Update on MA Large Building Energy Reporting
May 16, 2025
As an update to the blogpost posted in February about Large Building Energy Reporting (LBER) at a state level, the final version of the 225 CMR 27.00:Building Energy Reporting regulations went into effect at the end of February, 2025. Reporting for all energy usage for the previous calendar year is now due to DOER by June 30, 2025. Building owners are responsible for reporting energy usage not provided by an electric, gas, or steam utility, like fuel oil, propane, wood, or on-site solar generation. As a reminder, based on feedback a new section was added, section 27.02 (2) (c), that stated that if a building owner was responsible for reporting a building’s energy use through BERDO, BEUDO, or other approved municipal ordinances or by-laws, they could submit the same information for LBER that they submit for municipal regulations.
DOER has released a Covered Buildings List showing all buildings that must report their energy use by June 30th. On October 31, 2025, DOER will publish LBER disclosure reports.
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