The ACE Program supports applied research in areas that are not supported by other NYSERDA research programs and funding opportunities. This ongoing opportunity also accepts Concept Papers that request a NYSERDA funding commitment for inclusion in a competitive federal opportunity, such as those from the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-e).

Local governments are critical partners in achieving a new energy vision for New York State. As such, municipal leaders play a critical role in affecting energy choices in their communities, both in terms of government operations, and also across homes, businesses, and community institutions. The Clean Energy Communities Program provides grants, direct technical support to communities, and recognition to local governments that demonstrate leadership in the area of clean energy.

NY Green Bank invites private sector capital providers and other clean energy industry participants to propose transactions involving NY Green Bank that facilitate the financing of clean energy projects in New York State, consistent with its mandate, mission and priorities in addressing financing market gaps and barriers.

NY Green Bank’s RFP 7 is targeted at developers of photovoltaic (“PV”) solar projects selling to commercial, industrial and other institutional organizations (“C&I”) in New York State which plan to utilize third-party tax equity and seek back-leveraged financing for projects that: (1) generate revenue by selling net metering credits to C&I power users under applicable laws, regulations or administrative proceedings; (2) use Tier-1 Technology; (3) are in the advanced stage of development; and (4) are ground-mounted, canopy-mounted and non-residential rooftop PV solar projects.

NYSERDA is seeking field demonstration projects of commercial distributed energy storage systems that leverage the flexibility of energy storage to ‘stack’ two or more value streams by performing multiple functions for retail electric customers, distributed generation, utilities and the New York State Independent System Operator (NYISO).

The Drive Clean Rebate offers New York State residents a point-of-sale rebate of up to $2,000 towards the purchase or lease of a new electric car. Eligible vehicles include all-electric cars, plug-in hybrid electric cars, and fuel cell electric cars. Rebates are provided directly by car dealers and are taken off the purchase or lease price of the car. Car buyers do not have to apply, they simply make sure that their car dealer includes the rebate amount in their purchase. Information about the program, including a list of eligible vehicles and participating car dealers, can be found at https://www.nyserda.ny.gov/Drive-Clean-Rebate.rn NYS car dealers can sign up to participate at https://www.nyserda.ny.gov/All-Programs/Programs/Drive-Clean-Rebate/Dealers.

NY Green Bank’s RFP 8 is targeted at commercial and multi-family building owners, relevant lenders and investors, and clean energy contractors/service providers focused on such properties, who seek to finance the purchase of energy efficiency and/or renewable energy assets.

NYSERDA seeks highly qualified external technical reviewers and advisors to review proposals submitted to NYSERDA’s various funding opportunities and to provide due diligence analysis and expertise for ongoing projects to help NYSERDA advance innovative energy solutions within four strategic focus areas: advanced buildings, transportation, renewable energy, and smart grids.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is seeking applications from eligible retail motor fuel outlets (Stations) for the Fuel NY Portable Emergency Generator Program (Program). Program eligibility is limited to Stations in the downstate region affected by Section 192-h of the New York State (NYS) Agriculture and Markets Law, Alternate Generated Power Source at Retail Gasoline Outlets. Through the Program, NYSERDA may provide participating Stations with portable emergency generators and associated services during a declared energy or fuel supply emergency (Declared Emergency).

Ground Source Heat Pump Rebate – NYSERDA has made $15 million available to support the installation of ground source heat pump systems at residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial buildings. Funding is available only to eligible designers and installers of ground source heat pump systems that have been approved by NYSERDA.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is seeking applications from seasoned experts in building science and energy efficiency that perform energy use analyses, building performance assessments, whole building software modeling, work scope development, design document review, installation verification, and oversight of project progress. NYSERDA will qualify and approve applicants to the Network to serve multifamily building owners, managers, and developers. Approved Providers have demonstrated their ability to provide multifamily building performance services by meeting and have met the requirements of this Application. Some components of the NYSERDA Multifamily Performance Program (MPP) require participants to work with a Provider. MPP provides incentives to building owners to help pay for multifamily retrofit projects to improve the energy efficiency of a property.

