What Con Edison pays in 2026
The amounts below are from the statewide NYS Clean Heat manual, version 3. Con Edison takes the incentive off your invoice through a participating contractor, so you never file a rebate form yourself.
Air-source heat pump, single-family
Category 2a with integrated controls pays $2,500 outside a disadvantaged community and $4,500 inside one. Category 2b, which removes the old heating system, pays $7,000 or $8,000. The Weatherized Tier lifts 2b to $10,000 or $11,000. Con Edison pays no Weatherized Tier on 2a projects that use integrated controls.
Partial-load heat pump
For a system that covers part of the heating load instead of all of it, such as a few mini-splits added to a house that keeps its boiler.
Ground-source (geothermal)
Whole-building retrofit rates: $25,000 outside a disadvantaged community and $35,000 inside, rising to $30,000 and $40,000 in the Weatherized Tier. New construction pays $15,000 or $20,000 per home. The scope has to cover every unit in the one-to-four-unit building.
Heat pump water heater
A limited-time offer pays $1,500 for applications submitted September 1 to November 30, 2026. The unit has to be ENERGY STAR with a UEF rating.
Steady Use Rate for heat pump homes
Con Edison's own estimate for heat pump customers who switch rate plans. We have not checked it independently, so treat it as the utility's claim.
SmartCharge New York
No hardware rebate for a home charger. Con Edison pays for charging between midnight and 8am, with bonuses for staying off the grid on summer weekday afternoons.
PowerReady (light-duty)
Con Edison stopped taking new Level 2 applications on April 22, 2026.
The 70% cap in the manual applies on top of the table: an incentive cannot exceed 70% of project cost, or 85% in a disadvantaged community. A small mini-split job can therefore pay less than the headline number.
Reading the Category 2a, 2b and 3 labels
The labels come from the manual and decide your amount. Category 2a is a full-load heat pump that keeps the existing heating system as backup but uses integrated controls, so the heat pump runs first. Category 2b is a full-load heat pump where the old system is decommissioned. Pay attention to this at the quote stage: a contractor who quotes 2a to save you money on the old boiler may be leaving $4,500 on the table if your home qualifies for 2b in the Weatherized Tier.
Apartments, meaning whole units in a larger building, receive about half of the single-family figure. A Manhattan co-op owner should read the apartment column, not the headline, and ask whether the building board needs to approve the outdoor condenser placement before any incentive is requested.
The Weatherized Tier, in plain terms
A home reaches the Weatherized Tier by any one of three routes: it was built after 2010, it took part in an approved weatherization program such as Con Edison's Weather Ready and Sealed, or it passes a heating-load test. For a pre-war brownstone or a 1950s Westchester colonial the second and third routes matter most. The practical order of work is sealing first, then the heat pump, and the invoice records the order. By March 1, 2028 the program is due to make weatherization a prerequisite, so sealing now is not wasted effort.
What Con Edison does not do
The Clean Heat table only applies to homes Con Edison serves electrically, and it covers heat pumps and water heaters, not solar panels. Solar incentives for income-eligible households run through NYSERDA's NY-Sun program, and our New York hub covers them. If your home is on the Long Island grid, the utility is PSEG Long Island, which has its own table.
The program also pays only for systems sized to the whole home, with a Manual J load calculation behind them. A contractor who skips the calculation cannot submit the job, so ask to see it before you sign.
Income-based help sits outside this table
Households that qualify as low or moderate income may do better through NYSERDA's EmPower+ program, which pays for free or discounted upgrades rather than a per-unit rebate. The two can sometimes be combined, but rules on stacking change, so ask the contractor which program administers your job first.
How to claim Con Edison Clean Heat
- Confirm Con Edison is your electric utility: look for it on your bill. Gas service from Con Edison does not matter here, only electric.
- Ask for quotes from a NYS Clean Heat participating contractor and ask which category (2a, 2b or partial) and which tier each quote targets.
- Make sure the contractor completes a Manual J load calculation and checks service adequacy for the electrical panel.
- Say whether you want the Weatherized Tier, and ask the contractor to document which of the three routes your home uses.
- The contractor applies the incentive as a discount on your invoice. Keep the final invoice and the commissioning record.
Our pages for Con Edison customers
- New York City: Con Edison electric service across the five boroughs.
- Yonkers: Westchester city on Con Edison.
- White Plains: County seat, Con Edison electric.
- New Rochelle: Con Edison electric.
- Mount Vernon: Con Edison electric.
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Common questions
What is the most Con Edison pays for a heat pump?
For single-family air-source, $11,000, which needs a disadvantaged-community address, the Weatherized Tier and decommissioning of the old system (Category 2b). For ground-source, up to $40,000 for a whole-building retrofit under the same conditions.
Do I apply to Con Edison myself?
No. A participating contractor applies the incentive as an instant discount on your invoice.
Is a heat pump water heater included?
Yes. $1,300, or $1,500 for applications submitted September 1 to November 30, 2026, on an ENERGY STAR unit.
Do renters and co-op owners qualify?
Apartments are covered at about half the single-family amount, but the person who pays the electric bill and owns the equipment has to be the applicant, and a board may need to approve outdoor units.
Does Con Edison pay for EV chargers?
Not for the hardware. SmartCharge New York pays for off-peak charging and PowerReady stopped taking new Level 2 applications on April 22, 2026.
By Sam Menard. Sources, last read October 3, 2026: NYS Clean Heat Program Manual, version 3, NYS Clean Heat, program overview, Con Edison, central air-source heat pump incentive, NYSERDA EmPower+. All rebate programs →