On-site Energy Manager Program
NYSERDA shares the cost of a dedicated energy manager for New York commercial, industrial and multifamily facilities without an existing full-time manager.
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The On-site Energy Manager Program helps facilities hire or contract a dedicated person to reduce energy use and operating costs. The manager can develop efficiency projects, improve maintenance and production processes, reduce waste and support water savings. Support can cover a new permanent hire, contracted staff, or a combination that supplements permanent staff.
Most engagements can receive up to 75% of approved energy-manager fees. Eligible P-12 school priority districts can receive up to 90%, subject to funding; qualifying affordable multifamily buildings can receive up to 100%. These percentages remain subject to the following ceilings, based on annual facility energy spending across all fuels.
| Annual energy spending | Initial engagement maximum | Possible bonus after one further year | Combined maximum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Less than USD 1 million | USD 100,000 | USD 5,000 | USD 105,000 |
| USD 1 million or more | USD 200,000 | USD 7,000 | USD 207,000 |
NYSERDA can limit aggregated spending to the buildings affected by the manager's work. After three applications from the same owner organization, support may be limited to 50% where further projects do not demonstrate additional value, for example because their facilities or scope repeat earlier work. The approved purchase order sets the actual fees, staff, rates and maximum payment.
Funding pays for energy-manager services, not equipment, installation or unrelated labour. Travel costs are capped at 3% of the total engagement cost. The customer pays the remaining share. Normally this contribution must be cash; when permanent staff are used, approved staff work on the energy-manager engagement may count toward the customer’s share instead of a separate cash contribution.
The bonus is conditional. Keep the energy-manager role for one additional year after the initial engagement, demonstrate successful initial delivery and report at least 1% additional savings against the site's preceding 12-month energy consumption. NYSERDA reviews the evidence before paying the single bonus directly to the facility customer, even if a consultant applied. Consultants cannot receive the bonus.
Eligibility
- The supported commercial, industrial or multifamily facility, campus or portfolio must be in New York. Most customers must contribute to the electric System Benefits Charge. Look for “SBC” or “NYSERDA Clean Energy Fund” as a charge on a recent facility electricity bill. Limited funding is also available for qualifying affordable multifamily buildings and P-12 priority school districts that do not pay that charge.
- The facility must not already have a dedicated full-time energy manager, and buildings that participated in a previous OsEM engagement cannot be included. Demonstrate the need for the role, the intent to continue it after funding, and willingness to share results and lessons.
- The engagement must last at least 12 months and cover at least half a full-time role: 20 hours per week. Start within six months of the purchase order and finish funded work within 54 months, unless otherwise negotiated; the bonus period is separate.
- Use a new employee, contracted staff or the supported combination. Contracted staff may come from NYSERDA's FlexTech consultant list or an independent service provider. Identify one dedicated individual who works on site and is the customer's contact. Unless NYSERDA approves otherwise, that person must perform at least 75% of funded hours; junior staff can support appropriate administrative tasks.
- School priority districts are those identified through the state education needs-to-resources measure or serving designated disadvantaged communities; use the programme's eligible-district list. For affordable multifamily support, at least 25% of units must house, or be expected to house, households earning at most 80% of area or state median income, whichever is higher.
- Affordable multifamily applicants must provide affordability evidence before the purchase order. Documentation of participation in specified housing programmes can establish eligibility, such as the required HUD or state housing contract or award notice. Use the exact programme and document combinations in the official affordability verification guidelines. Where those programme-based routes do not apply, use the rent-roll calculation. Supply annual rent, apartment size and occupancy; the calculation assumes housing costs are 30% of household income.
- A facility customer, FlexTech consultant or independent service provider may apply. Property managers and owner representatives need the owner's authorization and agreement to the scope, concept, budget and terms.
How to apply
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- zamyka się 31 gru 2030
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- Applications are accepted first come, first served and may close earlier if funds are fully committed.
Apply through the NYSERDA Portal under PON 3701. Applications are considered first come, first served, while funding remains available, until 31 December 2030 at 3 pm Eastern Time.
Prepare the application, a concept explaining the business case and how the manager fits into the organization, a scope with energy-reduction goals and deliverables, a task-by-task budget and timetable, and the manager's résumé. If a new hire is not yet selected, submit the job description and provide the résumé once selected. Consultant-led engagements also need a commitment letter from senior facility management; affordable housing needs its verification documents.
Provide on-site workspace, data and management support. Explain how any recent FlexTech studies will be used without duplicating them. All new applications require the climate-resilience questionnaire as a task and deliverable, and the final FlexTech Project Summary Sheet is required at completion.
NYSERDA reviews the proposed manager, integration, hours, rates and energy-saving ambition, and may negotiate the scope or funding. Facilities spending more than USD 500,000 a year on energy may receive preference. The expected selection response is about four weeks after a complete application. Do not start funded work before NYSERDA issues the purchase order.
Deliver the energy-management plan, progress reporting and final outputs required by the approved scope. The plan must cover the facility, team, systems, historic use and costs, saving targets, monitoring and the work ahead; its suggested template is optional, but the information is required.
Submit detailed invoices through NYSERDA's invoicing service, normally monthly. They must show staff, rates, task hours, non-labour costs and the customer's contribution; payment evidence may be requested. Where applicable, the customer’s paid contribution must equal or exceed the payment requested from NYSERDA. Projects funded at 100% need the signed special invoicing form with every invoice. NYSERDA can withhold payments for missing deliverables, reduce support when costs fall or recover payments for work not completed as invoiced.
Allow a reasonable number of site visits at a convenient time, with at least one week’s notice.
Keep full financial and work records for seven years after acceptance of the work and allow audits; unsupported costs can be recovered. Maintain the required liability insurance, including USD 1 million injury/death and property-damage limits, plus statutory workers' compensation, employers' liability and disability cover. Liability policies must cover NYSERDA, New York State and the applicant as additional insureds. NYSERDA can terminate on ten days' written notice; continuing after a stop-work or termination notice is at the applicant's own cost.