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National Grid (New York) heat pump rebates open

Administered by National Grid (Niagara Mohawk), under NYS Clean Heat.

National Grid's upstate electric customers get up to $12,000 for a whole-home air-source heat pump that replaces the old heating in a weatherized single-family home, $7,000 otherwise, up to $23,000 for geothermal, and $1,250 for a heat pump water heater; more in disadvantaged communities. National Grid's New York gas rebates have ended.

source · verified 26 September 2026 · amounts in US dollars

What it pays

Single-family home over 1,000 sq ft, standard rate to Weatherized Tier
UpgradeConditionAmount
Air-source heat pump, old heating removedCentral, mini split or air-to-water$7,000–$12,000
Air-source heat pump, old heating kept$4,000–$8,000
Completing a partial heat pump system$4,000
Geothermal heat pump, retrofit$18,000–$23,000
Geothermal heat pump, new construction$14,000
Heat pump water heaterInstant at Lowe's and Home Depot, or after installation$1,250
In a disadvantaged community (single-family home)
ProjectStandardWeatherized Tier
Air-source heat pump, old heating removed$9,000$14,000
Air-source heat pump, old heating kept$6,000$10,000
Geothermal, retrofit$23,000$28,000
Geothermal, new construction$19,000

Apartments and homes under 1,000 sq ft get half. National Grid publishes these tables as images; they match the NYS Clean Heat manual of 1 September 2026.

Who is eligible

who
Homes of one to four units, owners or renters, with the utility's electric account. Existing homes; new construction gets geothermal and water heater incentives only.
system
A cold-climate heat pump system sized to heat the whole home (or whole apartments). Partial systems no longer qualify, except to complete one.
contractor
A NYS Clean Heat participating contractor, who applies for you and must pass the whole incentive on to you.
cap
Clean Heat incentives are limited to 70% of the project cost, or 85% for a project in a disadvantaged community getting the higher rate.
electric customers
Heat pump incentives are for National Grid electric customers, upstate. Downstate National Grid supplies only gas.
income-qualified
The Weatherization Health and Safety Program fixes safety problems for free, at EmPower+'s income lines, after you apply to EmPower+.

Where the application goes

Through a NYS Clean Heat participating contractor; water heaters in store or online.

Where the application goes
If this is youApply here
Heat pumpsnationalgridus.com
Water heatersnationalgridus.com
Help1-844-212-7823

The thing most pages get wrong

Rebate sites still list National Grid's New York gas furnace, boiler and thermostat rebates. National Grid says its Gas Prescriptive Rebate program is no longer accepting applications, its in-store rebates have ended, and downstate its Total Home Comfort insulation program is not taking new applications. What remains is Clean Heat, for electric customers.

The Weatherized Tier, new on 1 September 2026

NYS Clean Heat pays a higher rate when the home is already weatherized: it was built after 2010, it completed a qualifying insulation package (NYSERDA's Comfort Home or the utility's own), or the contractor shows its heating load per square foot is under the program's line. The contractor decides which tier applies, so ask before you sign. From 1 March 2028 weatherization becomes a condition of any Clean Heat incentive.

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