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Staten Island (Richmond County)

County or city: Staten Island (Richmond County) Utility territory: Con Edison for electric across the entire borough; National Grid (legacy KeySpan) for natural gas. A meaningful share of Staten Island homes still use heating oil, which is unregulated at the utility level. Verified: May 27, 2026 Source quality: Secondary

What programs apply here

Staten Island is the most suburban borough. Detached single-family housing dominates the stock, lot sizes are larger, and a meaningful share of homes still heat with oil rather than natural gas. The rebate set looks closer to a suburban Long Island or Hudson Valley pattern than to dense Manhattan. At a Staten Island address you can apply for:

  • NY-Sun: the state's upfront solar incentive. Staten Island has the most usable per-home rooftop area of any borough.
  • NY-Sun Community Solar: for renters and for owners with shaded or otherwise unsuitable roofs.
  • NY State Solar Tax Credit: 25% state income tax credit on residential solar, capped at $5,000.
  • NY State Geothermal Credit: more practical here than in any other NYC borough because lot sizes support drilling access.
  • NYS Clean Heat: heat pump rebates through Con Edison. Particularly relevant for the oil-to-heat-pump conversion case that comes up often on Staten Island.
  • Comfort Home: insulation and air sealing packages, especially for the borough's mid-century and post-war housing stock.
  • EmPower+: the income-qualified path and the federal HEAR intake.
  • Solar for All: community solar bill credits for income-qualified households.
  • Con Edison Residential Rebates: electric, heat pump, weatherization, and smart thermostat rebates.
  • National Grid Rebates: Staten Island gas rebates run through National Grid's downstate gas program.

What stacks at this address

Staten Island is the borough where oil-to-heat-pump conversions are most common. The relevant stacks:

  • Clean Heat + Con Ed rebate for an oil-to-heat-pump conversion. Replacing an oil boiler or oil furnace with a cold-climate air-source heat pump runs through the Clean Heat rebate via Con Edison. There is no gas utility relationship to terminate on an oil-heated home, which simplifies the project relative to a gas conversion. The oil tank removal is a separate scope handled by the contractor or a specialty subcontractor.
  • Geothermal + state geothermal credit. Staten Island has the most realistic geothermal install path in NYC. The Clean Heat utility rebate stacks with the NY State Geothermal Credit. Air-source installs do not qualify for the geothermal credit.
  • NY-Sun + state solar credit. The borough's detached housing and larger rooftops make this stack practical for a wide share of homeowners. The state credit is computed on post-rebate net cost.
  • Comfort Home + Con Ed weatherization. A post-war single-family home with original fiberglass batt and uncapped rim joists is a strong Comfort Home candidate. The Better Package and the Con Edison weatherization rebate can be filed on the same scope. Confirm scope with the contractor before signing.
  • EmPower+ + HEAR. Income-qualified Staten Island households apply once through EmPower+; the same intake handles federal HEAR funds.

County or city programs unique to here

  • NYC Accelerator. Free expert advice on energy retrofits for owners of small buildings (1-9 units) and large buildings. The 1-9 unit track covers almost all owner-occupied Staten Island housing. Start at accelerator.nyc.
  • Local Law 97. Applies to buildings over 25,000 square feet. Most Staten Island homeowners are well below the threshold. Local Law 97 exposure on Staten Island sits in a small set of larger commercial and institutional buildings, not in the typical homeowner stock.
  • Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. Available in NYC through Energize NY PACE for larger projects. Less commonly used on Staten Island than in the denser boroughs because most homes are below the building-size threshold where PACE economics make sense.
  • NYC HPD weatherization assistance. Limited applicability on Staten Island compared with the Bronx and Brooklyn because the borough has fewer HPD-regulated buildings.
  • Oil-heat-to-heat-pump opportunity. Staten Island has more oil-heated homes than the other boroughs. Oil heat carries no utility rebate path of its own. The conversion economics on a heat pump retrofit look better against an oil baseline than against a gas baseline because oil delivered fuel is typically more expensive per BTU. The Clean Heat rebate amount does not change based on the displaced fuel, but the homeowner payback does.
  • National Grid gas program separation. Where Staten Island homes do use gas, gas rebates and gas service termination run through National Grid, not Con Edison.

Who to call locally

  • NYC Accelerator: (212) 656-9202, accelerator.nyc. The first call for a Staten Island retrofit, especially for an oil-to-heat-pump conversion.
  • Con Edison residential customer service: rebate intake through coned.com; phone support on the monthly bill.
  • National Grid residential customer service (downstate gas): call National Grid directly for Staten Island gas-side rebates and gas service termination.
  • NYS Clean Heat rebate finder: cleanheat.ny.gov/find-available-rebates for address-specific heat pump amounts and a Staten Island-certified contractor list.
  • Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice: climate.cityofnewyork.us.

Climate Smart Communities status

The City of New York is a Certified Climate Smart Community under the New York State CSC program, covering all five boroughs including Staten Island. The certification supports city-level access to state climate grants; it does not change individual homeowner rebate eligibility directly.

Important local dates

  • Con Edison rebate budgets follow the utility's annual rate-case cycle. Mid-year program-line exhaustion has happened in past years; apply earlier in the year when possible.
  • National Grid downstate gas program budgets follow National Grid's own energy efficiency program cycle filed with the New York Public Service Commission.
  • NYC Accelerator funding renews on the Mayor's Office budget cycle. No fixed program-end date is published as of May 27, 2026.

Source

NYSERB.com is an independent research site. It is not affiliated with the City of New York, the NYC Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, Con Edison, National Grid, 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 accelerator.nyc, www.coned.com, www.nationalgridus.com on May 27, 2026.

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