Energy savings performance contracts federal energy savings performance contracts espcs allow federal agencies to procure energy savings and facility improvements with no up front capital costs or special appropriations from congress an espc is a partnership between an agency and an energy service company esco. Book energy savings performance contracts federal use and analyses uploaded by erle stanley gardner energy savings performance contracts federal energy savings performance contracts espcs allow federal agencies to procure energy savings and facility improvements with no up front capital costs or special appropriations from. Policymakers state and local energy officials and other stakeholders partner with escos to achieve significant energy and water savings primarily in public and institutional sector facilities escos are able to deliver cost effective savings to end use customers primarily through the use of performance based contracting where escos guarantee annual savings levels emp and the. An energy savings performance contract espc is a method of funding energy conservation measures using the cost savings that result from the measures themselves currently the most widely used vehicles for implementing espcs in the us federal government are the super espc contracts administered by the us department of energys federal energy management program the principal. In addition to paying for the retrofit from the energy savings energy performance contracts offer several other advantages such as the following energy service companies provide a turnkey service and access to private sector funding to retrofit federal buildings one contract for services and funding