New Jersey benchmarking compliance, filed for you
The New Jersey Clean Energy Act benchmarking requirement requires covered buildings to report energy and water use every year. We gather the data, check it, and file it — usually within a week.
Who’s covered
Commercial and multifamily buildings of 25,000 sq ft or more statewide (the Board of Public Utilities publishes a covered buildings list).
Annual deadline
July 1 for the previous calendar year.
Verification
No routine third-party verification — but the program runs its own data checks, so accuracy still matters.
Penalties
The Board of Public Utilities can take enforcement action against owners on the covered list who don’t report.
What to report
All energy and water used by the whole building — including tenant spaces — for January 1 to December 31:
- Electricity — every meter serving the building
- Natural gas
- District steam, hot or chilled water, if you have it
- Delivered fuels (oil, diesel, propane) — all delivery receipts for the year
- On-site solar production, if any
- Water — whole-building water use
Leave out backup generator fuel. Note any meters added or removed during the year.
Good to know
- Owners can apply to be removed from the list for new construction, demolition, a year of vacancy, foreclosure or bankruptcy, or a list error.
What we’ll need from you
- Building address, plus any utility service addresses that differ from it
- Gross floor area for the whole building and each use (office, retail, residential…), number of units and year built
- Your New Jersey Benchmarking ID (we can look it up)
- Utility data for the full calendar year, January 1 – December 31 (usually 13 months of bills)
- If tenants pay their own utilities: whole-building (aggregated) data from the utility, or signed tenant authorization forms
- Access to your ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager account, if you have one
- Any notice or letter you received about this law
New Jersey benchmarking questions
When is the New Jersey benchmarking deadline?
Does New Jersey benchmarking apply to my building?
What happens if I miss it?
Official program information: New Jersey benchmarking website. Requirements change — we confirm current rules for every filing.