New York
Net metering in New York, provider by provider.
Every provider in the state, and every figure below read from the published tariff or interconnection document rather than a comparison site. Some credit you the full retail rate for the power you send back. Most do not, and that difference is the whole reason this page exists.
Meter reading falling from 41926 to 41767 kilowatt hours. A 571 kilowatt hour month against 730 kilowatt hours produced leaves 0 kilowatt hours billed and 159 banked for next month, so the energy charge falls from $168.39 to $0.00 at 29.49 cents per kilowatt hour.
New York average household use, 571 kWh a month, at the current published residential price of 29.49¢ per kWh. Your utility still bills a fixed monthly customer charge that no system offsets, so this is the energy part of the bill, which is the part that goes away.
Solar buyback rates in New York, utility by utility
Residential rooftop systems can still take Phase One net metering at the full retail rate, locked for twenty years, while paying a Customer Benefit Contribution each month based on the size of the array.
Credits you the full retail rate
- Con EdisonInvestor owned/3.6M accountsFull retailFull retail, locked twenty years, minus a monthly fee
- National GridInvestor owned/1.7M accountsFull retailFull retail, locked twenty years, minus a monthly fee
- New York State Electric and GasInvestor owned/900K accountsFull retailFull retail, locked twenty years, minus a monthly fee
- Rochester Gas and ElectricInvestor owned/380K accountsFull retailFull retail, locked twenty years, minus a monthly fee
- Central HudsonInvestor owned/310K accountsFull retailFull retail, locked twenty years, minus a monthly fee
- Orange and RocklandInvestor owned/230K accountsFull retailFull retail, locked twenty years, minus a monthly fee
New York net metering rules
Full retail for houses, with a monthly charge per kW.
- Who it binds
- The investor owned utilities the Public Service Commission regulates. Long Island Power Authority and the municipal systems sit outside that.
- What happens to a surplus
- Credits carry forward as bill credits under the net metering tariff.
- How big a system you may build
- Set by the Commission’s standardized interconnection requirements rather than by a single statutory figure.
NYS Public Service Commission, Value of Distributed Energy Resources proceeding — checked 2026-09-05
What actually happens after you pick
Most sites in this business hand your number to a sales team and disappear. We do the preparation first, so the company that turns up already knows your situation.
You see your real terms
Your provider page shows what that specific utility credits you, when it trues up, and where the catch is. Sourced and dated, not a sales page.
You choose the company
Companies serving your territory in New York, with the reviews, years trading and BBB grade we found for each. You pick. Not a call center, not an auction.
We set the whole thing up
We call you, go through your bill and your last twelve months of use, work out what your utility owes you, and get the program paperwork in order.
They arrive prepared
The company you chose turns up to a job that is already understood, with your figures in hand. No cold pitch on your doorstep.
Solar installers in New York
Every company we list for at least one New York utility. Each profile shows the utilities it covers and what each one pays for the power you export.
Net metering in New York: the questions people ask
- Does New York have net metering?
- Residential rooftop systems can still take Phase One net metering at the full retail rate, locked for twenty years, while paying a Customer Benefit Contribution each month based on the size of the array.
- What is the solar buyback rate in New York?
- It is set utility by utility, not by the state. How the 6 providers we list in New York credit the power you export: 6 at the full retail rate. Each one’s own page gives its figure and the date we read it.
- Is solar worth it in New York in 2026?
- It depends mostly on what your utility pays for the power you export, because the 30% federal credit ended for systems completed after 31 December 2025. New York homes use about 571 kWh a month at an average of 29.49 cents per kWh, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Where exports are credited at the full retail rate, each kilowatt hour your panels send back is worth about that much; where they are credited below retail, size the system to what you use while the sun is up. Check your own utility on this page before you get a quote for solar panels.
- Is there a solar tax credit in New York in 2026?
- Not a federal one. The 30% federal credit, IRC Section 25D, ended for systems completed after 31 December 2025, and a deposit paid in 2025 does not preserve it. Anyone still quoting it is working from an old script. Any incentive left in New York comes from the state or your utility, and what your utility pays for exported power is now most of the financial case.
- Which providers does the New York rule cover?
- The investor owned utilities the Public Service Commission regulates. Long Island Power Authority and the municipal systems sit outside that.
- What happens to credits you do not use in New York?
- Credits carry forward as bill credits under the net metering tariff.
- How big a solar system can you install in New York?
- Set by the Commission’s standardized interconnection requirements rather than by a single statutory figure.
- Which electricity providers does this cover in New York?
- We have read the published terms of 6 providers in New York: Con Edison, National Grid, New York State Electric and Gas, Rochester Gas and Electric, Central Hudson, Orange and Rockland. Each has its own page with the figures taken from its own tariff or from the state’s own order.
Source: NYS Public Service Commission, Value of Distributed Energy Resources proceeding, checked 2026-09-05.
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