ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager
What is ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager service?
ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager (ESPM) is an online tool that helps commercial building owners and operators track and manage building energy performance. Customers enter and maintain building information in ESPM, while Avista supports the process by providing automated uploads of energy usage data. ESPM is used for Washington and Oregon clean buildings benchmarking requirements and may also support ENERGY STAR® certification.
Other usage requests
- If you are seeking usage information for HUD (Housing and Urban Development) or related to low-income housing, please contact Customer Service.
- For aggregate use requests that are not related to clean buildings or ESPM, Please send your request via email to BusinessAccounts@avistacorp.com and include the property address and timeframe you're requesting usage history to cover. This request may take up to 3 weeks to complete.
Getting started
1. Create an account in ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager. Use the ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Quick Start Guide to help you get started.
2. Add Avista Utilities as a contact and send a connection request. Follow our guide on how to connect. Avista will automatically approve your connection request.
3. Identify all Avista meter numbers for property from your bill, from the physical meter or online account.
If you need assistance, email cleanbldgs@avistacorp.com to request meter information. Include the address(es) and building name (if applicable). Email cleanbldgs@avistacorp.com for instructions if you need to create an aggregate meter. Please allow up to 4 weeks for response.
4. Enter all Avista meters (for each building).
- a. The meter name field must match the Avista meter number exactly, including leading zeros.
- b. The units field requires kWh for electric meters or therms for natural gas meters.
- c. Enter today’s date one year ago in the Date Meter became Active Field. The date is required but will not impact the results.
5. Start the sharing process by selecting Avista Utilities from the drop-down menu. Follow our guide on how to share a property.
6. Complete the permission to release utility data agreement and allow up to 4 weeks for completion. Once we verify your request, Avista will provide up to 60 months of back data and continue to push monthly use data to ESPM.
Email questions or concerns to cleanbldgs@avistacorp.com or call (509) 495-8941.