Extending the Reporting Deadline Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule for Reporting Year 2025 to March 10, 2027
Key claim: EPA is delaying the deadline for companies to file their 2025 greenhouse gas emissions reports from October 30, 2026, to March 10, 2027, without changing any other reporting requirements.
Abstract
(Rule · Environmental Protection Agency) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking interim final action to extend the reporting deadline under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule for reporting year 2025 data from October 30, 2026, to March 10, 2027. This final action only changes the reporting deadline for annual greenhouse gas reports for reporting year 2025 and makes no other changes to the rule. The EPA is requesting comments on all aspects of this interim final rule.
Why this matters
The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule is the main federal mechanism for tracking large-emitter greenhouse gas output, and shifts in its reporting timeline affect when regulators, researchers, and the public can see current emissions data. A four-and-a-half-month delay is administratively minor but pushes the first look at 2025 emissions into 2027, trimming the window available to feed that data into other climate and permitting decisions.