ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager®
ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager helps businesses and building owners measure and track their energy consumption. It is an interactive resource management tool that enables you to track and assess energy and water use across your entire portfolio of buildings … all in a secure online environment.
More importantly, it is the chosen tool to comply with Washington’s Clean Buildings Bill. It can help you implement every step of your energy management program, from setting a baseline and identifying which buildings to target to setting goals and tracking improvements.
Building owners, operators and energy managers can request benchmarking energy usage below. Cascade can provide monthly aggregated/whole-building usage for the gas meter numbers requested. We will initially provide up to 36 months of historical gas usage prior to the request date, and then regular monthly usage after each billing cycle. If the gas account has been active less than 2 years, the available number of billing cycles will be provided.
Using Portfolio Manager
You will need the following account information to use Portfolio Manager:
- Site address
- All meter number(s) and account number(s)
- The primary account contact name
Request your natural gas usage:
1. Setup your Portfolio Manager account by visiting the ENERGY STAR website at Benchmarking starter kit for Portfolio Manager.
2. Connect with Cascade Natural Gas in Portfolio Manager by following our How-To Guide.
- When setting up meters, Cascade will rename the Natural Gas Meter Name after Sharing in Portfolio Manager has been established for automated data uploads.
3. After a connection request has been sent, complete the Cascade Utility Data Release Form and email to [email protected].
- For multiple addresses, please also attach this completed form to your email: Usage Request Form for Additional Natural Gas Accounts.
- View complete Terms and Conditions
- IMPORTANT: Each CNG Release form must be signed by the account holder. Please contact Customer Service at
888-522-1130 to be added as an authorized account holder.
- IMPORTANT: Each CNG Release form must be signed by the account holder. Please contact Customer Service at
4. Cascade will provide up to 36 months of historic usage to the meters shared. Your usage will be uploaded within 5 business days, then will automatically update on each billing cycle. Please check Portfolio Manager in the first 2 weeks to confirm correct upload integration.
Email questions or concerns to [email protected]
Tools and Resources
- Access your Cascade Natural Gas Account by logging in to Online Account Services.
- Energy Efficiency Commercial Incentives
- Improve your energy score by upgrading the energy efficiency of your building. To take advantage of further energy efficiency savings and rebates, visit our Commercial Rebate Offerings page to see our latest incentives for new energy efficient upgrades.
Do you own a covered commercial building over 20,000 square feet? If so, there are new statewide Building Performance Standards (Standards) in Washington and Oregon that may apply to a building you own. Compliance requirements for all covered commercial buildings located in the state of Washington or Oregon, start as early as 2026. A covered commercial building is a building where the sum of nonresidential, hotel, motel and dormitory floor areas exceed a certain number of gross square feet, excluding the parking garage area. See each state’s requirements based on individual square footage and use types here: Washington and Oregon.
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) in Washington has compliance requirements, templates, and a full list of possible covered commercial buildings on the Clean Buildings webpage, in the CBPS Clean Buildings Portal. The list was generated using records obtained from each county assessor and other available information sources.
Oregon Department of Energy has compliance requirement, frequently asked questions, and resources on the State of Oregon: Building Energy Performance Standards webpage. Energy Trust of Oregon is offering BPS support for eligible customers: Oregon’s Building Performance Standards – Commercial Incentives | Energy Trust.