Tennessee Code Title 4. State Government § 4-3-1019

(a) To facilitate coordination of state building energy conservation and retrofit measures to be developed or to be implemented within state government, including public institutions of higher education, and to prevent duplication of such plans or programs, the departments of general services, environment and conservation, the state building commission, the Tennessee higher education commission, the state board of regents, the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, and the state board of education shall cooperate with the department of finance and administration and shall supply information concerning any retrofit proposals or consulting projects involving energy conservation within the proposing or consulting entity that are developed independently of the department of finance and administration.

(b) The information provided for in subsection (a) would include requests for funding or consulting contracts for building energy management programs or requests for funding of energy conservation retrofits, and should be furnished prior to approval of the request.

(c) The department of finance and administration may comment on any such plan or program, including noting the existence of a similar plan or program, but shall have no power to postpone or deny this request.