Program/s: All NYSERDA Residential Programs To: Participating Contractors Summary: Funding through NYSERDA’s On-the-Job Training Program Contact with Questions:PONOJT@nyserda.ny.gov
NYSERDA’s On-the-Job Training Program (PON 3982) was updated earlier this year and is accepting new applications. Businesses can receive wage subsidies to reduce the financial risk of hiring and training new workers and earn incentives for industry certifications their new hire earns. Funding of up to $11,000 per new hire is available when hiring residents of disadvantaged communities or members of priority populations. Funding of up to $8,500 per new hire is available for hiring other eligible individuals. A summary of revisions outlining changes from the prior version of the On-the-Job Training Program can be found on the solicitation page.
For more information about the On-the-Job Training Program, please visit NYSERDA’s webpage.
Questions about the On-the-Job Program requirements or steps to participate? NYSERDA holds monthly virtual office hours for program participants and those interested in learning more about the program.
Program/s: EmPower+ To: EmPower+ Contractors Summary: IRA Data Entering Reminder Questions: If there are any questions, please contact Contractor Support
When entering measures in NYHEP, all contractors should be providing a total cost and a material cost per the below. The NYHEP field “Cost” and “Material Cost” within a measure should reflect the associated costs for each.
“Cost” = Full cost of installing the measure, including labor and materials
“Material Cost” = Cost of the product/unit being installed, and/or the materials required to properly install the measure.
The material cost and the total cost should not be the same value.
Below is a screenshot of NYHEP with the proper cost and material cost breakouts.
Splitting out the measures costs is required, especially for IRA HEAR funded projects. NYSERDA is required to complete monthly IRA reporting which includes providing equipment and labor cost for each IRA HEAR funded measure. In the event a contractor fails to capture the installation costs, the project will need to be reopened in NYHEP to allow for the contractor to update the measure costs appropriately.
Program/s: EmPower+ To: EmPower+ Contractors Summary: EmPower+ Eligible Measures Questions: If there are any questions, please contact Contractor Support
The Low- to Moderate-Income (LMI) Energy Efficiency and Beneficial Electrification (EE/BE) Order was issued by the Public Service Commission in May 2025. This order covers funding for NYSERDA’s LMI single and multifamily programs for 2026-2030. As part of the order, there were changes included to the New York State Technical Resource Manual (TRM) impacting certain EmPower+ measures. Savings for loan only measures will continue to count towards Project Level Cost Effectiveness (PLCE). These changes require system updates and are planned for release in April 2026. EmPower+ will provide an updated Program Announcement once a date has been finalized.
Program/s: EmPower+ To: Participating Contractors, Clean Energy Hubs and Stakeholders Summary: The Energy Affordability Guarantee Pilot Contact with Questions: Please reach out to Contractor Support at 1-800-284-9069 with any questions
The Energy Affordability Guarantee (EAG) is a Pilot being run by the New York State Department of Public Service (DPS) that will provide homes that have been, or will be, electrified through the EmPower+ Program with a utility bill subsidy to ensure the homes energy burden is not greater than 6%.
The goal for the Pilot is to serve at least 100 EmPower+ Tier 1 (Low-Income) households in each of the utility areas. Based on current program production, additional projects are needed in the following areas:
Central Hudson
Consolidated Edison
Orange and Rockland
Rochester Gas and Electric
Homes that have had projects completed on or after May 1, 2023, will be eligible.
Pilot Guidelines
Only homes in the following electric territories will be eligible: Central Hudson, Consolidated Edison, Orange and Rockland, and Rochester Gas and Electric.
Households with Municipal Electric are not eligible.
This pilot is only available to Tier 1 / low-income customers.
Homes that are served by all fuel sources (including natural gas) will be eligible.
The maximum allowable ACH50 for homes will be increased to 10.
The home’s existing heating systems must be removed, and the heat pump should be sized to cover the full heating load.
The water heating system must be a HPWH.
Projects participating in the pilot will have priority at provisional approval.
Contractor may return to a home that has a heat pump installed to install a HPWH, to qualify for the pilot.
Homes will have energy monitors installed on the electrical panel boxes.
Pilot Process for New EmPower+ Projects
A Pilot application will be available on the contractor support site. This application must be filled out and submitted to Matt Houle matthew.houle@nyserda.ny.gov . Matt will review the application to ensure it meets program requirements and notify the contractor that they can proceed to submit the work scope.
CLEAResult will identify the project in NYHEP as eligible for the pilot.
The work scope will be submitted per the normal EmPower+ Program processes and given priority at provisional approval.
After the project is complete, NYSERDA will provide the data for the project to the Implementation Contractor at DPS so they can contact and enroll the customer.
NYSERDA will be hiring a contractor to supervise the installation of energy monitors.
NYSERDA will provide a tracker on the contractor support site indicating how many projects will be eligible in each utility territory.
The information from this pilot will be used to determine future utility bill subsidies and the viability of a gas to heat pump conversions in certain markets.
The goal of the pilot is to have the remaining projects completed by December 31, 2025.
Program/s: EmPower+ To: EmPower+ Contractors Using Campaign Codes Summary: Updated Campaign Code URLs Available Contact with Questions: If there are any questions, please contact Contractor Support
Over the weekend, an update to Salesforce caused existing Campaign Code URLs to be changed. If your company is using previously generated campaign codes, you will need to replace them with the updated URL that is located in the ‘Generate Campaign’ tab in contractor user’s Salesforce accounts. The new campaign code prompts customers to register to the MyEnergy Portal, and the contractor should be automatically populated on the application.
