What New York City homeowners pay for power, what a roof here actually produces against it, and $0-down options if you qualify. Serving New York City.
New York City is served by Con Edison (~33.8¢). Those are all-in figures — supply plus delivery plus riders, not the supply rate on its own.
Service territories do not follow county lines, so if the utility on your bill is not listed here, call and we will check your address against the service map.
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, utility tariffs, the New York ISO market data and U.S. Energy Information Administration figures, August 2026.
New York City averages 4.1 peak sun hours a day. A well-oriented kilowatt of panels produces roughly 1,197 kilowatt-hours a year here. A typical 9 kW residential system therefore produces around 10,773 kWh annually. At Con Edison’s rate of ~33.8¢, that production is worth roughly $3,641 a year before any incentive.
Those are pre-shading numbers. Trees, roof pitch and orientation move them, sometimes a lot, which is why an installer looks at your specific roof rather than quoting from a county average.
New York City and surrounding communities.
ZIP codes: 10001, 10016, 10025, 11201, 11215, 11375. If your ZIP is not listed it does not mean we cannot help — New York City has more neighborhoods than we can list. Enter your ZIP and it will tell you.
Permits are issued by your municipality rather than the county, so requirements vary between towns. Interconnection runs through your utility and is a separate process on its own timeline.
The installer you are matched with handles both. Installation is typically one to three days; permits and permission to operate take longer and are the part most homeowners find slowest.
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 Any site still advertising a 30% federal credit for a homeowner purchase is running outdated information.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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