Affordable Multifamily Program Upstate (AMP Up)

• The owner or an authorized representative applies for an existing multifamily project in upstate New York. Con Edison, KEDLI and KEDNY service areas are excluded. Customers both with and without a System Benefits Charge are eligible, including municipal-utility customers.
• A project needs at least five dwellings. It may combine buildings under the same ownership, provided each has at least two dwellings. Projects exceeding 150 dwellings need NYSERDA authorization before application. At least 50% of gross heated floor area must be residential or residentially associated; mixed-use central systems qualify only where at least 50% of their benefit serves residential units.
• At least 25% of project dwellings must be occupied, or expected to be occupied, by households with income at or below 80% of area or state median income, whichever is higher. Use either recognized affordable-housing programme documents or the programme's rent-roll calculation, not a mixture. The rent-roll method assumes rent is 30% of household income and requires annual rent, apartment size and occupancy. Under the documentary route, every building must qualify.
• Renovations, including qualifying gut rehabilitation, can be eligible. Hotels, motels, group homes, dormitories, shelters, monasteries/nunneries, assisted-living and nursing facilities are excluded. Permanent supportive housing, single-room-occupancy housing and senior housing without nursing or hospital amenities can qualify. Supportive housing must be owned and operated by a nonprofit, with tenants in affordable permanent housing who have leases, pay rent and follow their lease terms.
• Follow the eligible-measures list and minimum performance standards. Appliance measures must cover at least 90% of the building. Refrigerator replacements are Tier 1: they must accompany at least one weatherization, electrification or deep-retrofit measure. Existing refrigerators must have been manufactured on or before 31 December 2012 and be removed and decommissioned correctly. Replacements must be ENERGY STAR listed at purchase, match capacity within 10% and remain within the 39 cubic-foot refrigerator/freezer-space limit. Other Tier 1 measures need the same category combination; Tier 2 measures must accompany at least one other measure from any category. Prescriptive projects need at least two measures covering 90%; weatherization, electrification and deep-retrofit measures must cover at least 90% of the applicable space. Electrification also needs a weatherization measure unless adequate air sealing and wall insulation justify a waiver. Deep retrofit needs another measure from a different category. NYSERDA may approve case-specific exceptions.
• Electrification and deep retrofit require an appropriate building assessment and energy modelling. NYSERDA may accept an audit completed within the previous three years if it has sufficient detail and meets current programme requirements. Electrification must not be expected to increase owner or tenant utility costs, supported by analysis of future energy-cost scenarios. No final project scope may increase resident energy costs.
• Flood-exposed projects installing heat pumps, heat-pump water heaters or advanced heat/energy-recovery ventilation must add applicable floodproofing unless NYSERDA grants an exemption. Exposure includes the relevant 100-year or 500-year floodplain or documented past storm/climate flooding. Electrical-panel support also requires eligible electrification and an existing panel below the design flood elevation.
• The heat-vulnerability addition requires eligible heating/cooling heat pumps and every building switching from electric resistance or delivered fuels such as oil, propane or kerosene. At least half the project's dwellings must contain a resident older than 60, younger than six or permanently disabled; the owner signs an attestation. Hurricane-window support requires the linked window-replacement measure and qualifying hurricane-resistant laminated glass.
• The same measure cannot receive AMP Up and utility incentives, including NYS Clean Heat. Exclude utility-funded measures from both the AMP Up scope of work and total project costs used for its incentive ceiling. HCR Clean Energy Initiative participants are excluded. Other HCR support or concurrent Weatherization Assistance Program support can combine with AMP Up, up to 100% of total project costs. On-Site Energy Manager or SAMES participation does not reduce AMP Up support.
• Do not raise or seek to raise rent to recover project work paid for by NYSERDA. For at least two years after the final incentive, retain the required low-to-moderate-income tenancies and do not increase rent because of the energy improvements; actual property-tax increases are excepted. Do not pass upgrade-related utility increases or costs from changed heating/cooling systems or metering to tenants. If sold during those two years, these conditions must bind the buyer through the sale agreement. Breach requires repayment of the incentive.

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Intake is continuous under PON 6088 for the 2026–2030 programme. Start through the official programme's interest form. Choose a participating Energy Assessor contractor from NYSERDA's Multifamily Contractor Network, or receive an assigned contractor. The contractor submits the application through the Multifamily Energy Portal.

Provide property information, affordability evidence, the signed participation agreement and any owner authorization, the technical-assistance plan and budget, utility-data releases and required energy-use records. The utility account holder must sign the data release. Owner and contractor representatives attend the scoping call; revised plans and budgets are due within 10 business days. Disclose shared ownership or financial interests between owner, participating contractor and installer at that call.

Incentives normally go to the participating contractor, who passes them on under the project agreements. Owners can elect direct payment of technical-assistance and end-use incentives in the participation agreement and provide a W-9. Payment to a separate representative requires both signatures. Concierge and floodproofing-design payments remain with the participating contractor.

Obtain application approval, then Stage 1 approval for the detailed scope before construction. Starting early risks design changes, extra costs or loss of incentives. Stage 1 documents are due within 120 calendar days of application approval. Construction-start documents are due within five business days of starting work, with funding confirmed, final costs and contracts, and liability insurance covering the full scope. Required cover includes USD 2 million general-liability aggregate and USD 1 million limits for the specified injury/death and property-damage claims; NYSERDA and New York State must be certificate holders.

Energy-measure payments for low-rise projects are staged at 25% each for scope approval, construction start, optional partial completion and final completion. Large buildings receive 25% at scope approval, 40% at partial completion and 35% at final completion. To claim partial completion, at least 30% of projected energy savings must be installed and functional, OR equipment representing at least 50% must be on site. Skipping this optional stage moves its construction payment to completion. Refrigerator installations and payment are handled at the partial-completion stage. Technical-assistance and resilience payments follow their separate schedules.

Finish and submit final documents within two years of application approval. The contractor must obtain written approval for extensions; resilience extensions must be requested at least 30 days before the deadline. NYSERDA must approve scope changes before the changed work proceeds. Missed deadlines or a scope that no longer qualifies can terminate participation and forfeit unpaid support. Lower eligible costs can reduce the award; higher costs do not raise it. If the project never proceeds to construction, only the initial technical-assistance share and Stage 1 incentives are paid.

Maintain current insurance throughout the agreement and submit renewal certificates at least 15 days before expiry; work and payments require current cover. Provide electricity, fuel and water bills for all common areas and a sample of apartments, plus a list of every apartment and its type. The bill sample must represent each apartment layout and follow the programme sampling guidelines for the building’s size. Authorize utility-data access for ten years, and allow evaluation visits during delivery and for up to five years after completion, with at least one week’s notice. Either party may terminate on ten days’ written notice; an owner ending participation before the final milestone may have to return part or all of incentives already paid.