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PSEG Long Island solar interconnection: what it requires before you energize

NY (LIPA) · checked 2026-07-08 · plug-in bill on governor's desk · request an update

How does PSEG Long Island detect unpermitted backfeed?

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What happens if they catch you?

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Small and DIY interconnection requirements

Not under the state SIR: LIPA runs its own Small Generator Interconnection Procedures, administered by PSEG-LI, with its own online portal. A complete application must be in before installation. documented

10 business days for the completeness and approval decision, fast track for systems under 50 kW. After install: town or county electrical inspection, then a utility-side inspection, then PTO and the bidirectional meter. documented

Long Island kept genuine retail net metering for residential systems while the rest of NY moved on, one of the last true 1:1 territories in the state. documented

sources: PSEG Long Island SGIP · LIPA SGIP tariff (PDF)

Related: National Grid (NY (upstate)) · Con Edison (NY (NYC / Westchester)) · Hawaiian Electric (HELCO) (HI (Hawaii Island))

Planning a zero-export or plug-in setup here? See the zero-export reality check and equipment notes.

Every claim above is evidence-graded: documented means it traces to the tariff or the utility's own filings, reported means a dated community report. The full table covers 53 utilities: see all of Gridrules.