Earn Money With Your Home Battery

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Smart Savers helps reduce strain on the electric grid by allowing us to use a small portion of your battery’s stored energy during hot summer periods of high electricity demand. Eligible residential customers in New York can earn $50 for every average kW Orange & Rockland uses from your battery when you enroll in Smart Savers.

These adjustments may occur up to 15 times between May 1 and September 30 and last no more than four hours on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

To be eligible, you must:

Be an Orange & Rockland residential customer.
Own an eligible home battery with a minimum capacity of 5 kWh.
Be willing to allow Orange & Rockland to use a portion of your home’s stored energy during peak demand.

Benefits of Enrolling

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Get Incentives

Put your battery to work when electricity demand is highest and earn an average of $180 per summer, while maintaining stored energy for your own use.

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Improve Grid Reliability

Energy will be withdrawn from your battery during peak demand periods to reduce stress on the grid and ensure a safe, reliable power supply.

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Reduce Emissions

Using stored battery energy when electricity demand is highest can help reduce dependence on more carbon-intensive sources of power generation.

Get Started

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Step 1: Check Eligibility

Customers can enroll any eligible home battery in the Smart Savers program. If you don’t have an eligible battery, you can purchase one from an eligible manufacturer.

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Step 2: Enroll Your Battery

Each battery manufacturer has a different enrollment process. Find out how to enroll your battery on our enrollment page. You can also enroll through a participating contractor.

ENROLL NOW

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Step 3: Receive Your Reward

After September 30 each year, Orange & Rockland will email a $50 virtual prepaid gift card for every kW we withdraw to the address on file. Customers who lease or finance their battery will have rewards sent directly to their battery provider.

Eligible Batteries

If you don’t have a home battery system, you can purchase one from an eligible manufacturer or work with a participating contractor who can help install and enroll your battery:

Battery Installers

The following installers have experience installing residential batteries in the Orange & Rockland service territory. If you lease or finance your battery, your installer or battery provider may receive program incentives on your behalf as part of your agreement.

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Enroll Your Home Battery to Earn an Average of $180 per Summer