Residential and Retail Energy Storage Market Acceleration Incentives Programs

The Residential and Retail Energy Storage Market Acceleration Incentives Program provides financial incentives for the installation of new grid-connected distributed residential and nonresidential energy storage systems by participating contractors. Incentives are structured as fixed-rate incentives per kWh of system energy capacity and are available on a standard offer first-come, first-served basis. Storage systems may be standalone or paired with a new or existing clean on-site generation like solar, fuel cells, or combined heat and power. Incentives are available for market-rate residential and non-residential energy storage projects with higher rates available for projects in disadvantaged communities through the Inclusive Storage Incentives (ISI).

The Residential Energy Storage Incentive and Residential Inclusive Storage Incentive (Residential ISI) are available for New York State residents installing grid-connected energy storage on a new or existing home. Incentives are available for up to 25 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of storage capacity.

The Retail Energy Storage Incentive and Retail Inclusive Storage Incentive (Retail ISI) are available for projects up to 5 megawatts (MW) and 20 megawatt-hours (MWh) of storage capacity. Projects must be new, permanent, and stationary. Commercially-available chemical, thermal, and mechanical technologies are eligible, and energy storage projects may be either located behind a customer’s electric meter, or interconnected directly to the distribution network. Projects awarded Retail Energy Storage incentives must provide value to a customer under an investor-owned utility or New York State Independent System Operator (NYISO) tariff, such as offsetting demand charges, receiving compensation under New York State’s value of distributed energy resources (VDER) tariff, or participating in NYISO’s DER & Aggregation Participation Model.

Solicitation number: PON 6004 · Type: Program Opportunity Notice · Schedule: Open Enrollment · Issued by: NYSERDA

Round 1: Proposals due December 31, 2030 at 3:00 PM Eastern.

NYSERDA lists the due date as “Continuous”.

Revised: 4/10/2026 9:06 AM

Contacts: Shyam Mehta, energystorage@nyserda.ny.gov

Documents: Summary · Summary of Revisions · Participation Agreement · Program Manual

Apply and read the full notice on NYSERDA's solicitation portal.

A Program Opportunity Notice is how NYSERDA funds work: it announces cost-shared incentives or program participation, and contractors, consultants and installers typically take part by enrolling or by proposing a project. It is not a construction bid.