Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(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:
1.
for each newly constructed building or Major Renovation project subject to the
Demonstration Project in each municipality participating in the Demonstration
Project; and
2. 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).
(4)
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.
