Section 4-207. Assessment of certain clean on-site power generation technologies

a.  By  January  1,  2008,  the  department  of  citywide  administrative  services  shall  conduct an assessment of all facilities
  owned by the city with a five hundred kilowatt or greater peak demand to
  determine  whether  cogeneration  and  natural   gas-based   distributed
  generation projects are appropriate for such facilities. For purposes of
  this section, "cogeneration and natural gas-based distributed generation
  projects"   shall  only  include  those  projects  where  such  electric
  generation would be connected to the distribution  level  of  the  grid,
  would  be located at or near the intended place of use and would produce
  fewer emissions of carbon dioxide and particulate  matter  per  unit  of
  useful energy output than a new combined-cycle natural-gas fired central
  power  plant.  Such assessment shall include, but not be limited to, the
  technical, physical  and/or  economic  feasibility  of  installing  such
  electric generation.
    b.  The  assessment required to be completed pursuant to subdivision a
  of this  section  shall  be  reviewed  by  the  department  of  citywide
  administrative  services  at  a minimum of every five years and shall be
  updated, as  appropriate,  to  reflect  newly  acquired  facilities  and
  changes  in  existing  facilities that may alter the conclusions made in
  such assessment, as it may have been revised, as well as developments in
  the electric generation technologies specified in subdivision a of  this
  section  that  affect  the  emissions  of  carbon dioxide or particulate
  matter resulting from the use  of  such  technologies  or  affect  prior
  technical,  physical  or economic feasibility assessments, including the
  availability of funding or financing sources.
    c. A report on the assessment and updates  required  to  be  completed
  pursuant  to  subdivisions a and b of this section shall be submitted to
  the mayor and the  speaker  of  the  council  within  ten  days  of  the
  completion of such assessment and updates, and shall include, but not be
  limited  to,  an  explanation  of  the  process,  criteria  and specific
  analyses used for such assessments and updates and the results  of  such
  assessments and updates for each facility.