How Do I Check Whether an ECC-Provider Is Approved, and Where Does Golden State Registry Stand?
Read the Energy Commission's ECC-Providers page, not the provider's own marketing. On 7 October 2026 it listed California Home Energy Efficiency Rating Services (CHEERS) as approved on 12 November 2025. National Energy Testing Institute, doing business as Golden State Registry, appeared as an applicant with no staff reports or notices.
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Why the Commission's page is the test
Part 1 of the Energy Code, Section 10-109(a), says a data registry must be approved by the Commission before it can be used to demonstrate compliance. A registry's own website therefore settles nothing. The list also gives each approval's scope.
What the CHEERS listing says
The listing gives an approval date of 12 November 2025 and docket 25-BSTD-01. The scope is certifying and overseeing ECC-Raters for 2025 Energy Code verification in new single-family and multifamily buildings, additions, alterations, and the dwelling-unit and mechanical measures of nonresidential buildings. It also names a residential data registry and an external digital data source. For the documents it leaves out, read whether CHEERS can register a 2025 project.
What an applicant listing means
The Golden State Registry entry sits in the same docket and, when read, showed no staff reports or notices. An application is a request, not a decision. Until the Commission lists an approval, a registry cannot carry documents that demonstrate compliance. This is a status on one day, so re-read the page before you hire anyone.
Approval runs for one code cycle
Section 10-103.3(c)1 limits an approval to a single triennial code cycle and requires a reapproval application for the next. The Commission assigns each provider a three-digit identification number on first approval. A rater must be certified by an approved provider, and the Commission notes that a project that complied with the 2022 code is rated to the 2022 standards by someone holding a 2022 or later certification.
If someone offers a different registry
Ask which provider certified the rater, ask for the Commission listing and the approval date, and check the code year. The one-project-one-registry rule is on the registry switching page, the earlier provider's closure is in CalCERTS to CHEERS, and the program itself is explained under what the ECC Program is. Our residential reports follow whichever registry the department accepts.
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Frequently Asked Questions
On 7 October 2026 the Commission page showed it as an applicant with no approval notice. Check the page again, because the list can change.
Not for compliance. Section 10-109(a) requires Commission approval before a registry is used to demonstrate compliance.
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