What is PSEG-LI Rate 180?

Residential Service (flat). The default residential rate across Nassau and Suffolk. It carries a $17 monthly basic service charge and an all-in cost of $0.22–$0.29 per kWh once delivery, supply, and surcharges are combined.

Look at the service classification printed on your PSEG-LI bill — it will name the rate directly. The default residential rate across Nassau and Suffolk.

Does the Customer Benefit Contribution apply on PSEG-LI?

Not under the PSC's order for the six investor-owned utilities. Confirm what, if anything, your utility charges on distributed generation before modeling exports.

PSEG Long Island · Flat rate

PSEG-LI Rate 180 explained

The default residential rate across Nassau and Suffolk.

The rate

Residential Service (flat)

Basic service charge

$17 / month

$204 a year, charged at zero kWh. No amount of solar removes it.

Filed PSEG Long Island tariff schedule · verified Apr 2026

All-in cost of energy

$0.22–$0.29 / kWh

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

Filed PSEG Long Island tariff schedule · verified Apr 2026

Customer Benefit Contribution

Not applicable

Not under the PSC order covering the six investor-owned utilities.

VDER / NYISO zone

K (Long Island)

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

Solar

What this rate does to solar economics

Long Island has the best irradiance in the state and a healthy all-in rate. It also has the most saturated installer market, which means the pricing spread between quotes is enormous.

Show the arithmetic

A household using 10,000 kWh a year on Rate 180 pays roughly $2,550 for energy at the $0.26/kWh midpoint, plus $204 in basic service charges. A 100% offset removes the $2,550 and leaves the $204.

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, no arbitrage. Long Island's storm-outage history is the actual argument for storage here, and it is a strong one.

Watch out

Catches on this rate

PSEG Long Island operates under LIPA's tariff, not the PSC's. Net-metering terms and the Customer Benefit Contribution are set separately from the six investor-owned utilities.
Wind-load requirements on Long Island are stricter than anywhere upstate and add real cost to racking.

Interconnection

Getting connected on PSEG-LI

LIPA, not the Public Service Commission, sets the rules here. Net-metering terms, successor tariffs, and any customer contribution charge are decided separately from the six investor-owned utilities — so statewide guidance you read elsewhere may simply not apply.
Long Island's wind-load requirements drive heavier racking and more attachment points than an upstate roof needs. That is a real line-item cost difference, not installer padding.
The most saturated residential solar market in the state. Quote-to-quote price spread on identical hardware is the widest anywhere in New York.

Application to Permission to Operate

4–12 weeks

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

Observed GridReady quote and bill review sample · verified Apr 2026

Where this applies

Places on PSEG-LI

3 New York counties have PSEG-LI customers. These are the ones we have local pages for.

Questions

PSEG-LI Rate 180 FAQ

What is PSEG-LI Rate 180?: Residential Service (flat). The default residential rate across Nassau and Suffolk. It carries a $17 monthly basic service charge and an all-in cost of $0.22–$0.29 per kWh once delivery, supply, and surcharges are combined.
How does Rate 180 affect solar payback?: Long Island has the best irradiance in the state and a healthy all-in rate. It also has the most saturated installer market, which means the pricing spread between quotes is enormous.
Is a home battery worth it on PSEG-LI Rate 180?: Flat rate, no arbitrage. Long Island's storm-outage history is the actual argument for storage here, and it is a strong one.
Am I on Rate 180?: Look at the service classification printed on your PSEG-LI bill — it will name the rate directly. The default residential rate across Nassau and Suffolk.
Does the Customer Benefit Contribution apply on PSEG-LI?: Not under the PSC's order for the six investor-owned utilities. Confirm what, if anything, your utility charges on distributed generation before modeling exports.

Next step

Find your own number

The band above is a range for the whole territory. Your all-in rate is one division away.

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How this page is built

This is a generated page: the structure is shared across locations, the numbers are not. Every figure comes from the source cited beside it, with the date we last checked it. Nothing here is a quote, an appraisal, or tax advice, and none of it is specific to your roof.

Rates and incentive programs change. We re-verify utility tariffs and NYSERDA program status on a rolling schedule and stamp the date on each number rather than on the page, so you can see which specific figures are fresh. Full methodology · Program status tracker · About the Local Energy Playbook

Page content last reviewed April 2026.

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