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Madison County

County or city: Madison County, NY Utility territory: Split — National Grid serves the western and northern parts of the county including the City of Oneida, while NYSEG serves portions of the eastern and southern county; natural gas service is limited to the larger villages and the Oneida-Wampsville corridor Verified: May 27, 2026 Source quality: Secondary

What programs apply here

Madison County sits south and east of Syracuse, on the eastern edge of Central New York and the western edge of the Mohawk Valley. The City of Oneida is the largest population center, and the county also includes Cazenovia (with Cazenovia College's former campus and a notable lake-and-village housing pattern) and the Village of Morrisville (home to SUNY Morrisville). The housing stock is rural and small-village dominant, with a meaningful share of nineteenth-century farmhouses, postwar single-family homes, and college-town housing in Cazenovia and Morrisville.

Madison is a split-utility county. National Grid runs electric service across most of the county, but NYSEG serves a portion of the eastern and southern county. The address determines which utility menu applies. The statewide stack available at any Madison County address:

  • NY-Sun: the state's upfront solar incentive, priced in the upstate block.
  • NY-Sun Community Solar: subscriptions to off-site solar arrays for renters and homeowners without good roof exposure.
  • NY State Solar Tax Credit: 25% state income tax credit on residential solar.
  • NY State Geothermal Credit: 25% state income tax credit on ground-source heat pump installations.
  • NYS Clean Heat: heat pump rebates delivered through whichever utility serves the address.
  • Comfort Home: flat per-measure incentives for insulation and air sealing.
  • EmPower+: income-qualified weatherization and electrification, and the intake path for the federal HEAR program.
  • Solar for All: monthly community-solar bill credit for income-eligible utility customers.
  • National Grid Rebates: the upstate residential rebate menu for the National Grid-served portion of the county.
  • NYSEG Rebates: the utility rebate menu for the NYSEG-served portion of the county.

What stacks at this address

  • Check the meter before sizing a project. The first step in Madison is identifying which utility serves the address, because the Clean Heat rebate tier, the program intake, and the contractor list all differ between National Grid and NYSEG. The Clean Heat rebate finder at cleanheat.ny.gov resolves this by address.
  • Oil-tank removal + cold-climate heat pump. Most Madison homes outside the Oneida-Wampsville corridor heat with oil or propane. The fossil-fuel removal Clean Heat tier pays the highest rebate when the oil tank is documented as removed. Required on both National Grid and NYSEG accounts.
  • Geothermal on a rural lot. Madison's rural lot sizes support horizontal-loop ground-source installs in most of the county. Geothermal qualifies for both the utility Clean Heat tier and the 25% state geothermal credit. The college-town housing in Cazenovia includes a number of larger lots that are well-suited to ground-source.
  • NY-Sun on rural roofs. Rural roof exposure in Madison is often better than in shaded suburban subdivisions, which makes rooftop solar economics favorable. The state tax credit applies to the post-rebate net cost.
  • Comfort Home on older farmhouses. Madison's pre-1940 farmhouses respond well to attic and air-sealing work. Wall cavity work depends on the framing assembly. Run a blower-door test before specifying scope.
  • EmPower+ for income-qualified households. Madison includes a meaningful share of income-qualified households outside the village centers. EmPower+ is a single intake that routes both state weatherization and federal HEAR funding.

County or city programs unique to here

Madison County does not administer a cash rebate program for residential energy upgrades. The county-level layer is informational and routes through regional and state actors:

  • Madison County Planning Department. Houses the County's environmental and sustainability coordination. The County has published planning documents on energy and resilience but does not run a cash rebate.
  • Madison County Cornell Cooperative Extension. Runs agricultural and homeowner education programs, including occasional energy workshops, particularly relevant in a county with this much farmland.
  • Central New York / Mohawk Valley Clean Energy Hub coverage. Madison sits in a regional Hub footprint covered by NYSERDA's Regional Clean Energy Hubs program. The Hub serving Madison handles homeowner energy advisor services. Verify current Hub designation and contact details before citing in dated material.
  • SUNY Morrisville energy work. SUNY Morrisville has run renewable energy and applied agricultural energy programs that intersect with local homeowner education, but the campus does not deliver a homeowner rebate.

Who to call locally

  • NYSERDA EmPower+ intake: 1-877-697-6278. The right first call for income-qualified Madison households.
  • Regional Clean Energy Hub: contact NYSERDA at the number above for the current Hub serving the Madison address. Hub Energy Advisors handle the assessment-to-installation walkthrough.
  • National Grid residential customer service: the Clean Heat rebate finder at cleanheat.ny.gov confirms whether a specific address is on National Grid and returns the rebate amount.
  • NYSEG residential customer service: for addresses confirmed on NYSEG, the rebate finder also returns NYSEG amounts, and the rebate intake routes through NYSEG and through NYSERDA's Clean Heat finder.
  • Madison County Cornell Cooperative Extension: local homeowner education resource.

Climate Smart Communities status

Madison County is a registered Climate Smart Community. Municipal participation across the county has been concentrated in Cazenovia and the larger villages; the Village of Cazenovia, the Town of Cazenovia, and the City of Oneida have participated at the registered or task-force level in past cycles. Verify current registration and certification status on the state DEC list before citing it in dated material.

Important local dates

  • The split between National Grid and NYSEG matters most when a rebate cycle is approaching budget exhaustion on one utility but not the other. Check the Clean Heat finder amount and lock in the project before assuming next year's amount will match this year's.
  • The oil-delivery season sets the practical retrofit calendar for homes outside the gas service area. Spring is the cheapest time to pull an oil tank.
  • Comfort Home per-measure incentive amounts are adjusted on NYSERDA's program cycle.
  • EmPower+ enrollment is open year-round. Wait times can run several months in higher-demand seasons.

Source

NYSERB.com is an independent research site. It is not affiliated with Madison County, NYSERDA, the State of New York, or any utility. Verify all program details and incentive amounts directly with the relevant program administrator before making any financial decision.

Verified against madisoncounty.ny.gov, www.nationalgridus.com, www.nyseg.com on May 27, 2026.

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