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Energy Benchmark Fines And Violations
City/State Energy Benchmark Fines and Violations for Non-Compliance
Benchmark Program |
Annual Deadline |
Penalty for Non-Compliance |
Atlanta Commercial Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance |
June 1st |
$1,000 |
Austin Energy Conservation Audit & Disclosure (ECAD) Ordinance |
June 1st |
$500-2,000 |
Berkeley Building Energy Saving Ordinance |
July 1st |
$100-1,000 |
Boston Energy Reporting & Disclosure Ordinance |
May 15th |
$35-200 |
California Assembly Bill 802 (CA AB802) |
June 1st |
$500-2,000 |
Cambridge Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance |
May 1st |
$300/day |
Chicago Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance |
June 1st |
$100 + $25/day |
Chula Vista Building Energy Saving Ordinance |
May 20th |
$750-2,250 |
Denver Commercial & Multifamily Building Benchmarking |
June 1st |
$2,000 |
Des Moines Energy & Water Benchmarking Ordinance |
May 1st |
$50 + $300-500/day |
Evanston Building Energy & Water Use Benchmarking Ordinance |
June 30th |
$100 |
Fort Collins, CO Ordinance 144 Building Energy & Water Scoring |
March 1st |
$1,000 |
Kansas City Energy Empowerment Ordinance |
May 1st |
Written Warning |
Los Angeles Energy & Water Efficiency (LA EBEWE) |
June 1st |
$202 |
Minneapolis Commercial Building Rating & Disclosure Ordinance |
June 1st |
Written Warning + Civil Fine |
Montgomery County Building Energy Benchmarking Law |
June 1st |
Written Warning |
New York City Local Law 84 (NYC LL84) |
May 1st* |
$500-$2,000 |
Orlando Building Energy & Water Efficiency Strategy (Ordinance 2016-64) |
May 1st |
Written Warning |
Philadelphia Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance |
June 30th |
$300 + $100/day |
Pittsburgh Building Benchmarking Ordinance |
June 1st |
Publicly listed non-Compliant |
Portland Energy & Water Use Performance Benchmarking Ordinance (Maine) |
May 1st |
$20/day |
Portland Commercial Building Energy Reporting (Oregon) |
April 22nd |
$500 |
Reno Energy & Water Efficiency Program (Ordinance 7068) |
April 1st |
$850 |
Saint Louis Building Energy Awareness Bill |
April 1st |
$50-1,000 |
Salt Lake City Elevate Buildings |
May 1st |
$500-1,000 |
San Francisco Existing Commercial Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance (SF EBO) |
April 1st* |
$50-2,500 |
Seattle Council Bill 116731 (CB116731) |
July 1st |
$150-500/day |
“The risk management on the front end of things are hard dollars sometimes for owners to spend. It’s kind of like putting a new roof on your house. You have to do it, otherwise you can save the money but eventually it’s all going to catch up to you.” – Michael Klutho
NYC Local Law 11 (LL11) - Facade Inspection & Safety Program

Issue/Reason for Penalty |
Penalty Fee |
Late Filing of the initial LL11 report |
$1,000/month |
Failure to File the initial LL11 report |
$5,000/year |
Failure to correct unsafe conditions |
See second chart |
Failure to correct SWARMP conditions |
$2,000 |
Penalty Fees for Failure to correct unsafe conditions |
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Base Penalty |
Plus |
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Year 1 |
$1,000/month |
N/A |
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Year 2 |
$1,000/month |
$10/linear foot (l.f.) of shed/month |
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Year 3 |
$1,000/month |
$20/linear foot (l.f.) of shed/month |
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Year 4 |
$1,000/month |
$30/linear foot (l.f.) of shed/month |
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Year 5 |
$1,000/month |
$40/linear foot (l.f.) of shed/month |
Last Digit of NYC Block Number |
Cycle |
LL11 Begins |
Initial LL11 Deadline |
4, 5, 6, and 9 |
A |
February 21, 2020 |
February 21, 2022 |
0, 7, 8 |
B |
February 21, 2021 |
February 21, 2023 |
1, 2, 3 |
C |
February 21, 2022 |
February 21, 2024 |
Fun Fact: 3pm is the official time of observance every Memorial Day in the U.S.
Memorial Day

Fun Fact: According to a 2021 YouGov poll, the most popular Mother’s Day gift that mothers wanted were flowers followed closely by sharing a special experience with their family.

Danielle’s Corner
Mother’s Day Happy Mother’s Day to all the mom’s out there! Did you know that Mother’s Day was originally meant as a day to protest wars? In 1870, Julia Ware Howe wrote the Mother’s Day Proclamation calling for the end of wars. Howe originally intended the day to be for mothers of different backgrounds to come together to protest war and fight for peace. While that idea didn’t necessarily take off and become tradition, there are still some who do partake in protests in honor of the holiday. WomansDay.com makes honorable mention of the 1982 Lawrence Livermore Library at the University of California protest in which a large group of women came together to protest nuclear weapons. The more common ideology of Mother’s Day stems from Anna Jarvis. On the second Sunday in May of 1907, Anna Jarvis held a service to honor her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, who had passed away in 1905. A year later, in 1908 on the second Sunday of May, Jarvis holds another service to honor her late mother and passes out flowers to all who attend. This kickstarts Jarvis’ goal to make Mother’s Day official which as we know she accomplished in 1914 when President Woodrow Wilson makes the second Sunday each May the official Mother’s Day. To this day, flowers are one of the most popular gifts bought on Mother’s Day as we honor our own mothers. This Mother’s Day is sure to thank your mom and/or the mother figure in your life for all the love and support they have given you. I know I’ll be showering my mom with many thanks for putting up with my rebellious teen years.
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