To: Contractors and Stakeholders Regarding Programs: EmPower New York & Assisted Home Performance Summary: IRA Working Group Contact:Please contact scott.oliver@nyserda.ny.gov
NYSERDA will be administering funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to help electrify and make home electrification ready. As part of this process, NYSERDA will be engaging with participating contractors on program design and outreach strategies through the IRA working group. This group with meet 4 times on a bimonthly basis starting in May. If you are interested in being considered for this group, please email Scott Oliver at scott.oliver@nyserda.ny.gov .
To: Contractors Regarding Programs: Residential Financing Program Summary: Project completion forms & Updated Fuel Rates Contact:residential.financing@nyserda.ny.gov
Project Completion Forms:
Projects using the Green Jobs – Green New York (GJGNY) Residential Financing Loan program must submit a completion certificate signed by both the contractor and the customer. The completion certificates can be found on the Resources for Participating Contractors webpage and should be submitted directly to Slipstream.
For customers that are using the EmPower New York or the Assisted Home Performance with ENERGY STAR® (AHPwES) programs in conjunction with a GJGNY loan the Post Install Measures Report should be completed and submitted. The Post Install Measures Report is also generated from EmpCalc. The EmpCalc generated report can be submitted to Slipstream as long as both the contractor and customer have signed it. Please note that the Post Install Measures Report is not the same as the Certificate of Completion – Audit & Direct Install Report. The Audit & Direct Install Report will not be accepted by Slipstream for GJGNY loans. Older completion forms will not be accepted after March 31, 2023.
On March 8, 2023, an updated version of the air source and ground source savings calculators and the residential assessment tool will be available on the Resources for Participating Contractorswebpage. This version includes updated fuel rates for calculation of loan cost effectiveness for use in the Web ProForma.
The updated fuel rates are based on a three-year average and for cost effectiveness calculations, NYSERDA uses volumetric charges including supply (commodity), transmission and distribution, and other charges applied based on the supply volume. Fixed charges included in the customer bill are not included for savings calculations because fixed charges are applied equally to each comparative use case and are therefore not a factor in the affordability analysis.
Only version 03.01.2023 will be accepted after March 8, 2023.
If you have any question, please reach out to residential.financing@nyserda.ny.gov, or contact Heather Clark, 518-862-1090 ext. 3253.Thank you for your continued support and cooperation in making GJGNY Residential Financing Program a success.
To: REA Contractors Regarding Programs: REA Program Summary: Revised REA Audit Tool (Excel File) Contact:homeaudits@nyserda.ny.gov
A new version of the Residential Market REA Tool is available on the contractor website, updates have been made to fuel rates. We recommend all contractors use the updated version ASAP as the old version will no longer be accepted beginning March 13, 2023.
To: Contractors and Stakeholders Regarding Programs: EmPower New York & Assisted Home Performance Summary: Correction to the BPI Certifications Announcement Contact:Please contact your Account Manager
Correction to the BPI Certifications Announcement.
In the original announcement, it was stated that BA-P will replace the BPI Envelope certification, it should have stated BA-T. The announcement below has been updated to reflect the correct certification.
BPI newcertifications and Program requirements
Building Performance Institute (BPI) will be replacing the BPI Building Analyst (BA) and BPI Envelope Professional certifications with the BPI Building Analyst Technician (BA-T) and the BPI Building Analyst Professional (BA-P) in early 2023.
Due to these changes, starting January 1, 2023, NYSERDA’s Single Family Residential Programs will continue to accept the BPI BA and Envelope certifications until the certification’s expiration date. When an individual’s certifications expire, they will be required to hold one of the BPI certifications listed in the program manual to perform energy assessments and BA-T will replace BPI Envelope as the requirement for a contractor to do building shell work.
If you have any questions on certifications, please contact your account manager.
To: All Contractors Regarding Programs: All Programs Summary: Spring Home Shows Contact:Cory Nicosia (cory.nicosia@nyserda.ny.gov)
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 (cory.nicosia@nyserda.ny.gov) 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