{"data":{"id":"us-mt/90-4-1113","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"90-4-1113","heading":"Investment-grade energy audits.","body":"(1) The qualified energy service provider selected by a governmental entity in accordance with 90-4-1112 shall prepare an investment-grade energy audit. The audit must be incorporated into an energy performance contract.\n(2) An investment-grade energy audit must include estimates of all costs and guaranteed cost savings for the proposed energy performance contract including:\n(a) design;\n(b) engineering;\n(c) equipment;\n(d) materials;\n(e) installation;\n(f) maintenance;\n(g) repairs;\n(h) monitoring and verification;\n(i) commissioning;\n(j) training; and\n(k) debt service.\n(3) (a) A qualified energy service provider and the governmental entity shall agree on the cost of an investment-grade energy audit before it is conducted.\n(b) If an investment-grade energy audit is completed and the governmental entity does not execute an energy performance contract, the governmental entity shall pay the full cost of the investment-grade energy audit.\n(c) If the governmental entity executes the energy performance contract, the cost of the investment-grade energy audit may be included in the costs of an energy performance contract or, at the discretion of the governmental entity, be paid for by the governmental entity.","path":["TITLE 90. PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 4. ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION","Part 11. Local Government and State Agency Energy Performance Contracts"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0900/chapter_0040/part_0110/section_0130/0900-0040-0110-0130.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:55Z","sha256":"e6b1e1d929b25f5153131aa8018790af196d76a36b8f5ed6cb2bfab91f8709b7","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/90-4-1112","next":"us-mt/90-4-1114"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}