Reporting Requirements and Process

(1) Distribution Companies. Annually by May 30th , each Distribution Company shall report to the Department all Energy Usage provided by the Distribution Company for all Covered Buildings for the previous calendar year. Such Energy Usage shall be reported at the meter level for each Covered Building unless an exception is approved pursuant to 225 CMR 27.04(1)(c). Such Energy Usage shall be provided for each Covered Building and shall be submitted in a manner established by the Department in the Department's Distribution Company Reporting Guideline. (a) Additional Reporting Requirement for Steam Distribution Companies. Annually by May 30th, Steam Distribution Companies shall also provide the volume of steam produced by each generation source for the previous calendar year. (b) Compliance Year 2025. For Compliance Year 2025, the reporting deadline for 225 CMR 27.04(1) and 225 CMR 27.04(1)(a) shall be June 30, 2025. (c) Request to Submit Building Level Energy Usage. A Distribution Company may request to submit Energy Usage aggregated to the Building level for a Covered Building or group of Covered Buildings. Such a request shall detail why the submission of meter level data for the Covered Buildings is not possible or practicable. The Department shall review such requests on a case-by-case basis. (2) Municipal Utilities. Annually by May 30th , each Municipal Utility shall report to the Department all Energy Usage provided by the Municipal Utilities for all Covered Buildings for the previous calendar year. Such Energy Usage shall be reported at the meter level for each Covered Building unless an exception is approved pursuant to 225 CMR 27.04(2)(b). Such Energy Usage shall be provided for each Covered Building and shall be submitted in a manner established by the Department in the Department's Municipal Utility Reporting Guideline. (a) Compliance Year 2025. For Compliance Year 2025, the reporting deadline for 225 CMR 27.04(2) shall be June 30, 2025. (b) Request to Submit Building Level Energy Usage. A Municipal Utility may request to submit Energy Usage aggregated to the Building level for a Covered Building or group of Covered Buildings. Such a request shall detail why the submission of meter level data for the Covered Buildings is not possible or practicable. The Department shall review such requests on a case-by-case basis. (3) Building Owners. Annually by June 30th , Building Owners shall provide all Energy Usage that is not provided by a Distribution Company or Municipal Utility for all Covered Buildings where they are listed on the Covered Buildings List as the Building Owner. (a) Energy Usage shall be reported using Energy Star Portfolio Manager or any other Department approved program in a manner to be specified by the Department in the Department's Building Owner Reporting Guideline. (b) Exemptions for Energy Usage from an Unresponsive Lessee. A Building Owner shall not be penalized for failing to report any Energy ordered by, delivered to and charged directly to a lessee if the owner sends a written request for Energy Usage information to the lessee not later than April 30th of a Compliance Year, does not receive a response from the lessee by June 25th of the same year and provides evidence of the request to the Department. (4) Additional Building Owner Supplied Information. (a) Verification of Distribution Company or Municipal Utility Covered Building Energy Usage Data by Building Owner. The Department will provide Building Owners with access to aggregated Energy Usage information provided by Distribution Companies or Municipal Utilities for their Covered Buildings. A Building Owner may verify, submit a correction to, or identify a discrepancy in the submitted Energy Usage information on or before August 31st of a Compliance Year for consideration in that Compliance Year's Annual Building Database and Report. Such submission shall contain any relevant documentation. (b) Additional Owner Disclosures. The Department may issue an Additional Owner Disclosure Guideline detailing a method to account for additional or offsetting Building Energy Usage attributable to operational resilience or emissions mitigation. Examples of additional owner disclosures may include, but are not limited to, subtracting electricity used by electric vehicles, accounting for use of a battery storage system, solar produced using various metering configurations, and other distributed generation. (5) Campus Reporting. Building Owners that have received approval to designate a collection of Buildings as a Campus pursuant to 225 CMR 27.03(5) shall report Energy Usage for all Buildings on that Campus pursuant to the plan approved by the Department under 225 CMR 27.03(5).