Reporting and Assessment of Results

(1) Department Reporting. Not later than September 30, 2025, and every two years thereafter, the Department shall compile a report to be filed with the Senate and House Committees on Ways and Means, the Joint Committee on Housing, and the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following components: (a) Description of Demonstration Project and list of participating communities; (b) Description of the Department's process for selecting Comparable Municipalities as a comparison group for the Demonstration Project; (c) An analysis of the net reduction in emissions: for each newly constructed building or Major Renovation project subject to the Demonstration Project in each municipality participating in the Demonstration Project; and for each comparable newly constructed building or Major Renovation project in a number of Comparable Municipalities, as selected by the Department, not participating in the Demonstration Project; (d) An analysis of impacts on: housing production, if any; housing affordability, if any, including electric bills, heating bills and other operating costs; housing affordability for persons of low and moderate income, if any, including electric bills, heating bills and other operating costs; (e) Recommendations for the continuation or termination of the Demonstration Project. (2) Reporting Requirements for Participating Communities. Annually, not later than June 30th, Participating Communities shall submit the following data, in a timely and accurate manner, and in an accessible format as established by the Department, to the appropriate electric and gas distribution companies, or other designees as determined by the Department: (a) For each applicant for a building permit, the applicant's name, street address, building usage type, square footage, and estimated construction cost. (b) Electronic copies of any third-party energy reporting on new construction and Major Renovation projects that illustrate the expected energy use for each major end use. These include, but are not limited to, relevant sections of: final Home Energy Reporting System rating reports; Passive house certification reports; building energy modeling reports used to demonstrate commercial energy code compliance through ASHRAE 90.1 or Thermal Energy Demand Intensity (TEDI) building code compliance pathway. (3) Reporting Requirements for Electric and Gas Utilities. Each year beginning in 2024, not later than September 30th, all electric and gas distribution companies serving customers in Participating Communities or the Comparable Municipalities shall, in an accessible and standardized format approved by the Department, report the following data: (a) Monthly kWh and therm usage, monthly electric costs, broken down by cost category, and monthly gas costs, broken down by cost category. (b) The information above shall be submitted by account, with an associated anonymized account identifier to track information over time. Each account shall be submitted with an associated rate class, and street address, and be linked to a permit number provided through 225 CMR 24.07(2). Comparable Municipalities. The Department will identify and designate Comparable Municipalities in a manner to be determined by the Department. Comparable Municipalities shall report data as set forth in 225 CMR 24.07(2). The Department will coordinate with Comparable Municipalities on the method and process of data collection and reporting.