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To: All Contractors
Regarding Programs: All Programs
Summary: Spring Home Shows
Contact: Cory Nicosia ([email protected])

NYSERDA will have a booth at the below home shows this spring and wants to explore opportunities to engage with you. If you are also attending any of the below shows, and would like to potentially engage with us, can you please let Cory Nicosia ([email protected]) from our marketing team know? She’s currently pulling together a promotional plan for the shows so let her know ASAP if you’ll be at the Buffalo and by COB Weds 3/1 for all other shows.

Engagement opportunities may include:

  • Social media tagging/sharing
  • Email promotion
  • On-site (day of show) Facebook live-streaming
  • Listing of participating contractors in the NYSERDA booth
Start DateEnd DateEvent NameLocationCountyREDC Region
3/3/20233/5/2023Buffalo Home ShowBuffalo Niagara Convention CenterErieWestern
3/10/20233/12/2023Buffalo Home ShowBuffalo Niagara Convention CenterErieWestern
3/17/20233/19/2023Orange County Home ShowOrange County Community CollegeOrangeMid Hudson
3/17/20233/19/2023Home & Garden ShowNYS FairgroundsOnadagaCentral
3/25/20233/26/2023Rochester Home & Garden ShowConvention CenterMonoreCentral
4/1/20234/2/2023Binghamton U Home & Garden ShowBinghamton U Events CenterBroomeSouthern Tier

REA Migration to the NY Home Energy Portal Timeline

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To: REA Contractors
Regarding Programs: REA Program
Summary: REA Migration to the NY Home Energy Portal Timeline
Contact: [email protected]

In Spring 2023 the Residential Energy Assessment Programs will be migrating from the current project portal (Uplight) to a new portal called the NY Home Energy Portal (NYHEP). The current Residential Energy Assessment Excel tool will be retired and a new energy assessment modeling tool will be available directly within NYHEP.

Below is an estimated timeline of the transition specific to the Residential Energy Assessment Program, which is based on the best information we currently have available. As some of these factors are outside of NYSERDA’s control, this timeline is subject to change.

February 2023– NYSERDA will be working with the portal contractor to finalize the design and functionality of the portal and continue internal testing.

March 2023 – Select contractor testing of the new REA workflow.

Thursday, April 27 – Final day to submit any open REA projects to Uplight. Any open projects that have not been submitted will need to be remodeled and submitted through NYHEP.

Week of May 8 – NYHEP opens. Contractors will be able to model and submit REA projects.

Any REA projects that were not completed or on hold as of the April 27 cutoff will not be migrated over to the NYHEP. If a contractor would like to complete one of those open or on hold projects, they will be required to remodel the project and submit for completion in NYHEP.

Weekly invoices will be run as usual.

Uplight projects that had a status of “completed” or “canceled” will be migrated over to the NYHEP in the future and contractors will have access to those projects if needed.

Revised REA Audit Tool (Excel File)

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To: REA Contractors
Regarding Programs: REA Program
Summary: Revised REA Audit Tool (Excel File)
Contact: [email protected]

A new version of the Residential Market REA Tool is available on the contractor website with an update to the ASHP calculator. We recommend all contractors use the updated version as the old version will no longer be accepted as of February 15, 2023.

NY Home Energy Portal Timeline Announcement

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To: Contractors and Stakeholders
Regarding Programs: EmPower New York & Assisted Home Performance
Summary: NY Home Energy Portal Timeline Announcement
Contact: Please contact your Account Manager

In Spring 2023 the Assisted Home Performance with ENERGY STAR®, EmPower NY, and the Residential Energy Assessment Programs will be migrating from the current project portal (Uplight) to a new portal called the NY Home Energy Portal. The new portal will have many features requested by contractors and should help quicken project approval and closure times.

To efficiently move to the new portal, there are a number of steps needed to migrate project data from the current system to the new system. Below is an estimated timeline of the transition, which is current based on the best information we have available at this time. As some of these factors are outside of NYSERDA’s control, this timeline is subject to change slightly. Please note, this timeline is updated from what was presented at the January 6, 2023, program webinar.

January and February 2023– NYSERDA will be working with the portal contractor to finalize the design and functionality of the portal and continue internal testing.

March through Mid-April– Voluntary testing is available to contractors and appliance vendors while internal NYSERDA testing continues. If you are a contractor or vendor interested in participating in this testing (which will be on sample projects), please email Scott Oliver at [email protected].

Late April– Submitted customer applications will continue to be approved but will not be assigned out to contractors in Uplight for 1-2 weeks.

April 30– Contractors will have until 5:00 PM to submit documentation for completed projects or assessments in the Uplight portal.

May 5– Payments issued for all completed projects/assessments in the Uplight portal

Week of May 8– NY Home Energy Portal opens. For EmPower and Assisted Home Performance, all projects that were at the workscope submission stage or earlier in Uplight will be available in the new portal. New assignments of customers will begin.

Week of May 15– Payments begin for projects and assessments completed in the NY Home Energy Portal

June 1– Projects that were awaiting final completion in the Uplight portal will be migrated to the NY Home Energy Portal. Contractors can access these projects and continue the submission process, once projects are complete

NYSERDA realizes that this change will disrupt business practices for many contractors. We will developing additional materials to provide you with information about this transition. We encourage everyone to engage with your Account Managers.

NYSERDA Single Family Programs Update

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To: Contractors
Regarding Programs: EmPower New York & Assisted Home Performance
Summary: Monthly Contractor Check-in
Contact: [email protected]

NYSERDA Single Family Programs Update

Friday, March 3, 2023

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. ET

Event number: 2598 720 9155

Event password: Energy1

All attendees must register prior to joining the event. This process will allow you to add the meeting to your calendar and provides each individual with a custom link to join the meeting. Please do not share your link with anyone. To register, click the link below:

March 3-Single Family Residential Programs Update Webinar Link

All webinars are recorded and links to the recordings are available on the Contractor Support site.