Compliance With Maryland’s New Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS)

New Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS)

Maryland’s Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 requires commercial and industrial buildings to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

As part of their effort to achieve net-zero emissions by the year 2040, the Maryland Department of the Environment is required to keep track of the energy usage of larger buildings.

Key Requirements:

  • Annual Reporting: Building owners must report their energy consumption data to the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE).

  • Data Requests: Request energy usage data from your utility provider.

  • Energy Star Portfolio Manager: Report data through the Energy Star Portfolio Manager web service.

  • Data Retention: Maintain five years of energy usage data.

Maryland Department of Environment (MDE) Assistance: Customers of Chesapeake Utilities who own or operate a facility that is 35,000 square feet or larger can request monthly energy usage data to comply with Maryland’s Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS).

How to Access Your Usage, Billing and Payments in the MiPortal

This guide walks you through how to view your billing history, check payments and download usage information in MiPortal.

From your Customer Dashboard, you can open the Billing and Payments section in any of these ways:

  • Use the navigation menu in the upper-left corner (below the logo)
  • Click Full Payment History in the Recent Payments widget
  • Click Full Billing History in the Billing Details widget

Once you open Billing and Payments, you will see three sections:

  • Billing History
  • Payment History
  • Scheduled Payments

For each bill, you will see:

1. Invoice Number

2. Invoice Date

3. Invoice Amount

4. Due Date

5. Status (Paid or Not Paid)

6. View Invoice link

Helpful Tips

  • If you have more than six records, use the page arrows or choose a higher value in the Results Per Page dropdown.
  • Use the Search button to quickly find a specific invoice.
  • Click Export to Excel to download your billing history (Usage report).
  • To view all invoices, select View Invoices.
  • You can switch between Table View and Card View for easier browsing.
  • A PDF called “Understand Your Bill” is available from the top-right link.

When you click View Invoices, you will be redirected to a secure page showing your bill PDFs from our Bill Presentment Vendor. This page includes:

  • Account Number
  • Amount Due
  • Bill Date
  • Due Date
  • View (PDF) button

For each payment, you will see:

  • Payment Date – When the payment was submitted
  • Amount – The amount paid
  • Status – Pending, Canceled or Paid

Helpful Tips

  • If you have more than six records, use the page arrows or choose a higher value in the Results Per Page dropdown.
  • Use Search to find a payment quickly.
  • Click Export to Excel to download your payment history

For each scheduled payment, you will see:

 

  • Payment Date
  • Scheduled Date
  • Payment Amount
  • Payment Description
  • Payment Method
  • Status

Helpful Tips

  • Page through results or adjust Results Per Page when multiple entries exist.
  • Use Search to filter results.
  • Click Export to Excel for a downloadable file.

*Scheduled Payments are updated nightly and may not reflect real-time activity.

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Energy use data will be returned via email (please check your junk/spam folder).

By completing this form, you are representing that you are authorized to receive the historical natural gas usage data needed by the building owner/customer to comply with the Maryland Department of the Environment’s Building Energy Performance Standard (BEPS) regulation. Note that you may be contacted and required to submit additional information.

Please allow 90 days from the date of your request for Chesapeake Utilities to return the usage data.