diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/issue_template_user_kudos.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/issue_template_user_kudos.md
index e3036fdd..5499ad58 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/issue_template_user_kudos.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/issue_template_user_kudos.md
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ assignees: ''
 I thank the developers of the project. <br>
 Please add my information to the file [USERS.cff](https://github.com/OpenEnergyPlatform/oemetadata/blob/production/USERS.cff).
 
-family-names: 
-given-names: 
-alias: 
-affiliation: 
-orcid: 
+family-names: ""
+given-names: ""
+alias: ""
+affiliation: ""
+orcid: "https://orcid.org/"
+comment: "https://"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3341aea9..caa92b3b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 - Add missing init files [(#254)](https://github.com/OpenEnergyPlatform/oemetadata/pull/254)
+- Add new user [(#255)](https://github.com/OpenEnergyPlatform/oemetadata/pull/255)
 
 ### Changed
 - [(#)]()
diff --git a/USERS.cff b/USERS.cff
index 5790f438..3e5fe8ed 100644
--- a/USERS.cff
+++ b/USERS.cff
@@ -10,9 +10,23 @@ authors:
     alias: "@Ludee"
     affiliation: "Reiner Lemoine Institut"
     orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4655-2321"
+    comment: "Main developer and user https://openenergyplatform.org/"
   - family-names: "Huber"
     given-names: "Jonas"
     alias: "@jh-RLI"
     website: "https://github.com/jh-RLI"
     affiliation: "Reiner Lemoine Institut"
-    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6234-0751"
\ No newline at end of file
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6234-0751"
+    comment: "Main developer and user https://openenergyplatform.org/"
+  - family-names: "Helfenbein"
+    given-names: "Kilian"
+    alias: "khelfen"
+    affiliation: "Reiner Lemoine Institut"
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8001-5293"
+    comment: "https://github.com/openego/ding0"
+  - family-names: "Büttner"
+    given-names: "Clara"
+    alias: "ClaraBuettner"
+    affiliation: "Flensburg University of Applied Sciences"
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4903-3348"
+    comment: "https://github.com/openego/powerd-data"