Following the California Code of Regulations, CHEERS reports on quality assurance inspections of its Raters.

Although the vast majority of Raters are highly knowledgeable professionals who strive to uphold Title 24 regulations, some do not meet the standards for truth, accuracy, or completeness.

For those Raters, we offer training and mentoring or progressive discipline. Our Quality Assurance Program is designed to ensure that Raters effectively enforce the energy code and protect consumers.

Progressive disciplinary notices are issued to Raters to educate and improve the accuracy of their field verifications and diagnostic testing. Suspension and decertification are deterrents, with decertification barring a Rater from conducting field verification and diagnostic testing permanently.

The following list is current, as of December 18, 2024

Notice of Violation

• Sarmen Mirzakhani
• Serzhik Akopyan

Probation Pending Further Education & Training

• Ely Kavon
• Victor Gomez Jr
• Lawrence Juvera
• Robert Miller
• Jon Torbet
• Michael Madrigal
• Tom Bachus
• Vazgen Youssefian
• Angel Perez
• Anthony Castillo
• Vincenzo Mazzoni
• Alexander Philipsen
• Anthony Cortes
• Gerardo Lopez
• Cameron Williams
• Robert Scherzinger
• Jonathan Woods
• Alex Contreras
• Daryll Neuburger
• Sergio Rodriguez
• Bladimir Lopez

Suspension

• Cobe Villa – 12/23/2024
• Vitaliy Palnikov

Decertification

• Jose Cervantez – 11/01/2024
• Shane Vercruysse – 10/08/2024
• Miriam Meza – 11/29/2023
• Andrew Corzo – 11/08/2023
• Miguel Maceda – 10/12/2023
• Claudia Vartgess – 10/06/2023
• Miguel Jimenez – 07/10/2023
• Armin Fakhri – 05/03/2023
• Tigran Ghazaryan – 01/19/2023
• Kevin Rivas – 07/29/2022
• Mark Ames
• Denis Higginson