New York City Energy & Emissions Policy Updates
NOTE: The updates concerning New York emissions & energy provided are only summaries and are not intended to be comprehensive analyses
November 25, 2019 - Local Law 33 of 2018 requires owners of covered building to display their building’s energy efficiency grade in a conspicuous location near each public entrance the building starting in 2020. The Department of Buildings (DOB) is holding a public meeting concerning its proposal to amend its Rule relating to the annual reporting of energy and water use by individual “covered” buildings. Among the amendments proposed is a $1,250 penalty for failure to post energy efficiency grades. Read more…
October 1, 2019 - While not directly connected to LL97, the FDNY's 3 Rule, RCNY 608-01 entitled “Outdoor Stationary Storage Battery Systems" has gone into effect on this date. This rule sets forth the long-awaited requirements for use of large-scale outdoor battery energy storage systems in New York City.
August 26, 2019
New York City made public the 2018 Building Energy and Water Benchmarking Data. This data includes ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager data for the calendar year 2017 for 34,355 privately-owned buildings over 25,000 sf. Local Law 87 of 2009 initiated the benchmarking of building energy usage for buildings over 50,000 sf while subsequent legislation and Local Law 133 of 2016 have refined the reporting requirements to include annual reporting and covered buildings above 25,000 square feet of gross floor area.
June 26, 2019
Local Law 147 of 2019
Local law 147 provides numerous tweaks to LL97, the Climate Mobilization Act. The majority of the changes are grammatical in nature, however there are a few more notable modifications. Some of those modifications include:
April 18, 2019
Local Law 98 of 2019
Local law 98 adds numerous provisions to the City code concerning the design, placement and operation of large wind turbines
October 1, 2019 - While not directly connected to LL97, the FDNY's 3 Rule, RCNY 608-01 entitled “Outdoor Stationary Storage Battery Systems" has gone into effect on this date. This rule sets forth the long-awaited requirements for use of large-scale outdoor battery energy storage systems in New York City.
August 26, 2019
New York City made public the 2018 Building Energy and Water Benchmarking Data. This data includes ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager data for the calendar year 2017 for 34,355 privately-owned buildings over 25,000 sf. Local Law 87 of 2009 initiated the benchmarking of building energy usage for buildings over 50,000 sf while subsequent legislation and Local Law 133 of 2016 have refined the reporting requirements to include annual reporting and covered buildings above 25,000 square feet of gross floor area.
June 26, 2019
Local Law 147 of 2019
Local law 147 provides numerous tweaks to LL97, the Climate Mobilization Act. The majority of the changes are grammatical in nature, however there are a few more notable modifications. Some of those modifications include:
- Numerous definitions in LL97 are modified to a greater or lesser degree
- Adds an option for building owners to calculate emissions for purchased electricity based on the time-of-use (TOU). Note - this TOU calculation method is not yet defined
- Adds a statement that the emissions from natural gas-powered fuel cells will be treated as credit in a fashion to be determined later
- Increased the emissions intensity for some select building uses: "For spaces classified as occupancy groups B civic administrative facility for emergency response services, B non-production laboratory, Group B ambulatory healthcare facility, H,I-2 or I-3: multiply the building emissions intensity limit of [0.01193] 0.01330 tCO2e/sf by the corresponding gross floor area (sf)" where [ ] means delete and italics means add
- Adds clarifications to numerous provisions for the duration of emissions deductions, definitions of rent controlled and religious facilities
April 18, 2019
Local Law 98 of 2019
Local law 98 adds numerous provisions to the City code concerning the design, placement and operation of large wind turbines