NY State Solar is proud to offer homeowners various pathways to going green. For homeowners looking to purchase their system outright, NY State Solar uses variety of private financing tools available to facilitate ownership. In the end of your loan term, you will own your system.

A solar lease allows our clients to avoid upfront costs of solar equipment and installation. Instead of paying for your new solar system outright as you would with the ownership option, homeowners who lease pay a fixed monthly amount for the electricity that their new solar panels and system will generate. Leasing helps make solar an accessible option for all – NY State Solar’s program features NO credit checks, NO income requirements, and features fixed monthly payments that do NOT increase over time.

Yes! We believe in the need to make our communities greener, which is why we’re working to help ALL homeowners go solar, regardless of their household income. Thanks to our innovative lease product, we can help homeowners go solar – regardless of their credit or financial situation.

If your solar system does not generate enough electricity to meet your needs on a given day, the public grid will cover your usage. When this happens, your net consumption is positive, and your utility bill will include charges for the amount of kilowatt-hours used. During these times, any banked energy credits that you have left over will be applied.

Your custom solar system from NY State Solar will produce electricity during daylight hours. On cloudy overcast days or at night, your system will not generate electricity. During these times, power will be provided by the public energy grid. This is where the concept of “net metering” and your household’s banking of “energy credits” helps you offset less productive solar energy days.

Your system will only work during a power outage if you install a qualified battery system. As required by New York state law, grid-connected solar systems without such battery systems will shut down for safety reasons during a power outage.

Of course! We regularly work with local governments across Long Island – and keep in touch with you so that you know where you are throughout each step of the approval process

Yes. Households with solar still have to pay their utility’s grid connection fees, as well as a small customer benefit charge. In all likelihood, your costs for electric will be significantly reduced based on your system’s production that month.

Eventually, when your system is paid off, you will still be responsible for the small grid connection fee and in rare cases, any excess energy used beyond your system’s capabilities as needed. *Solar production varies based on factors such as system size and weather conditions.

A 2019 Zillow ® study found that homes with solar in the New York region have sold for 5.4% more compared to their neighbors. The Zillow study, which is widely recognized throughout the solar industry, reported internal analysis findings of listing descriptions and transactions between March of 2018, and February 2019. You can read the study here.

By giving us your address, NY State Solar can look at the various factors such as your home’s solar exposure and shading that determine whether or not going solar is a good fit for your home. The more information we have about your home, the more accurate our energy saving models and preliminary system designs will be.

Net metering is a billing mechanism that credits homeowners with solar systems for the electricity they individually add to the grid. When solar panels are connected to the public power grid and surplus power generated is transferred onto the grid, clients with solar can offset the cost of power drawn from the utility. 

The concept of “net metering” applies on days when your solar panels produce more electricity than you use, and this energy is sent back to the grid. You can then use these energy credits at a later date when the sun isn’t shining as bright, or during the winter season’s shorter days.

When your solar system produces more power than your household needs, the excess energy is sent to the electric grid. You can acquire “credits” for that excess power to be used against future periods when you draw from the electric grid.

No – a majority of the homeowners we work with do not need to replace their roof to go solar. If your roof is newer, NY State Solar will inspect your home to ensure that we will be able to install your custom system safely and securely.

Yes! The majority of qualified NY State Solar clients choose to go solar with zero money down. This option is available from certain recommended lenders to qualified homeowners, so please check with us for more information.

Yes – but it depends on the level of exposure of your roof as well as where the trees cast their shade. Not every home is a good candidate for solar due to exposure, but your friendly NY State Solar Program Manager can walk you through your home’s solar potential.

Yes, many of their clients power their entire household with their solar! While individual system capacity and energy usage per household varies, it is possible to completely offset your home’s energy usage with solar production. Any excess energy you produce will be sold to the public utility grid in exchange for energy credits, which will offset any less productive days.

Of course! We build our clients custom photovoltaic systems that maximize energy generation and yield. If you’d like to focus the placement of your system on one part of your home, we’d be happy to accommodate that.

If your local village and/or town allows solar panels, yes! Local codes vary in their allowance of accessory structures, so contact the friendly team at NY State Solar for more information.

NY State Solar using top of the line panels and inverters, which typically carry industry-leading warranties that cover parts and the labor necessary to replace parts as needed. You can review details of your individual product’s warranties with your friendly NY State Solar Program Manager.

A net meter is an electric meter that registers the flow of electricity in two directions – both what a home or business uses, and what they send back to the grid.