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NYSEG Solar & Battery
Storage Guide

Another NYSEG rate increase is pending. Here’s how solar and batteries work with NYSEG, from hookup to your bill to battery payments.

Why trust Kasselman with your next solar installation?

About NYSEG

NYSEG serves about 925,000 customers across 44 counties, more than 40% of Upstate NY.
Its last rate plan added $30.16 a month to a typical bill between 2023 and 2025, and NYSEG has now asked for $33.12 more, with a final decision still pending. Supply prices jumped too, so every kilowatt-hour your roof makes is one you don’t buy from NYSEG, whatever comes next.

Going Solar with Kasselman Solar & NYSEG

We’ve installed solar for 4,000+ homes across New York, including 700+ Central Hudson installations in the Capital Region since 2020, as a NYSERDA Platinum, Tesla Certified, Enphase Platinum and FranklinWH Certified installer. Here’s how it works:
  1. Design. We size your system from a year of NYSEG bills, so it covers what you actually use.
  2. Apply. We file through NYSEG’s Distributed Generation online portal, where your application can be tracked. Home-size systems pay no application fee, and adding a battery just means one extra storage form, which we handle.
  3. Install. Our crew installs and the town inspects.
  4. Switch on. NYSEG updates your meter for net metering within 10 business days of our install notice, then sends formal acceptance.

Your Bill After Solar

You’ll still get a NYSEG bill, just a much smaller one.
Extra power your panels send to the grid earns credits that carry forward. Any credit left at the end of the year is cashed out at NYSEG’s lower avoided-cost rate, which is why we size systems to use what they make. What stays is the customer charge and a monthly solar charge (CBC) of $1.19 per kW, about $10 a month for a typical system.

Batteries & Backup with NYSEG

A battery keeps your fridge, well pump and furnace running when the grid goes down, and your panels recharge it during the day.
NYSEG’s Energy Storage Solutions program pays $50 per kW each summer when Tesla, Enphase or SolarEdge batteries (up to 25 kWh) share power on peak days. NYSERDA also takes $200 per kWh off the price upfront ($450 in disadvantaged communities). Prefer a generator, or both? We install those too.

NYSEG FAQs

Yes. With solar, NYSEG still sends a monthly bill, but it’s usually much smaller.

Extra power your panels send to the grid earns credits that carry forward. Any credit left at the end of the year is cashed out at NYSEG’s lower avoided-cost rate, so Kasselman Solar sizes systems to use what they produce.

You still pay the customer charge and the Customer Benefit Contribution (CBC), which is $1.19 per kW per month in 2026, or about $10 a month for an 8 kW system.

It depends on your roof, shade, how much electricity you use and any electrical work your home needs.

Kasselman Solar prices each system from your address and a year of NYSEG bills. New York homeowners can still claim the 25% state solar tax credit (up to $5,000) on a primary home, and NYSERDA takes $200 per kWh off a home battery upfront ($450 in disadvantaged communities).

Not as of October 2026. NYSEG asked for $33.12 more a month on a typical 600 kWh bill. The New York PSC approved only a temporary $0.32 a month, effective June 1, 2026, while the full case is decided. NYSEG’s previous rate plan added $30.16 a month in three steps between November 2023 and May 2025.

Not right now. NYSEG’s Energy Storage Solutions program currently lists Tesla, Enphase and SolarEdge batteries. FranklinWH can still be installed for backup, but it can’t earn NYSEG program payments today.

Kasselman Solar will show you the tradeoff before you choose.

NYSEG pays $50 per kW of your battery’s average performance during summer events, paid once a year. Events run on weekdays from May 1 through September 30, up to 20 a season, for up to 4 hours each.

Batteries must be 25 kWh or smaller, and solar isn’t required. You enroll through your battery manufacturer’s app, and skipping an event only lowers your average.

Yes. Adding a battery changes your system, so it goes through NYSEG’s interconnection review with a storage form.

Kasselman Solar checks your inverter and panel first, then files the paperwork, even if another company installed your solar.

No. Your solar quote is based on your current NYSEG bills, so whatever the New York PSC decides only adds to what solar saves.

NYSEG’s supply prices were also more than 44% higher in late January 2026 than a year earlier, and supply isn’t covered by the rate case.

NYSERDA Platinum Installer | Tesla Powerwall Certified | Enphase Platinum | FranklinWH Certified | 4,000+ installs across Upstate NY and the Hudson Valley. Our in house service team stays with your system after it’s on.

Updated: 10/19/2026

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