What is Con Edison SC-1 Rate I (EL1)?

Residential Service (flat). The default for Con Edison residential customers in NYC and Westchester. It carries a $22 monthly basic service charge and an all-in cost of $0.31–$0.40 per kWh once delivery, supply, and surcharges are combined.

Am I on SC-1 Rate I (EL1)?

Look at the service classification printed on your Con Edison bill — it will name the rate directly. The default for Con Edison residential customers in NYC and Westchester.

What is the Customer Benefit Contribution on Con Edison?

$1.09 per kW-DC per month, charged on net-metered systems interconnected on or after January 1, 2022. On a 9 kW system that is about $118 a year, every year, for the life of the array. It is charged on installed capacity rather than on export, which is why oversizing costs you twice.

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Con Edison SC-1 Rate I (EL1) explained

The default for Con Edison residential customers in NYC and Westchester.

The rate

Residential Service (flat)

Basic service charge

$22 / month

$264 a year, charged at zero kWh. No amount of solar removes it.

Filed Con Edison residential electric rates · verified Apr 2026Basic service charge. Con Edison also layers a per-kWh delivery charge on top.

All-in cost of energy

$0.31–$0.40 / kWh

Delivery plus supply plus surcharges. Divide your own bill total by your kWh to find your real number.

Filed Con Edison residential electric rates · verified Apr 2026The highest residential all-in cost in the state by a wide margin, and the reason downstate solar pencils on a much shorter horizon than upstate.

Customer Benefit Contribution

$1.09 / kW-DC / month

On a 9 kW system that is $118 a year, for the life of the array.

Filed Customer Benefit Contribution (CBC) rates · verified Jan 2026

VDER / NYISO zone

I (Dunwoodie / Westchester), J (New York City)

Determines Value Stack pricing where VDER applies instead of net metering.

Solar

What this rate does to solar economics

Net metering at a $0.31-$0.40 all-in rate is the strongest solar economics in New York. Payback periods downstate routinely land years shorter than upstate on identical hardware — the difference is the rate, not the sunshine.

Show the arithmetic

A household using 10,000 kWh a year on SC-1 Rate I (EL1) pays roughly $3,550 for energy at the $0.35/kWh midpoint, plus $264 in basic service charges, plus $118 in CBC once a 9 kW array is interconnected. A 100% offset removes the $3,550 and leaves the $382.

Midpoint arithmetic for illustration. Your all-in rate depends on your supply arrangement and the season.

Storage

What this rate does to battery economics

Flat rate means no arbitrage, but Con Edison's absolute price level makes any self-consumption worth roughly twice what the same kWh is worth in Buffalo. Storage still does not pay for itself on bill savings alone.

Watch out

Catches on this rate

Secondary network distribution areas — much of Manhattan and dense parts of Brooklyn and Queens — restrict export. Some addresses can only install non-exporting systems, or need a network protector study first.
Con Edison's interconnection review is the slowest of the New York utilities. Budget months, not weeks.
A dedicated, accessible, lockable AC disconnect is generally required.

Interconnection

Getting connected on Con Edison

Secondary network distribution — common in Manhattan and dense parts of Brooklyn and Queens — is designed to push power one direction only. Exporting solar onto a network can require a network protector study, an export-limiting device, or in some cases is simply not permitted.
Radial-fed areas, which covers most of Staten Island, the Bronx, outer Queens, and Westchester, behave much more like the rest of the state.
Con Edison's review is the slowest in New York. Six months from application to Permission to Operate is not unusual.
NYC also layers its own DOB filing and FDNY rooftop-access requirements on top of the utility process. Setback rules eat usable roof area.

Application to Permission to Operate

10–30 weeks

Utility-side only. Permitting and install scheduling are on top.

Observed GridReady quote and bill review sample · verified Apr 2026Wide band because network-area addresses behave completely differently from radial-fed ones.

Where this applies

Places on Con Edison

9 New York counties have Con Edison customers. These are the ones we have local pages for.

Questions

Con Edison SC-1 Rate I (EL1) FAQ

What is Con Edison SC-1 Rate I (EL1)?: Residential Service (flat). The default for Con Edison residential customers in NYC and Westchester. It carries a $22 monthly basic service charge and an all-in cost of $0.31–$0.40 per kWh once delivery, supply, and surcharges are combined.
How does SC-1 Rate I (EL1) affect solar payback?: Net metering at a $0.31-$0.40 all-in rate is the strongest solar economics in New York. Payback periods downstate routinely land years shorter than upstate on identical hardware — the difference is the rate, not the sunshine.
Is a home battery worth it on Con Edison SC-1 Rate I (EL1)?: Flat rate means no arbitrage, but Con Edison's absolute price level makes any self-consumption worth roughly twice what the same kWh is worth in Buffalo. Storage still does not pay for itself on bill savings alone.
Am I on SC-1 Rate I (EL1)?: Look at the service classification printed on your Con Edison bill — it will name the rate directly. The default for Con Edison residential customers in NYC and Westchester.
What is the Customer Benefit Contribution on Con Edison?: $1.09 per kW-DC per month, charged on net-metered systems interconnected on or after January 1, 2022. On a 9 kW system that is about $118 a year, every year, for the life of the array. It is charged on installed capacity rather than on export, which is why oversizing costs you twice.

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