Local Law 84 / 133 Energy Benchmarking

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What is Local Law 84/133?

Signed into law in 2009 as part of a larger package of energy laws known as the Greener, Greater Buildings Plan. The law originally applied to New York City buildings larger than 50,000 square, and was in 2016 expanded under Local Law 133 to cover NYC buildings larger than 25,000 square feet. The law requires owners and managers to report their building’s energy usage to the City of New York on a yearly basis. This process is known as energy benchmarking and requires the following.

LL84/133 Energy Benchmarking: What's Involved?

Collecting pertinent energy consumption data from vendors(IE Con Edision, National Grid, fuel oil providers)
Setting up an account on EPA’s Portfolio Manager website
Entering the building’s space use characteristics into the website
Extrapolate missing energy data
Entering the consumption data into the website
Generating an energy usage report
Submitting the report electronically to the City of New York.

Local Law 87/133 Frequently Asked Questions

What are Local Laws 84 and 133?

Local Law 84 and Local Law 133 require property managers and owners of all New York City buildings over 25,000 square feet to report the building’s energy and water usage to the City on an annual basis. The laws are commonly referred to as the "energy benchmarking law" or the "energy and water reporting" law.

Originally, under Local Law 84, the requirement applied only to NYC buildings over 50,000 square feet. The requirement was then ammended in 2017 under Local Law 133 to apply to all buildings over 25,000 square feet.
What is the LL84/133 Filing Deadline?

The deadline is May 1 of each year.
What are the penalties for not complying with Local Law 84/133?

Buildings will receive a violation with fines up to $500 per quarter. Fines will continue to accrue until an energy benchmarking report is submitted.
What do you mean by quarterly deadlines and violations?

Filing is due by May 1 of each year. If the report is not filed by that date, the building will incur a violation with a $500 penalty. The building will continue to incur $500 penalties for each additional quarter that the report is not filed.
How do I handle LL84/LL133 Violations?

The only way to handle Local Law 84 / Local Law 133 violations is to pay the associated fine. There is no mechanism for retroactively curing the violation. The building's energy and water usage would then have to be reported by the next deadline in order to avoid additional violations.
Can I do Local Law 84/Local Law 133 in house?

We liken it to doing your taxes in house. There are resources out there which can teach you how to do it. If you you are willing to spend the time to learn the process, to stay on top of yearly changes to the process, and to actually do the work, then you can do it in house.

Many owners and managers have chosen to utilize Redocs instead. Redocs currently handles the Local Law 84 / 133 benchmarking compliance for nearly 1500 buildings each year. In addition to having someone to handle the tedious compliance work, our clients enjoy the added benefit of having a full service energy manager in their corner for no additional cost. We are constantly monitoring and analyzing our client’s energy usage so that we can provide them with knowledge, ideas, and opportunities.