Peace of Mind Is a Given with Solar and Storage in Long Island, New York
Reduce Your Worries When Outages Strike with Sunrun Today
+18 Mil.
New York State residents hit by outages from 2008 to 2017.1
-43%
New York State’s solar price drop over the last five years.2
+172
Average number of sunny days per year in Long Island, NY.3,4
Good news: New York is one of the best states for solar in the U.S.2 Thanks to the plummeting costs of rooftop solar panels and energy back-up systems,2,5 it could be incredibly cost-effective if you team up with a Long Island solar company like Sunrun. This move can give you protection during blackouts, lower home carbon emissions, and more control over electric bills for decades.
How to Go Solar in Long Island
Sunrun is the leading residential solar and energy storage company in the U.S.6 We work so you can experience more energy freedom. Discover which of our solar plans, with or without a home battery in Long Island, is the best match for your budget and energy needs.
If you get your power from the Public Service Enterprise Group in Long Island (PSEGLI), you may qualify for New York State’s Value of Distributed Energy Resources (VDER) program. The VDER program lets you earn credits on your bill for the excess solar energy you create and send to the grid.7,8 You can use the credits earned to save money on future electricity bills. In other states, this type of arrangement is known as net metering (NEM).
Solar made better
- Learn about the federal tax credit
- Find your ideal system and battery
- Get your cost to go solar today
A Solar Plan for Almost Any Budget
A Solar Plan for Almost Any Budget
Each Sunrun solar plan has unique advantages. Whether you decide to go with a solar lease or a purchase plan, along with a battery storage system, we’ll work hard so that you’re happy with your solar panel installation in Long Island for decades to come. As one of the best solar installers in Long Island, we’ll even handle the paperwork for you when possible.
Monthly Plan
Monthly Plan
Lease new Sunrun solar panels in Long Island with as little as $0 down. Lock in predictable monthly rates and stay covered with our industry-leading Sunrun Guarantee.
Full Amount Lease
Full Amount Lease
Prepay for up to 25 years of solar power in Long Island for home use at the best price. Our Sunrun Guarantee also backs it.
System Purchase
System Purchase
Own a Long Island home solar system, and you could build home value. You may qualify for New York State solar incentives, like the federal tax credit,*9 a state tax credit, and solar rebates, as well as property and sales tax exemptions.10
Solar + Brightbox™
Add Brightbox, Sunrun’s battery storage service, to your solar installation in Long Island. This can help you keep your devices and appliances powered during outages, cloudy days, rainy afternoons, or at night.
From 2008 to 2017, New York State endured 1,528 power outages.1
As extreme weather events continue to affect the East Coast, you can prepare for the unexpected with Brightbox.
Brightbox helps you back up your entire home with a Tesla Powerwall, or you can back up just the rooms you need with an LG Chem solar battery.**
When the sun is out, Brightbox can store clean and affordable back-up power for later use.
Brightbox is the Long Island battery storage solution that puts you in control. It can turn on during an outage and will work to recharge as many times as possible until the grid's restored.
Unlike generators, Brightbox doesn’t run on fossil fuels, which produce carbon monoxide (CO) that’s dangerous for your health.11
You can monitor your Long Island solar energy production and storage daily with the online dashboard and mobile app.
Our monthly lease and prepaid plans include 24/7 proactive monitoring and maintenance to ensure your system works smoothly. This benefit sets Brightbox apart from the average Long Island solar battery.
Help Change the Way New York Is Powered
70%
State electricity generation that will come from renewable energy sources by 2030.12
85%
New York State’s cut in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050.12
Create and store your own clean energy in Long Island, and you can also reduce your dependence on toxic, dangerous fossil fuels. This will help build a more resilient energy system that runs on renewable electricity made locally. Ready to change the way you power your life? Try out our Product Selector or request a free quote to get one-on-one service from our expert Solar Advisors. Together we can ensure New York’s energy future is bright for everyone, starting today.
Why Choose Sunrun in Long Island?
Why Choose Sunrun in Long Island?
Since 2007, hundreds of thousands of people have chosen Sunrun to change the way they power their lives. To date, our customers’ solar panel arrays have generated billions of kilowatt-hours (kWh) of clean, renewable energy and kept millions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from entering the atmosphere. This is equivalent to preventing billions of pounds of coal or millions of gallons of gasoline from burning.13
American families can help us create a more resilient energy future for the whole nation, one home solar panel installation at a time. These are their stories.
SOURCES:
1. Eaton Blackout Tracker Annual Report
2. New York State solar rank and solar price drop
3. Nassau County, NY annual sunny days
4. Suffolk County, NY annual sunny days
5. U.S. battery storage price drop
6. Sunrun ranked as leading residential solar-plus-storage vendor
9. Federal Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC)
10. New York State tax incentives and solar rebates
11. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) generator safety fact sheet
12. New York State Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA)
*We recommend contacting a tax professional to accurately determine the impact of the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) on your federal taxes.
**One Tesla Powerwall stores 13.5 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of usable electricity, which can be used to back up the home for a day. An LG Chem solar battery holds 9.8 kWh, which can be used to back up essential parts of the home from 8 to 12 hours.