NYSERDA seeks firms interested in assisting NYSERDA with delivering design and technical assistance, high quality energy modeling and analysis, and quality assurance services to significantly increase the performance of buildings and their energy systems to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions. Partners will deliver these services to building owners, developers and leaseholders involved in new construction or substantial renovation projects in the commercial, multifamily and/or low-rise residential sectors.

The New York Truck-Voucher Incentive Program (NYT-VIP) is a streamlined program combining funding from three different sources and is designed to continue to expand the use of Diesel Emissions Control Device (DECD) equipment, compressed natural gas (CNG), battery electric hybrid, and fully battery electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks which reduce harmful emissions and the State’s dependence on foreign petroleum. The program is web based at https://truck-vip.ny.gov/Link opens in new window - close new window to return to this page. and provides incentives to dealerships that sell program eligible trucks and diesel emission control equipment.

Affordable Solar Predevelopment and Technical Assistance will provide up to a total of $3,600,000 to address barriers to solar installations serving low-to-moderate income (LMI) households living in rental housing, multifamily buildings, or other households not served by traditional onsite residential solar.

The Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Program provides incentives for the installation of grid-connected CHP systems at customer sites that pay the System Benefits Charge (SBC) on their electric bill.

This New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) Program Opportunity Notice (PON) 3413, Clean Energy Incubators, seeks proposals to catalyze the continued development and growth of a vibrant, self-sustaining clean energy innovation ecosystem in New York State through the support of clean energy business incubators.

NYSERDA’s Commercial Tenant Program (Program) seeks to achieve significant energy efficiency improvements in commercial tenant office spaces particularly during lease negotiations and space design.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announces the availability of up to $10 million in funds to support research and engineering studies, product development and demonstration projects that improve the resiliency, reliability, efficiency, quality, and overall performance of the electric power delivery system in New York State.

This solicitation is focused on advancing, developing and field testing those storage technologies that will address cost, performance and integration challenges in NY State. Only innovative storage technologies which are yet to be commercialized will be considered in this PON. NYSERDA also has an additional funding opportunity through PON 3541, Demonstrating Distributed Energy Storage for Stacking” Customer and Grid Values, which focuses on NY specific demonstrations of commercially available energy storage products. rnrnConcept papers and proposals will be evaluated in select categories and scored on criteria listed in this solicitation. Full proposals will be reviewed by a scoring committee consisting of both internal NYSERDA staff and outside experts. All proposals will be evaluated per the quality and level of detail provided and must include substantive documentation addressing all evaluation criteria items.

FlexTech provides:rn•Cost-shared studies of energy efficiency technical analyses, process improvement analyses, energy master plans, and demand response opportunities of existing facilities for eligible customers rn•Cost-shared on-site combined heat and power (CHP) feasibility studies for eligible customers rn•Service providers an opportunity to become FlexTech Consultants for NYSERDA. FlexTech Consultants receive one-year agreements with NYSERDA to conduct technical analysis requested by eligible customers and NYSERDA.

The Industrial and Process Efficiency Program Opportunity Notice (PON) 2456 offers performance-based incentives to manufacturers and data centers that implement cost-effective electric and natural gas efficiency and process improvements. This PON offers Process and Energy Efficiency incentives, as well as Operations and Maintenance Incentives.

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) Low-rise Residential New Construction Programs (Programs) incorporate the New York ENERGY STAR® Certified Home Program as well as NYSERDA's offer of eligibility for certain gut rehabilitation projects to participate and receive the alternative New York Energy $mart designation.

