The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
002
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BUILDING ENERGY LABELING AND BENCHMARKING
(Cite as: 30 V.S.A. § 63)
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§ 63. Multiunit buildings; access to aggregated data
(a) Obligation; aggregation and release of data. On request of the owner of a multiunit building or the owner’s designated agent, each
distribution company and energy efficiency utility shall aggregate monthly energy
usage data in its possession for the unit holders in the building and release the
aggregated data to the owner or agent. The aggregated data shall be anonymized.
(1) Under this section, the obligation to aggregate and release data shall accrue when
the owner or agent:
(A) Certifies that the request is made for the purpose of benchmarking or preparing an
energy label for the building.
(B) With respect to a multiunit building that has at least four unit holders, provides
documentation certifying that, at least 14 days prior to submission of the request,
each unit holder was notified that the energy usage data of the holder was to be requested
and that this notice gave each unit holder an opportunity to opt out of the energy
use aggregation. The owner or agent shall identify to the distribution company or
energy efficiency utility requesting the data each unit holder that opted out.
(C) With respect to a multiunit building that has fewer than four unit holders, provides
an energy usage data release authorization from each unit holder.
(2) A unit holder may authorize release of the holder’s energy usage data by signature
on a release authorization form or clause in a lease signed by the unit holder. The
provisions of 9 V.S.A. § 276 (recognition of electronic records and signatures) shall apply to release authorization
forms under this subsection.
(3) After consultation with the Commercial Working Group, the Commissioner of Public Service
shall prescribe forms for requests and release authorizations under this subsection.
The request form shall include the required certification.
(b) Response period. A distribution company or energy efficiency utility shall release the aggregated energy
use data to the building owner or designated agent within 30 days of its receipt of
a request that meets the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.
(1) The aggregation shall exclude energy usage data for each unit holder who opted out
or, in the case of a multiunit building with fewer than four unit holders, each unit
holder for which a signed release authorization was not received.
(2) A distribution company may refer a complete request under subsection (a) of this section
to an energy efficiency utility that possesses the requisite data, unless the data
is to be used for a benchmarking program to be conducted by the company. (Added 2019, No. 62, § 12.)