Rebate eligibility is one of the most misunderstood parts of decommissioning. Consultants lose money by miscounting meters or assuming family-type designation drives the rebate.

Con Edison treats a home as the family type that matches its meter count.

A house is zoned and registered as a 4-family. But there are only 2 meters in the basement.

• Con Edison treats it as a 2-family
• Rebate: $4,000 × 2 = $8,000
• Even though the home has 4 units, only 2 credits apply

Standard alignment. 2-family = $8,000 credit.

1 meter = $4,000 credit. Plus financing room — see NYSERDA cap logic below.

• Find the meter bank (usually basement, sometimes outside)
• Count physical electric meters
• Don’t trust the homeowner’s description of “this is a 4-family”
• The number of physical meters is what Con Edison sees

NYSERDA / EFS financing caps at $13,000 after rebate. The total job size can exceed $13K because the rebate stacks on top.

Example — single-family non-DAC:

• $13,000 financed via NYSERDA
• $8,000 rebate (Clean Heat for non-DAC single-family)
• = $21,000 total job

The exact numbers depend on:

• Number of meters (drives the rebate)
• DAC status (Disadvantaged Community designation — does NOT increase the NYSERDA $13K cap, but affects rebate amounts)
• Home type and other factors

DAC homes get higher rebates, but NYSERDA still only finances $13,000. They won’t increase that cap regardless of DAC status.

The only way to push past $13K financed via NYSERDA is to use 35 SEER units instead of standard 20-21 SEER units — but those are expensive and the profit ratio is lower than standard units. Generally not worth it.

For non-decommissioning jobs (or when NYSERDA isn’t right), use:

• Green Sky — best for larger amounts
• Lease (Palmetto/Lightreach) — no credit hit, includes service