Comfort Home Program

Administered by: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) Status: Active in 2026 Verified: May 27, 2026 against Comfort Home Program, NYSERDA Source quality: Primary

What it is

Comfort Home is NYSERDA's incentive for building envelope work: insulation, air sealing, and windows. It does not cover heat pumps or solar. It covers the work that makes your heat pump (or furnace, or boiler) actually worth running. If you are planning a heat pump install, do the Comfort Home work first. The NYS Clean Heat rebates apply to the equipment, and a tighter envelope means you need less of it.

The program uses a package structure. You pick a tier based on how much work your home needs, and NYSERDA pays a flat dollar amount for that package. The published figures do not depend on income. They depend on which package your home qualifies for after an eligibility check through the MyEnergy portal.

Most Comfort Home projects begin with a home energy audit run through Green Jobs-Green New York. The audit is what tells your contractor whether your home qualifies for the Good Package or the Better Package, and which envelope problems are driving your heating and cooling bills.

Who qualifies

New York State homeowners with existing homes that meet the conditions for the selected package
No income limit stated on the program page. Eligibility is condition-based, not income-based. Income-qualified households should look at EmPower+, which covers similar work at no cost for eligible households.
Westchester County residents may qualify for additional Con Edison stacking if also enrolled in Con Edison's weatherization program
Homeowners must complete an eligibility check through the MyEnergy portal

What you get

These are the published flat-rate incentive amounts:

Good Package (attic air sealing and rim joist insulation): $2,500; average 14% reduction in heating and cooling bills
Better Package (Good Package plus wall and floor insulation): $3,000; average 20% reduction
Windows Add-On (ENERGY STAR window upgrades, added to either package): $2,000; average additional 8% reduction
Repeat project incentive (returning customers within 1 year of prior project): $1,000
Repeat project incentive (more than 1 year after prior project): $2,000
Westchester County bonus (for customers not on Con Edison's electric service): $1,000 additional

The amounts shown above were sourced directly from the NYSERDA Comfort Home Program page. No income qualification is required.

How to apply

Create an account at plan.myenergy.ny.gov and complete the eligibility check for your home.
The portal connects you with NYSERDA-participating contractors who can do the work and process the incentive.
Your contractor confirms which package your home qualifies for and submits the incentive paperwork.
If you are in Westchester County, ask your contractor whether the Con Edison weatherization program applies and whether the incentives can stack.

How this stacks with other programs

Comfort Home before NYS Clean Heat. Run the envelope work first, then size the heat pump. A leaky attic and uninsulated walls force a larger system, which costs more to buy and more to run. See NYS Clean Heat for the rebate that applies to the equipment itself.
Comfort Home + Con Edison Residential Rebates (Con Ed customers). If your address is on Con Edison electric service, the Comfort Home Better Package and Con Edison's home weatherization rebate can apply to the same insulation and air-sealing job. The two rebates have overlapping but not identical scopes. Have the contractor map line items to each program before you sign. Westchester County is the canonical address for this stack.
Comfort Home Westchester bonus (non-Con-Ed customers). Westchester homeowners not on Con Edison electric (most of northern Westchester, served by NYSEG) receive an extra $1,000 on top of the package amount. It exists because the Con Edison weatherization rebate is not available to them. You get the Westchester bonus or the Con Edison rebate, not both.
Comfort Home and EmPower+ (income-qualified households). EmPower+ covers similar envelope work, often at no cost, for households at or below the income cutoff. If you might qualify for EmPower+, start there. The two programs do not stack on the same scope of work.

What to ask your contractor

Are you a NYSERDA-participating Comfort Home contractor? If the answer is anything other than a direct yes with a registry confirmation, the project is not eligible for the incentive.
Which package are you recommending for my home, Good or Better, and what specifically in my house drove that recommendation? Wall and floor insulation are what separate the two tiers.
What did the blower-door reading and the infrared scan show? Both are part of the audit and should be in writing. Without those numbers, no contractor can defend a Better Package recommendation.
Is the Windows Add-On worth it for my house? The add-on pays $2,000 toward ENERGY STAR windows, but on many homes the envelope wins from attic and walls are larger than the win from windows.
Will you handle the MyEnergy paperwork and submit the incentive claim, or is that on me? Participating contractors typically file. Get it in writing.
What heating and cooling savings figure are you projecting after the work, and what is that based on? NYSERDA's 14% / 20% averages are population-level. Your house may come in higher or lower.

Common pitfalls

Signing with a non-participating contractor. Comfort Home rebates only apply to work performed by NYSERDA-participating contractors. Hire outside the registry and there is no rebate, regardless of how good the work is. Confirm the contractor's status before signing the contract.
Choosing the Better Package when the home does not need it. The Better Package adds wall and floor insulation to the Good Package. If your walls and floors are already insulated, the extra $500 in incentive does not cover the cost of work you did not need.
Skipping the MyEnergy eligibility check. The portal check is the gate. Contractors sometimes start work before the check is complete and discover mid-project that the package the homeowner expected is not the package the home actually qualifies for.
Expecting Comfort Home to cover heat pumps. It does not. Comfort Home is envelope only. Heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, and central air systems run through NYS Clean Heat and your utility's rebate, not through Comfort Home.
Failing to claim the Westchester bonus when eligible. The $1,000 non-Con-Ed bonus is not automatic. If your address is in Westchester County and your electric utility is NYSEG (or anything other than Con Edison), confirm with the contractor that the bonus is on the incentive claim. The state will not retroactively add it after the project closes.

Important dates

No published deadline as of May 27, 2026. The program appears funded on an ongoing basis. Specific packages may become temporarily unavailable if contractor capacity in your area is limited.

Source

Comfort Home Program, NYSERDA (retrieved May 27, 2026)
MyEnergy Portal, NYSERDA (eligibility check and contractor finder)

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

Verified against www.nyserda.ny.gov, plan.myenergy.ny.gov on July 1, 2026.