Community Solar
Subscribing to a shared solar farm instead of putting panels on your roof — how billing credits work in New York, and who it suits.
How Community Solar Credits Appear on Your Bill
Community solar credits arrive as dollar amounts posted to your utility account, usually a month or so behind the production that earned them — and the…
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Community Solar for a New York Renter With No Roof
If you rent, the roof is not yours to decide about. Community solar is the one route that needs no roof, no landlord permission and no…
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Community Solar for RG&E Customers
RG&E carries the state's second-highest rooftop solar charge — and community solar subscribers pay none of it. Here is how the arrangement works.
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Community Solar on Long Island
Long Island roofs are small and often full. Community solar needs none — and it pairs well with a rooftop array that cannot cover the whole…
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Community Solar for Central Hudson Customers
Central Hudson carries New York's highest rooftop solar charge — and community solar subscribers pay none of it. Here is how the arrangement works.
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Community Solar for NYSEG Customers
NYSEG's territory is full of shaded, wooded and rural properties where a roof array will not work. Community solar is the answer that needs no roof.
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Community Solar for Con Edison Customers
For most Con Edison customers a roof is not an option. Community solar needs none — here is how the credit reaches your bill and what…
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Community Solar in New York: How It Actually Works
Community solar in New York gives a household a share of a solar project built somewhere else, paid out as credits on its own electricity bill.…
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Community Solar for New York City Residents
Most New York City households will never put panels on a roof they do not control. A community solar subscription attaches to the Con Edison account…
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NY-Sun and Community Solar: The Connection
NY-Sun pays a per-watt incentive to the projects New Yorkers subscribe to, not to the subscribers themselves. That distinction explains why subscription discounts vary by region…
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Community Solar in Brooklyn: What’s Available
Community solar in Brooklyn is a Con Edison question, not a Brooklyn question. The project can sit anywhere in Con Edison territory, which is why availability…
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NYSERDA Solar for All: Free Community Solar Credits
Statewide Solar for All uses utility-specific Energy Affordability Program and, where applicable, DAC conditions. It differs from the earlier Pilot and the federal program; verify the…
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New York’s Community Solar Program: A Subscriber’s Guide
Compare a community-solar contract using its utility territory, subscription charges, bill-credit method and exit terms. Statewide and Pilot Solar for All have separate no-fee eligibility rules.
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Community Solar on National Grid in New York
National Grid serves electricity across upstate and western New York, and community solar credits land on that bill. Here is where to find them and what…
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Not sure which programmes apply to you?
Eligibility in New York depends on your utility, your roof and whether you buy, finance or subscribe. Put the system size and price an installer quotes you into the estimator and see the rebate and the state credit on one scale.