Utilities and Net Metering
How each New York utility treats a solar customer: interconnection applications, permission to operate, net metering credits, the Customer Benefit Contribution charge, and what actually changes on the bill.
Central Hudson Solar Rebate: What New York Homeowners Get
Central Hudson does not cut a rebate cheque for solar. The real savings on a Hudson Valley system come from NY-Sun, a state tax credit, and…
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The Con Edison CBC Charge on Solar, With the Arithmetic
Con Edison charges $1.29 per kW-month on the DC size of a net metered solar array in 2026. Here is the arithmetic on real system sizes,…
Utilities and Net Metering7 min read
Why Your Electric Bill Is Still High After Solar
A bill that stays high after solar usually has an explanation, and only one of the common explanations is an actual fault.
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
The New York Net Metering 20 Year Lock, Explained
Twenty years sounds like a price guarantee. It is a structure guarantee, and the difference decides how you should plan around it.
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
Community Solar for National Grid Customers in New York
For a National Grid customer who cannot use their own roof, a subscription delivers credits without equipment, permits or a capacity charge.
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
Battery Storage on Orange & Rockland: Is It Worth It
Under full retail-rate net metering, a home battery in Orange and Rockland territory is a resilience purchase rather than an economic one. That is not an…
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
The Orange & Rockland CBC Charge: What It Costs
The Customer Benefit Contribution is billed on the size of your array, not on what it produces. On Orange and Rockland the 2026 residential rate is…
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
Community Solar for Orange & Rockland Customers
Community solar puts credits from an off-site array onto your Orange and Rockland bill. You own nothing, you need no roof, and you pay no capacity…
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Orange & Rockland Permission to Operate: What PTO Means
Permission to operate is the utility authorisation that lets your array run. Until it arrives the panels stay dark, however finished they look from the street.
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National Grid Battery Storage: What It Buys You Upstate
Upstate outages are a weather story, and a battery answers that. It answers almost nothing about your payback under full retail net metering.
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Your Orange & Rockland Solar Bill, Line by Line
A solar bill from Orange and Rockland does not go to zero, and three of the lines on it have nothing to do with how much…
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
Orange & Rockland Solar Interconnection: The Application
Your installer files the interconnection application, not you. It runs alongside the building permit and the two come from completely different authorities.
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
Orange & Rockland Solar Rebate: What Actually Exists
Orange and Rockland does not run a residential solar rebate programme. The money in your proposal comes from somewhere else, and knowing where changes what you…
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
National Grid CBC Charge: 97 Cents a Kilowatt a Month
National Grid has the cheapest capacity charge of any New York utility. The number behind it that catches people out is on the commercial side.
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
NYSEG Battery Storage: Backup Power or Bad Investment?
In NYSEG country a battery answers a rural outage problem. It very rarely answers a financial one, and 2026 made that gap wider.
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
The NYSEG CBC Charge on Solar, With the Arithmetic
The Customer Benefit Contribution follows the size of your array, not its output. On NYSEG that is $1.19 for every DC kilowatt, every month.
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
NYSEG Solar Rebate: What Actually Exists in 2026
In NYSEG territory the reduction arrives through your contractor and the credit arrives on your tax return. Nothing arrives from the utility.
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PSEG Long Island Battery Storage: What It Really Buys
A battery on a Long Island solar system is bought for outages, not for arbitrage. Full retail-rate net metering already does the job people expect storage…
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
PSEG Long Island Permission to Operate: Switching Solar On
The panels are up, the inspection has passed, and the system is still dark. Permission to operate is the utility approval that ends that wait, and…
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
The PSEG Long Island Solar Interconnection Application
The interconnection application is filed with PSEG Long Island and the building permit is filed with your town or village. They run in parallel, and only…
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
Value Stack VDER vs Net Metering in New York, Compared
The Value Stack and net metering are not two options a homeowner chooses between. Which one applies is decided by what kind of project you are…
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
Your PSEG Long Island Solar Bill, Line by Line
The first bill after an array is switched on is where most Long Island solar disappointment starts, and almost always because of what stays on it…
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
RG&E and Battery Storage: What It Changes on Your Bill
On RG&E a home battery buys resilience rather than savings, because the grid is already crediting your exports at the full retail rate.
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RG&E Permission to Operate: Turning Solar On
An array can be installed, inspected and fully paid for and still sit dark. Permission to operate is the letter that ends that, and the date…
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The PSEG Long Island CBC Charge on Solar
On PSEG Long Island the capacity charge is $1.13 per kW-month in 2026, billed on the size of the array rather than on anything it produces.
Utilities and Net Metering6 min read
Utility Delay on a New York Solar Interconnection: What to Do
An installed array that has not been switched on is the most common complaint in New York solar, and almost all of it happens in the…
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
The True-Up Bill After Solar in New York: What to Expect
Net metering credits do not settle instantly, and they do not offset everything on the bill. Understanding which lines they cannot touch is what stops an…
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
Your RG&E Bill After Solar, Line by Line
The first RG&E bill after switch-on confuses almost everyone. Here is which line is the credit, which one is new, and which one never goes away.
Utilities and Net Metering6 min read
RG&E Solar Rebate: What Actually Exists in 2026
There is no RG&E solar rebate, and NYSERDA's NY-Sun has no open block for homes as of September 2026, so what is left comes from the…
Utilities and Net Metering5 min read
Do You Need a Smart Meter for Solar in New York?
You need a meter that measures in both directions, and the utility handles it. The step matters because it is usually the last one between a…
Utilities and Net Metering5 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.