Solar on Long Island
Solar in Nassau and Suffolk: PSEG Long Island interconnection and net metering, town-by-town permitting, coastal wind loads, and what the LIPA system pays for exported power.
Solar Panel Cost in East Hampton, NY
Two things decide what solar costs in East Hampton: how visible the array is from the street, and whether the house is where you actually live.
Solar on Long Island7 min read
Solar Incentives in Southampton, NY
In Southampton the first incentive question is not how much, but whether the house is your principal residence. On a second home the state credit is…
Solar on Long Island6 min read
Solar Panel Cost in Riverhead, NY
Riverhead has land, which changes the whole calculation. A ground mount is a real option here, and so is a trench nobody mentioned until the contract…
Solar on Long Island7 min read
Solar Incentives in Brookhaven, NY
Brookhaven runs from the Sound to the ocean and contains more villages and school districts than any other Suffolk town. That makes the incentives an address-by-address…
Solar on Long Island6 min read
Solar Panel Cost in Islip, NY
Islip runs from dense post-war neighbourhoods to two barrier island villages with no roads. The cost of a system varies more within this town than between…
Solar on Long Island6 min read
Solar Incentives in Smithtown, NY
The federal credit has gone, so what is left in Smithtown is a state credit with a residency test and two programmes your contractor applies for…
Solar on Long Island6 min read
Solar Panel Cost in Huntington, NY
Huntington contains four incorporated villages that issue their own permits, and a shoreline that changes the hardware specification. Both show up in the price.
Solar on Long Island6 min read
Solar Panel Cost in Port Jefferson, New York
Port Jefferson is a village with its own rules inside a much larger town, and the harbour slopes make shading a real question.
Solar on Long Island4 min read
Solar Panel Installation in Bay Shore, NY
Bay Shore sits on Suffolk's south shore in the Town of Islip. Flood zones and wind shape the installation more than the roof does.
Solar on Long Island4 min read
Solar Panel Cost in Commack, New York
Commack straddles two Suffolk towns, so which side of the line you live on decides your permit process.
Solar on Long Island4 min read
Solar Panel Installation in Long Beach, NY
Long Beach is a barrier island city. Wind, salt and flood elevation all matter more here than anywhere else in Nassau County.
Solar on Long Island4 min read
Solar Panel Cost in Massapequa, New York
Massapequa sits on the south shore where flood zones change not whether solar works but where the equipment can go.
Solar on Long Island4 min read
Solar Panel Installation in Hicksville, NY
Hicksville is dense post-war Nassau housing in the Town of Oyster Bay. Here is the sequence and what actually limits a system.
Solar on Long Island4 min read
Solar Panel Cost in Levittown, New York
Levittown's original Capes are small, and almost every one has been extended. Both facts decide what an array can do here.
Solar on Long Island4 min read
Solar in Freeport, NY: The Municipal Utility Difference
Freeport has its own electric utility, which means almost everything written about Long Island solar does not describe your situation. Start there.
Solar on Long Island4 min read
Solar Panel Installation in East Hampton, NY
East Hampton has the most demanding review on Long Island. Plan for it first — everything else in the project is downstream of it.
Solar on Long Island4 min read
Solar Panel Installation in Babylon, NY
Babylon is dense, flat and close to the water. Here is what that means for the engineering, the permits and the numbers on a solar project.
Solar on Long Island4 min read
Solar Panel Installation in Smithtown, NY
Smithtown's wooded north shore lots and its handful of villages set the terms for a solar project here. Here is the sequence and the numbers.
Solar on Long Island4 min read
Solar Panel Installation in Oyster Bay, NY
Oyster Bay contains an unusual number of incorporated villages, and which one you live in decides your permit, your review and your timeline.
Solar on Long Island4 min read
Solar Panel Installation in Riverhead, NY
Riverhead is the one part of Long Island with real open land, which makes ground-mounted solar a genuine option rather than a theoretical one.
Solar on Long Island4 min read
Solar Panel Installation in Southampton, NY
On the East End the review process is the project. Here is what Southampton's architectural and historic review adds, and how the rest of the sequence…
Solar on Long Island4 min read
Solar Panel Installation in Islip, NY
Islip covers a dense stretch of Suffolk's south shore. Here is what its permitting, its coastal exposure and its housing stock mean for a solar project.
Solar on Long Island4 min read
Solar Panel Installation in Hempstead, NY
Hempstead is the most populous town in New York State and contains dozens of villages. Which one you live in decides your permit and your timeline.
Solar on Long Island4 min read
Solar Panel Installation in Brookhaven, NY
Brookhaven is the largest town in Suffolk and covers wildly different housing. Here is what the installation sequence involves and what it is worth.
Solar on Long Island4 min read
Solar Panel Installation in Huntington, NY
Huntington's wooded north shore lots and its several incorporated villages shape a solar installation more than the weather does. Here is the sequence.
Solar on Long Island4 min read
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.