Are Your Reports CHEERS Registered?
Where your project requires registration, we register it. CHEERS is a CEC-approved ECC provider data registry.
Some compliance documents have to be registered with an ECC provider data registry approved by the California Energy Commission, rather than simply printed and signed. Registration creates the authoritative record your building department and field verifier work from.
When registration is required
Registration applies to low-rise residential buildings where compliance depends on ECC field verification, and to newly constructed homes. If your project includes measures that a rater must verify in the field — duct leakage testing and refrigerant charge verification are common examples — the documentation goes through a registry.
Where CHEERS fits
CHEERS is one of the CEC-approved provider registries operating in California. It is worth knowing that CalCERTS, long the other well-known registry, ceased operations on 2 August 2024. A number of Title 24 websites still list it as an option; if you see that, the page has not been updated.
HERS registration is now ECC registration
If you have been told your project needs “HERS registration”, that is the same thing under its former name. On 1 January 2026 the field verification and diagnostic testing side of the HERS Program moved into the new Energy Code Compliance (ECC) Program. HERS Providers became ECC-Providers and HERS raters became ECC-Raters.
Nothing about the work changed — the same tests, the same registry mechanism, the same certificates. What changed is the name of the programme and the job title of the person who performs the test. The HERS Program itself still exists, but its remaining scope is whole-house ratings and home energy audits, and those no longer demonstrate Title 24 compliance.
The same caution applies here as with CalCERTS: a page describing code compliance as a HERS activity has not been updated since the end of 2025.
What this means for you
You do not need to hold a registry account yourself, and you should not have to chase the paperwork. Where your project requires it, we handle registration as part of the report, and the registered documentation is included in what we send you.
If your project does not require registration, we will tell you that rather than adding a step — and a cost — that the code does not ask for.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Registration applies to newly constructed homes and to low-rise residential projects where compliance depends on ECC field verification. Many simple alterations do not require it.
No. CalCERTS ceased operations on 2 August 2024. Sites still listing it as a current registry are out of date.
No. Where registration is required we handle it as part of preparing your report.