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Coordinated Incentive Update – Westchester County

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To: Participating Comfort Home Contractors
Regarding Programs: Comfort Home Pilot Program
Summary: Coordinated Incentive Update – Westchester County
Contact: comforthome@nyserda.ny.gov

NYSERDA is partnered with Consolidated Edison in Westchester county to make energy upgrades more affordable for homeowners. This partnership aims to increase customer demand for energy upgrades driving an increase in business for our participating contractor network. Together, Con Edison’s Residential Weatherization Program (Con Edison RWP) and NYSERDA’s Comfort Home Program will pilot deeper retrofit projects through expanded homeowner incentives.

Recently Con Edison Residential Weatherization Program put out an announcement that their program has increased incentives for their program in all Con Edison territory. This will not change the current incentives offered by NYSERDA in Westchester county. If a home does not meet the Con Edison Eligibility criteria (flow chart below) NYSERDA will continue to pay a $1,000 incentive in addition to standard Comfort Home package incentives.

Join the NYSERDA RFQL 4902 Residential Energy Service Providers Contractor Pool

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To: All Contractors
Regarding Programs: All
Summary: Join the NYSERDA RFQL 4902 Residential Energy Service Providers Contractor Pool
Contact: Please contact Keith Bohling at keith.bohling@nyserda.ny.gov with any questions

NYSERDA is seeking proposals from contractors to join the NYSERDA RFQL 4902 Residential Energy Service Providers Contractor Pool. We are looking to build a robust pool of vendors with a broad spectrum of market actors with expertise in the residential sector spanning single-family to multifamily and retrofits to new construction. The outcome of a successful proposal will be execution of an umbrella agreement with NYSERDA. This doesn’t include a specific statement of work, but sets up the contractor to be available for future NYSERDA projects, pilots, and initiatives. Being under contract in the RFQL 4902 Contractor Pool doesn’t guarantee any future task work orders with NYSERDA, but makes the contractor available for potential future work.

Contractors would typically provide an overview of their experience, credentials, and their areas of expertise in their proposals. While not submitting a proposal for a specific project, contractors submitting a proposal should paint a picture of what kinds of services they can bring to potential future projects that NYSERDA may undertake.

Proposals are welcomed in four service categories:

  • Market Development and Implementation Services
  • Residential Services Providers
  • Technical Support, Analysis, and Tool Development
  • Housing and Policy Expertise

Proposers may apply to one or more categories. Proposers do not need to have expertise in all portions of a category. Proposers do not need to have expertise in all types of residential applications.

Click here to access the full solicitation and application portal.(https://portal.nyserda.ny.gov/CORE_Solicitation_Detail_Page?SolicitationId=a0rt000001Q0DNmAAN)

Blower Door Tests Required Again Starting 6/15/23

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To: Comfort Home Contractors
Regarding Programs: Comfort Home Pilot Program
Summary: Blower Door Tests Required Again starting 6/15/23
Contact: comforthome@nyserda.ny.gov

Blower Door Test In and Out at time of Installation will be required on all installations with an On-Site Installation Date of 6/15/23 or later.

Blower door measurement is not required at time of the assessment. For purposes of the assessment, the contractor may report approximate level of air leakage for the home.

The contractor is required to measure pre‐work blower door leakage rate (CFM50) when crew is on‐site to complete air sealing and insulation work. A post‐work blower door measurement is also required and should be submitted on the Load Reduction Install in the applicable fields for all project with an On-Site Installation Date of 6/15/23 or later.

Total Incentive Must be Less Than or Equal to the Installation Cost

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To: Comfort Home Contractors
Regarding Programs: Comfort Home Pilot Program
Summary: Total Incentive must be less than or equal to the installation cost
Contact: comforthome@nyserda.ny.gov

Package incentives cannot exceed the Package installation cost. If the work proposed for a Package will cost less than the Package incentives, the incentive will be reduced to match the Package cost. For these types of projects only deduct the Package cost from the contract and not the standard package incentive.

Monthly Contractor Webinar – June 2023

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To: Comfort Home Contractors
Regarding Programs: Comfort Home Pilot Program
Summary: Monthly Contractor Webinar – June 2023
Contact: comforthome@nyserda.ny.gov

The Comfort Home team hosts a regularly occurring monthly (4th Monday of every month) contractor webinar where the program team will provide program updates, helpful resources, contractor production metrics and provide an opportunity for contractors to ask any open questions.

Next one up is Monday June 26th 2023 10:00am – 11:00am.

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.

Register Here: https://nyserdany.webex.com/weblink/register/r9ed592bc9800cd6c755ea8d8de313a2f

All webinars and trainings are recorded and copies of the recordings and slides are available on the Comfort Home SharePoint site under the Webinars and Presentation folder.

If you have any questions reach out the Comfort Home team at: Email: comforthome@nyserda.ny.gov

Phone: 1-888-406-4009