NY Solar Incentives

Estimate what a home solar system would cost and save in any New York State county, using the same official data and arithmetic as the calculator on nysolarincentives.org.

What it does:

• Sizes a system from your average monthly electric bill (or uses the size on your quote) and estimates its yearly output, installed cost, the 25% New York State solar credit (up to $5,000), the 2026 Customer Benefit Contribution, net yearly savings and simple payback.
• Shows the New York City property tax abatement for homes in the five boroughs.
• Lists the RPTL 487 property-tax exemption opt-outs on record for a county, from the NY Tax Department's listing and NYSERDA's filings, with links to the filings.
• Lists the electric utilities that serve a county and their 2025 average residential price.

Data: county medians of NYSERDA-reported home solar projects (output per kW and installed price per watt), EIA-861 2025 utility data, the NY Tax Department's credit and RPTL 487 records, and NYSERDA's 2026 CBC rates and NY-Sun block charts. Each result says when the data was checked and links to the calculator page, which lists every source.

Limits: estimates from averages, not a quote, a design for your roof or tax advice. Homes in New York State only, not businesses, farms or community solar. The federal 30% credit shows as $0 because it is not available for systems placed in service after December 31, 2025. Small municipal utilities publish no average price, so you may be asked for your own price per kWh.

Privacy: the app needs only a county, a utility and a bill amount or system size. It stores nothing and never asks for a name, an address or contact details.

NY Solar Incentives is an independent publisher. It is not affiliated with NYSERDA, New York State or any installer.