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Senate committee advances SB 500 to allow utilities to supply aggregated building energy data

5879316 · September 11, 2025
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Sen. Henry Stern’s SB 500, advanced by the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications, would let utilities deliver aggregated energy-usage data to building owners and state‑approved tools instead of relying solely on the federal Energy Star Portfolio Manager.

The Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications advanced SB 500, authored by Sen. Henry Stern, to the Senate floor after a subcommittee presentation and later roll calls that recorded passage.

The bill would authorize utilities to satisfy California’s building benchmarking program requirement by delivering aggregated energy‑usage data directly to a building owner’s account and to “any alternative system or tool approved by the CEC,” rather than relying only on the federal Energy Star Portfolio Manager,…

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