§18803 Commercial Building Energy Consumption Information Sharing

Summary

The Administrator of the Energy Information Administration and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency must sign and send to Congress an information‑sharing agreement within 120 days after November 15, 2021. Administrator: the head of the Energy Information Administration. Agreement: the information‑sharing deal they sign. Survey: the Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey. The agreement must let the EIA access building‑level data in EPA’s Portfolio Manager and let EPA access building‑level Survey data, as allowed by law. It must explain how the EIA will use the data, compare data collection methods and data for the same buildings (including the 2018 Survey and later Survey cycles and Portfolio Manager), and consider whether the EIA can collect and publish new Survey data every 3 years using its own process or with Portfolio Manager data. Covered data includes Portfolio Manager data, data that state and local laws require to be public online, and private buildings of at least 250,000 square feet. The agreement must protect information under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4), subchapter III of chapter 35 of title 44, and other applicable laws.