MF NCP is designed to support developers serving multifamily high rise new construction and gut rehabilitation projects by providing technical support and guidance. MF NCP requires the Applicant to hire a Multifamily New Construction Partner (Partner) to act as the primary resource for their participation in MF NCP. The incentive structure is multi-tiered, focusing support and incentives toward promotion of higher levels of comprehensive building and energy performance, up to and inclusive of net zero performance.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) offers performance-based incentives for the installation of new grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) systems greater than 200 kW that offset the use of grid-supplied electricity. PV systems must be sized primarily to serve project load. Funding for the NY-Sun Commercial/Industrial (>200 kW) Program has been allocated as part of the Clean Energy Fund with additional funding made available through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) for New York State (NYS) electricity customers and the Order Authorizing the Clean Energy Fund Framework, dated January 21, 2016. Incentives will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and applications will be accepted on a rolling basis through December 29, 2023, or until funds are fully committed, whichever comes first. Incentives available are subject to change.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) provides cash incentives and/or financing for the installation by Contractors/Builders of new grid-connected Electric Photovoltaic (PV) systems that are 25kW or less for residential sites in all regions, 200 kW or less for small commercial sites in ConEd and Upstate regions, and 500 kW or less for small commercial sites in PSEG Long Island region.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) Real Time Energy Management (“RTEM”) Program (the “Program”) seeks to achieve deep energy savings through the collection and analysis of energy usage data from buildings at a system level. To accelerate the adoption of RTEM practices, NYSERDA is offering cost-shared support for integrating RTEM systems and services into existing facilities. This Program works in conjunction with NYSERDA RFQ 3164 Real Time Energy Management Qualified Vendor, launched in April 2016. Applicants must be qualified as a NYSERDA RTEM Qualified Vendor to apply to this Program.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) requests applications from qualified Boiler Installers/Contractors to participate in a financial incentive program to install approved pellet boilers and advanced cordwood boilers with thermal storage for eligible residential and commercial customers.

The REV Campus Challenge Technical Assistance for Roadmaps (the “Program”) supports REV Campus Challenge members by enabling them to hire a third party energy consultant to aid in the evaluation of existing energy-related conditions on campus and establish a plan for managing changing campus energy needs (“Roadmap”).

$19,351,548 is available through PON1601Rev1 to offset a portion of the incremental capital costs to purchase and install energy-efficient equipment in these buildings to reduce energy consumption. Financial support is based on the anticipated building energy efficiency improvements. A Green Building Bonus is offered to encourage applicants to integrate green building practices through either Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) or New York Collaborative for High Performance Schools (NY-CHPS) certification.

NYSERDA announces the availability of approximately $6 million in incentives to encourage the installation of end-use wind energy systems for residential, commercial, institutional or government use.

Funding is available for communities to adopt streamlined permitting processes or other ordinances for solar electric systems and electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE).

NYSERDA’s Building Operations and Maintenance Workforce Development and Training Program seeks to reduce energy use and associated carbon emissions while saving building operators and owners money by building the skills of operations and maintenance staff and managers across the state. The goal is to provide support to help employers and building owners with workforce development and training projects that create the talent development strategy, corporate culture, on-site training framework, and training tools needed to support building operations and maintenance workers beyond classroom training.

The Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Program provides incentives for the installation of CHP systems through PON 2568, which supports an accelerated procurement process where customers select from a set of pre-approved, pre-engineered CHP modules supplied by approved CHP Vendors (the Catalog Approach) or the more traditional design/build procurement process specifically for larger customers that are not adequately met by the Catalog Approach (the Custom Approach).

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) seeks assistance from qualified individuals or firms to assist the Indian Point Task Force, through NYSERDA, to provide a report and other consultation services in furtherance of the Task Force’s mission.

NYSERDA seeks to purchase Tier 1 Renewable Energy Credits associated with electricity generated from eligible facilities that enter commercial operation on or after January 1, 2015 and on or before November 30, 2019, unless extended to November 30, 2021 (refer to the RFP in the Associated Documents section for full details).

This solicitation is to competitively select and contract with one or more Proposers to provide: 1) Payroll Services for Temporary Employees, and 2) Staff Augmentation Services.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) requests proposals from interested parties to provide technical services for the NY Residential Existing Homes Programs (Program) which provides energy efficiency services to existing one-to-four family residential buildings in New York State. The objective of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to award up to two contracts, for an initial contract term of twenty-four (24) months. After the initial term, each contract may be renewed annually, at NYSERDA’s option, for up to an additional three years, pending availability of funds. Interested parties may submit proposals to support either one or both of two service areas: Service Area 1: Technical Support and Training, Service Area 2: Program Technical Review

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is accepting applications from vendors, installers and service providers of Real Time Energy Management (RTEM) to become a RTEM Qualified Vendor. NYSERDA is seeking both RTEM System Providers (installers) and RTEM Energy Management Consultant Providers (monitoring services).