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Webinar: Overview on The Upcoming Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Offering

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Programs: EmPower+
To: Contractors
Summary: Webinar: Overview on the upcoming Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) offering

Join the Single Family Residential Team on the May 3, 2024, Contractor Webinar, where Program will be providing an overview on the upcoming Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) offering. It is expected that the funding through the IRA Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates (HEAR) Program will be available in late May; however, these dates are tentative. 

 During the webinar, Program will be covering the following topics: 

  • General IRA overview/estimated funding 
  • Eligibility updates 
  • Program process changes
  • Cost effectiveness criteria 

There are important EmPower+ Program changes related to IRA funding so it is essential to attend the webinar to hear about these Program updates and the IRA changes. During May, NYSERDA will be updating Program Materials, webpages, marketing materials and the NY Home Energy Portal (NYHEP) in preparation of the IRA funding. NYHEP training, office hours, and other important deadlines will be announced soon. We look forward to seeing you on May 3. For additional information please visit NYSERDA’s IRA website.  

New Call System Implemented April 17th, 2024

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Programs: EmPower+
To: EmPower+ Contractors
Summary: New Call System will be implemented April 17th, 2024
Contact with Questions: If you experience any issues reaching the contractor support team by phone, please send an email to [email protected]

The EmPower+ program will be implementing a new call handling system on the evening of April 17th, 2024. During this time, you may experience delays reaching the support team. If you do experience any issues reaching the contractor support team by phone, please send an email to [email protected].

May 15, 2024 – Updated Project Deadline for Geo-Eligibility Projects

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Program: EmPower+
To: Participating Contractors
Summary: May 15, 2024 -Updated project deadline for geo-eligibility projects to be completed by.
Contact with Questions: Please reach out to contractor support at 1-800-284-9069

As a reminder, May 15, 2024, is the new deadline for any EmPower+ project where the household was determined eligible by geo-eligibility to be completed and closed out by. A 30-day extension has been added to the originally announced date of April 15, 2024. Projects that are not completed by May 15, 2024, will need to be closed by CLEAResult. When the customer reapplies, a new enrollment will be created for them. Contractors can enter the information from the previous enrollment into the new enrollment. If there are any questions, please reach out to contractor support at 1-800-284-9069.

Comfort Home Monthly Contractor Webinar

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Program: Comfort Home
To: Comfort Home Contractors
Summary: Comfort Home Monthly Contractor Webinar
Contact with Questions: [email protected]

The monthly Comfort Home Contractor Webinar is now part of the team-wide Contractor Webinar that takes place on the first Friday of each month. Sign up to attend the April 5th webinar.

Comfort Home Migration to NYHEP

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Program: Comfort Home
To: Comfort Home Contractors
Summary: Comfort Home Migration to NYHEP
Contact with Questions: [email protected]

In mid-2024, NYSERDA will be migrating Comfort Home from the current Compass workflow platform to the NY Home Energy Portal (NYHEP).  NYHEP is the workflow system used for EmPower+ and REA (the Residential Energy Assessment program).  This change will simplify the contractor experience by having one common platform across all of the NYSERDA small home residential programs.  NYSERDA has started planning for this migration in areas such as training, workflow testing, data migration, and reporting.  Additional information will be shared in the coming months.