Sempra Energy (SRE)

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Sempra Energy Services wins approval
for second White Oak project
Sempra Energy Services was awarded an additional $20 million construction delivery order with the General Services Administration (GSA) to the already existing contract at White Oak, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) campus located in Silver Spring, Md. Nearly $73.5 million in total payments will be paid to Sempra Energy over the 23-year performance period for this new delivery order.

Second contract
“The General Services Administration is always looking for ways to meet our energy savings goals and to be good stewards of how the agency uses energy." said Harry Debes, GSA project manager. "The second contract with Sempra Energy Services goes a long way in helping GSA meet those goals.”

The new order is the first award made on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) contracts to any energy services company since the Energy Savings Performing Contract (ESPC) authority was reinstated after expiring in 2003. ESPCs allow federal agencies, such as the Department of Health and Human Services (which oversees the FDA) to pay for energy efficiency improvements with the resultant savings.

New construction
The multi-year construction schedule at White Oak will consolidate the majority of the FDA’s research and development offices and 7,600 employees at the 700-acre former Naval facility.

Sempra Energy Services is providing design engineering, construction, financing, and building operations and maintenance for the campus. This includes construction of a central utility plant using energy-saving combined heating and power technology and renewable energy through photovoltaic panels which convert sunlight into electricity.

Sempra Energy Services initial 20-year contract with White Oak will reduce energy, operations, and maintenance costs to the government by about $4 million annually. With the addition of the second contract, annual savings increase by nearly $1.8 million.

White Oak's recognitions
Though only three years into the multi-staged development effort, the White Oak project has already been recognized with an Energy and Water Management Award from the Department of Health and Human Services; a Craftsman Award from the Washington Building Congress; and a Combined Heat and Power Certificate of Recognition from the EPA.