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Whole Building Aggregated Energy Use
Data Terms and Conditions
Pursuant to the New York State Public Service Commission’s April 20, 2018 Order Adopting
Whole Building Energy Data Aggregation Standard in Cases 16-M-0411 and 14-M-0101, and in
absence of local laws or ordinances, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (the “Utility”) is required
to apply a privacy standard before providing access to aggregated energy use/consumption data
to building owners or their authorized agents: data requested for compliance with local laws is
exempt. Furthermore, the below Terms and Conditions require building owners or their
authorized agents to accept the Terms and Conditions prior to receiving whole building
aggregated data from the Utility. This data will be made available by the Utility to building owners
or their authorized agents for the purposes of reporting whole building data (where applicable),
energy efficiency projects, energy management or other energy-related efforts, including
Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) initiatives. By accepting the Terms and Conditions listed
herein, you agree that you have read the terms and conditions and agree to abide by them.
Building owners or their authorized agents that request whole building energy data
agree to:
• Only use the whole building energy use data for the purposes of building;
• benchmarking, identifying energy efficiency projec
ts, and energy management,
including REV initiatives;
• Not disclose whole building energy use data except for the purposes of building
benchmarking, identifying energy efficiency projects, and energy management,
including REV initiatives;
• Take appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect
the whole building data from any unauthorized use or disclosure;
• Not use the whole building energy use data for a secondary commercial
purpose not related to the authorized purpose without first obtaining consent
from the customer(s) to be targeted for such commercial purpose;
• Destroy any whole building energy use data that is no longer
necessary for the purpose for which it was transferred;
• Not permit access to the whole building data by anyone that has not
agreed to abide by the terms pursuant to which the data was provided by
the Utility.