(a) No later than May 1, 2019 , and no later than May 1
every year thereafter, the total Energy and Water consumed by
each Municipal Property, along with all other descriptive
information required by the Benchmarking Tool, shall be entered
into the Benchmarking Tool for the previous calendar year.
(b) Owners of Covered Property shall annually input the
total Energy and Water consumed by each Covered Property, along
with all other descriptive information required by the
Benchmarking Tool, into the Benchmarking Tool for the previous
calendar year. The Owner shall input this information according
to the following schedule:
(1) A Residential Covered Property no later than one year
after the Department has certified that utility service
providers have made utility use data readily available
in a standardized and secure manner through “green
button” or similar programs or standards that offer
easy access to usage data as needed to use Energy Star
Portfolio Manager, and by May 1 every year thereafter;
(2) Non-residential Covered Property. For Non-residential
Covered Properties in which any single tenant occupies
ninety percent (90%) or more of the property’s
available floor space, by May 1, 2020. For all other
Non-residential Covered Properties, no later than one
year after the Department has certified that utility
service providers have made utility use data readily
available in a standardized and secure manner through
“green button” or similar programs or standards that
offer easy access to usage data as needed to use Energy
Star Portfolio Manager, and by May 1 every year
thereafter; and