FlexTech
Funding for independent energy studies and clean-energy planning at New York business, institutional and multifamily sites.
Diese Finanzierungsmöglichkeit ist derzeit auf Englisch beschrieben.
FlexTech shares the cost of a consultant's study to help you choose energy-saving upgrades or reduce carbon emissions. It reimburses eligible costs in the agreed scope of work; programme funds go to the applicant. It does not pay to carry out the upgrades recommended by the study. Permanent meters supporting the technical study are a limited eligible extra, described below.
Studies can assess a particular building system or the whole facility, investigate heating and cooling without fossil fuels, or check whether existing systems operate efficiently. Climate action plans, shared heating networks, and energy plans with at least a two-year outlook also qualify. A large organisation with a building portfolio can use a qualified FlexTech consultant for longer-term energy advice and approved analyses.
The usual NYSERDA contribution is limited to the lower of USD 500,000 per project and 20% of annual energy spending. NYSERDA can adjust the 20% limit for an individual project; that limit does not apply to school-bus fleet plans. An organisation, including a school district, hospital network, campus, large property owner or state agency, may be limited to USD 1 million across two years.
The share of eligible study costs depends on the applicant and work:
- Commercial and industrial sites: 50–75%. Industrial sites in a designated Disadvantaged Community, or investigating electrification, can receive up to 75% while funds last.
- Market-rate multifamily housing: 50%; qualifying affordable housing: 75–100%. Eligible upstate public housing authorities with at least two units can receive up to 100% through the Upstate PHA Pathway while funds last.
- Schools: up to 90% for the qualifying Priority Districts and schools in designated Disadvantaged Communities described below that have not used FlexTech or Clean Green Schools in the past two years; up to 75% for those that have. Other schools can receive up to 50%.
- Qualifying Safety Net Hospitals and hospitals in a designated Disadvantaged Community that have not previously used FlexTech can receive up to 75%, up to USD 250,000, then up to 50%, with a USD 500,000 cap. Other hospitals can receive up to 50%. Safety-net hospitals serve underserved and vulnerable people, including those whose lack of insurance limits access to care.
- School-bus fleet electrification plans: 50–100%, depending on Priority District status, depot location and study components. Eligible truck-fleet plans: 75%, up to USD 150,000 depending on the number of vehicles studied. These pay for planning the transition to electric vehicles.
Renewable-generation investigations, emissions inventories, permanent meters and grant writing qualify only alongside one of the main studies or planning services above. Metering and grant writing each have a USD 10,000 cap. Grant writing is restricted to Priority Districts and public schools or BOCES in a designated Disadvantaged Community. Energy-storage studies are excluded from the renewable-generation investigation activity.
Eligibility
- The participating commercial, industrial, institutional or multifamily facility must be in New York. Small businesses and nonprofits are included. The work must show potential for energy or carbon savings, process improvements, or energy efficiency where increased energy use is already expected.
- Most facilities must pay the electric System Benefits Charge, a utility-bill charge supporting New York energy programmes. Check a recent bill for ‘SBC’ or ‘NYSERDA Clean Energy Fund’. Priority Districts and public schools or BOCES in a designated Disadvantaged Community are exempt, as are eligible fleet-plan participants. Limited funds may also be available for some other organisations that do not pay this charge.
- Use a third-party technical provider. You can choose from NYSERDA's FlexTech consultant list or select your own independent provider.
- Enhanced school-study rates cover NYSERDA's listed Priority Districts, and public schools, Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), and nonpublic schools located in a designated Disadvantaged Community. BOCES provide shared educational services to school districts. The electricity-charge exemption covers the narrower public-school/BOCES group and Priority Districts. A Disadvantaged Community is an area identified under New York's climate-justice criteria; the guidance links the state criteria and Priority District list.
- Affordable housing must have at least 25% of units occupied, or expected to be occupied, by households earning no more than 80% of area or state median income, whichever is higher. Supply recognised housing-programme documentation or the prescribed rent-roll calculation. For the rent-roll route, NYSERDA calculates income assuming 30% goes to housing costs and requires each apartment's annual rent, size and occupancy. Submit evidence with the application; affordability must be verified before NYSERDA issues its purchase order.
- School-bus plans are restricted to public schools serving preschool through grade 12, BOCES, or fleet operators contracted to those schools or BOCES. Truck plans cover eligible commercial, municipal, state and university fleets, with NYSERDA determining eligibility.
How to apply
- Status
- endet am 31. Dez. 2030
- Antragsschluss
- Beschränkungen dieser Antragsrunde
- Continuous enrolment within the programme period; enhanced support remains subject to available funds.
Choose a technical provider and use the FlexTech resources to prepare a scope of work and budget. Submit through the NYSERDA portal linked from the application notice. If a property manager or owner's representative signs for the owner, include the completed Property Owner Authorization Form; the authorised applicant receives the funds.
NYSERDA assigns a project manager, reviews the scope and arranges a scoping call. Submit the revised scope within 30 days of comments. After scope approval, NYSERDA issues a purchase order. The study and draft report follow the agreed project timeline; submit a revised draft report within 30 days of comments. Missed deadlines can lead to cancellation. Agency processing periods are approximate and more than one review round may be needed.
Include the required Project Summary Sheet and submit the Climate Resiliency Questionnaire with the final report. Where an owner authorises a representative, the signed form includes energy-billing and consumption-data access for eight years after the purchase order and cooperation with programme questionnaires, site inspections and measurements.