CHEERS Decision to Stop Accepting New Projects

Dear CHEERS Raters,

CHEERS had decided to stop accepting new projects that are subject to California regulations effective as of midnight, October 4, 2010, in consultation with the California Energy Commission.  CHEERS is taking this action because CHEERS is not in compliance with regulations for the CHEERS registry and database. 

CHEERS is aggressively working with new and more robust software developers on a fast track to improve both the CHEERS registry and database so that they are fully in compliance with the HERS regulations.  The California Energy Commission will review and approve the registry and database before CHEERS will restart accepting new projects.  CHEERS greatly appreciates the cooperation and assistance of the Energy Commission, whose staff is working diligently to support the HERS industry and have been actively working with CHEERS for several months to identify problems with CHEERS’ existing registry and reviewing efforts by CHEERS to make improvements.  The Energy Commission will continue to work with CHEERS to help enable CHEERS to restart accepting new projects as expeditiously as possible. 

HERS raters expressed concerns that they had been working on projects prior to the October 4, 2010 that they would have submitted to CHEERS if they had known that CHEERS was going to stop accepting new projects.  The Energy Commission proposed to CHEERS that an allowance be made for projects to be submitted up to October 15, 2010.  CHEERS agrees with this revised effective date.