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Vendor Responsibility Checklist

Program: EmPower+, Comfort Home
To: Participating Contractors
Summary: Vendor Responsibility Checklist
Contact with Questions: Support at support.residential@nyserda.ny.gov.

EmPower+ and Comfort Home Contractors are required to complete and return a NYSERDA Vendor Responsibility Checklist. This document must be submitted by existing contractors and will be a requirement moving forward for new and on-boarding contractors as part of the application process.

The document is available to download from the contractor support site and must be submitted by email to support.residential@nyserda.ny.gov no later than Nov. 13, 2026

If you have any questions, please contact support.residential@nyserda.ny.gov or 1-800-284-9069. 

User Access and Restrictions

Program/s: All Programs
To: NYHEP and NYSERDA System Users
Summary: User Access and Restrictions
Contact with Questions:  support.residential@nyserda.ny.gov

New York Home Energy Portal (NYHEP) and NYSERDA system users that have never logged in or have not logged in within the past 12 months will be deactivated on a rolling basis. 

Further, as a reminder and previously announced, Participating Contractors are provided with individual credentials permitting access to NYHEP for approved program purposes and must not share passwords or allow unauthorized access to NYHEP. 

Unauthorized use or attempted unauthorized use of this system is not permitted and may constitute a crime. Such use may subject you to appropriate disciplinary and/or criminal prosecution. NYHEP is intended to be used by individual users to manually enter data in accordance with the documentation and training materials provided for the purpose of supporting direct human users working on individual projects. Any other use that is not explicitly covered in training materials is not allowed, including but not limited to the use of automated software tools designed to access data (automated bots, scraping tools, API polling tools, etc.).

Participating Contractors shall not use, modify, or apply the NYHEP system for any purpose other than its expressly intended purpose; reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to derive the source code of the software; use the software in a manner that violates any applicable local, state, or federal laws or regulations; use the software in a manner that circumvents the permissions restricting access to data.

Con Edison customers in Westchester County participating in Comfort Home will be eligible for a $2,000 incentive in NYHEP

Program/s: Comfort Home
To: Comfort Home Participating Contractors
Summary: Con Edison customers in Westchester County participating in Comfort Home will be eligible for a $2,000 incentive in NYHEP.
Questions:  support.residential@nyserda.ny.gov 

Con Edison is closing out the Weather Ready Program due to funding limitations. As a result, NYSERDA will now offer a Con Edison Weather Ready Incentive in Westchester County which will be available in NYHEP from August 1, 2026 – December 31, 2026.

Eligibility includes:

  • Con Edison customers in Westchester County participating in Comfort Home will be eligible for the $2,000 incentive.​
  • Non-Con Edison customers in Westchester County participating in Comfort Home will continue to be eligible for the $1,000 incentive.

All projects submitted for the Westchester bonus incentive will be cross referenced with previously submitted projects to avoid double dipping.

Incentives will be available to ALL contractors enrolled in Comfort Home.

For assistance please email support.residential@nyserda.ny.gov 
Participating contractors can reach out to Con Edison directly for questions related to the Weather Ready Program.

Resources for Replacing Electric Utility Account Numbers in NYHEP

Program/s: EmPower+ and Comfort Home  
To: Participating Contractors  
Summary: Resources for Replacing Electric Utility Account Numbers in NYHEP
Questions: If there are any questions please email support.residential@nyserda.ny.gov

NYSERDA has made resources available to help contractors with updating an electric utility account number in NYHEP.  To ensure you understand how to properly update an electric utility account number in NYHEP, please refer to the NY Home Energy Portal Resources page on the Contractor Support website, where you will find step by step instructions and a recording under the Resources section. 

If there are any questions, please email support.residential@nyserda.ny.gov

Utility Release Form Changes

Program/s: Comfort Home
To: Comfort Home Contractors
Summary: Utility Release Form Changes
Questions: If there are any questions, please contact Contractor Support

Starting June 1, 2026, the most recent version of the Utility Release Form (URF) (released 3/16) will be required for all Comfort Home submissions. Please note that previous URF versions will no longer be accepted after this date.

The current version of the URF is available on the Contractor Support Site under Comfort Home Resources. https://hpwescontractorsupport.com/program-resources/comfort-home-resources/