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Project completion forms & Updated Fuel Rates

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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.

For customers that are not using EmPower or AHPwES programs with a GJGNY loan (“Market Rate Customer”) the Certificate of Completion – GJGNY Residential Financing should be completed.

Updated Fuel Rates:

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 Contractors webpage. 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.

-The Residential Financing Team

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: 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.

The latest copy of the REA tool and documentation is available at:https://www.nyserda.ny.gov/All-Programs/Become-a-NYSERDA-Qualified-Contractor/Become-a-Participating-Auditor

Please contact homeaudits@nyserda.ny.gov for any questions or concerns.

Correction to the BPI Certifications Announcement

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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 new certifications 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.

Spring Home Shows

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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
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: homeaudits@nyserda.ny.gov

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.