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, 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: 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
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.
To: EmPower/AHP Contractors, REA Assessors, NYSERDA and CLEAResult Regarding Programs: EmPower New York & Assisted Home Performance (EmPower+) and Residential Energy Assessment Program Summary: The NY Home Energy Portal is coming in Spring. Attend training to learn how to use the platform Contact:[email protected]
Are you ready for the NY Home Energy Portal? Attend training to be ready for the Spring 2023 launch!
The NY Home Energy Portal, formally referred to as the Residential Market Engagement System (RMES), is a new online platform NYSERDA is implementing in Spring 2023. Get to know the platform now by watching the recorded NY Home Energy Portal demonstration and see how the platform can help manage your projects. Additionally, important information on the NY Home Energy Portal was covered in the January 6, 2023, contractor webinar. Contractors are required to view this webinar if they were not present.
Below are the regional in-person and virtual live contractor training sessions:
In-person sessions are limited to two seats per contractor. Contractors have been preassigned to locations. The designated Program lead will be notified by email with the following information:
Names of the two most active users in the company of the NY HP Portal. This can be used to help identify the best staff to participate in the in-person session.
Registration link via SignUpGenius.
If you cannot attend the in-person session, there will be eight live virtual sessions. For the virtual sessions, there is unlimited seating and sessions are available to all staff who want to be trained. Registration information will be included in upcoming program announcements.
Following the live sessions, a recorded virtual session will be posted and links will be provided to the contractor support site and the EmPower/AHP knowledge articles.
If you have questions, reach out to CONTRACTOR SUPPORT: Call toll free: 800-284-9069
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.
