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Everything we manage for a Maryland building.

Benchmarking and BEPS bring most Maryland clients through the door. Competitive electric and gas supply, incentives and solar screening are what make the relationship pay for itself.

No obligation. We will tell you if you do not need us.
What we run in Maryland
Compliance Benchmarking, BEPS, verification State program filings, verification, GFA, and target planning.
Electric supply Deregulated Maryland has retail choice, so supply can be competitively bid across Pepco, BGE and the other utilities.
Natural gas Deregulated Supply can be bid competitively where the building qualifies.
Incentives EmPOWER Maryland You are already funding these programs through your bill. Most buildings never claim them.

Dates and thresholds change. We confirm the current requirement for your specific building before anyone acts on it.

The compliance obligation and the savings opportunity are the same data.

To benchmark a Maryland building properly we end up holding twelve months of verified whole-building usage, a correct square footage, and a complete picture of the meters. That is exactly what a supplier needs to price your supply and what an incentive program needs to approve a measure.

So the sequence that works is compliance first, because it has a deadline, then supply, then the measures. It is one data collection instead of three, and the numbers agree with each other because they came from the same place.

We are not engineers and we do not install anything. We manage the process, coordinate the specialists, and make sure the board gets a plan it can vote on.

Maryland-specific opportunities
Retail choice
Maryland is deregulated for both electricity and natural gas, so supply is genuinely biddable rather than a fixed cost.
EmPOWER programs
Efficiency upgrades you are already paying for through the bill. We claim them as part of the improvement plan.
Solar and community solar
Screened honestly, including the cases where the answer is no.
The services behind this page

How we start

Deadline work first. Everything else on your schedule.

1
Confirm program and coverage
State or Montgomery County, threshold, county line, and outstanding filings.
2
Close the compliance gap
Benchmarking, verification, GFA, and any notice response.
3
Review the supply
Rate class, contract end dates, and whether shopping makes sense this year.
4
Screen the opportunities
EmPOWER measures, solar, bill errors, and anything that also improves the compliance position.
5
Manage it going forward
One contact, one set of numbers, and reminders that arrive early.
Why now

Maryland has changed twice in two years.

HB49 moved Montgomery County out of the state program in October 2025, verification requirements arrived, and the target framework is phasing in. Buildings running on 2023 assumptions are frequently filing to the wrong body or missing a requirement entirely.

A single review call usually settles it. If your building turns out to be fine, we will say so.

Received a letter?

What an MDE letter usually means.

Maryland enforces benchmarking through notices, and they are already going out.

Send us the letter
Notice of Required Action
The building is on the state Covered Building List with a filing outstanding. There is a defined route back into compliance, and a partial submission can sometimes stop the clock while the rest is assembled.
Covered Building List confirmation
You have been identified as covered. If the building is under threshold or in Montgomery County, the correct response is to have the list corrected and the notice vacated, not to ask for an exemption.

Send us the letter itself, not a summary. We read it for the six things that decide the response: who sent it, which building and identifier it names, what period it covers, what it says you failed to do, the cure date, and whether it is a first notice or an escalation. We never quote a running penalty total, and we cure first, then talk to the regulator.

Why Honeydew in Maryland

Mid-Atlantic is our home market, and Maryland is our second largest book.

Actually local
We are based in the DMV and sit in the stakeholder meetings where these rules get written, not on a national help desk.
One accountable partner
We are not engineers and we do not pretend to be. We manage the process, coordinate the right vendors, and own the outcome.
Credentialed
Certified Energy Manager on staff, Portfolio Manager specialists, and the credentials the verification work requires.
Built for boards
Most of our clients are condo and co-op boards and the managers who serve them. We present in plain English, on your meeting schedule.
Owners and managers we work with
FirstService Residential Legum & Norman EJF Real Estate Services Comsource Management Barkan Management Howard University Regency Centers Montgomery County Green Bank

Questions about working with us in Maryland

No. They are separate engagements and most clients start with whichever has a deadline. We would rather earn the second piece.

Supplier-side compensation on procurement, fees on compliance work. We will show you the numbers on both, and you should ask any broker who will not.

That is most of our work. Portfolio consistency across jurisdictions with different rules is a large part of the value.

Yes. Board presentations are a normal part of the engagement, not an extra.

Keep reading

The pages that usually matter next for a Maryland building.

Annual filing Benchmarking in Maryland The annual filing, what is reported, and how we keep the record clean. Performance standard BEPS in Maryland The performance standard, the pathways, and what the exposure really is. Third-party Verification in Maryland Third-party data verification and the square footage work that moves every number.
What is BEPS? All Honeydew services Every region we serve Latest rule changes on the blog

One review call, and Maryland stops being confusing.

Which program you are in, what is outstanding, and what is worth doing first.

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