What Con Edison customers are actually paying, where the number comes from, and what it means if you are weighing solar.
Con Edison customers in New York pay about ~33.8¢. Among the highest residential rates in the country.
That is the all-in figure — supply plus delivery plus riders — not the supply rate on its own. The supply rate is the number utilities quote and switching sites compare. It is not what leaves your bank account.
New York is moving from 1:1 net metering to the Value Stack (VDER), which prices exported power by when and where it is produced — typically 60 to 90 percent of the retail rate. New York also offers a 25% state tax credit capped at $5,000 that, unusually, applies to power purchase agreements of ten years or more.
Source: New York State Department of Public Service filings, Con Edison tariffs, the New York ISO market data and U.S. Energy Information Administration Electric Power Monthly, August 2026.
Utilities buy wholesale power through the New York ISO. When capacity and energy prices rise there they land across the service territory at roughly the same time rather than utility by utility — which is why neighbours on different plans all see increases in the same month.
Demand from data centers is arriving faster than new generation is being built, and that gap shows up on the delivery side of the bill. Delivery is also the part you cannot shop away by switching suppliers.
It is, however, the part solar offsets. Every kilowatt-hour your roof produces is one you do not pay delivery charges on.
Con Edison serves New York City, Yonkers. Service territories do not follow city or county lines — your bill names your utility at the top.
The 30% federal Residential Clean Energy Credit under Section 25D ended for systems purchased after December 31, 2025. If you buy with cash or a loan in 2026, you cannot claim it. Any site still advertising a 30% federal credit for a homeowner purchase is running outdated information.
What remains is Section 48E, the commercial investment credit. It applies to third-party-owned systems — leases and power purchase agreements — where the system owner claims it rather than the homeowner. That is precisely what makes $0-down possible.
EnergyPros does not provide tax advice — confirm your situation with a tax professional.
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It is the all-in average for this utility — supply plus delivery plus riders. Your own bill will vary with usage, rate plan and season. Divide your total bill by the kilowatt-hours used and you will get your real number, which is the one to compare against.
In deregulated states you can shop the supply portion, which is roughly half the bill. Delivery is not shoppable, and delivery is where most recent increases have landed. Switching suppliers is worth doing; it does not address the part that is growing.
No. Solar offsets the kilowatt-hours you would otherwise buy. Fixed customer charges continue, and you will still draw from the grid at night unless you add storage. What solar does is fix the price of a large share of your usage for 25 years.
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