renewable energy generation asset will be at fair market value as appraised by a third party at the time of the sale.\nThe ESCO will transfer a portion of the payments it receives from \u003Csite> each year into a reserve account held by the ESCO. These funds will be allocated to the future FMV purchase of the renewable energy generation asset.  Any reserve account funds in excess of the renewable energy generation FMV purchase price can be applied by the ESCO to offset the final ESPC payment(s).\nThe \u003Cagency> is considering a solar project at the \u003Csite> for the following reasons [possible goals listed below]:\nTo reduce costs\nTo protect against volatile energy prices\nLocal economic benefits\nEnergy resiliency [If this is a goal, the solar project must be configured to operate when there is a grid outage. The project could be configured to be microgrid-ready, see \u0013 HYPERLINK \"http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy15osti/64582.pdf\" \u0014http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy15osti/64582.pdf\u0015]:\nEducation\nTo increase renewable use\n\u003CSite> \u003Cis/is not> currently considering other non-solar ECMs under this RFI.\nB. 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