Program Guidelines
- Residential natural gas customers of NYSEG and RG&E are eligible to participate in this rebate program.
- Eligible equipment must be installed at the location corresponding to the NYSEG or RG&E residential natural gas customer account number provided on this rebate application.
- If you are a landlord and own the property where the equipment is to be installed, but you do not have a NYSEG or RG&E natural gas account for this location, you must provide proof of ownership (such as a tax bill or water bill) that includes the address where the eligible equipment is installed (this requirement does not apply to programmable thermostats).
- If you do not own the property where the equipment is to be installed, you must have the right or permission from the property
owner to install the equipment (this requirement does not apply to programmable thermostats).
- If more than one of the same type of eligible equipment is installed (e.g., two furnaces or two boilers), complete a separate
application for each unit of eligible equipment.
- Installations must conform to all applicable codes, standards and the rebate Terms and Conditions.
- Contractors must conduct a heat loss calculation and size any eligible heating equipment accordingly.
- Boiler reset controls must be installed on new or existing natural gas non-condensing boilers. Indirect water heaters must be in current production, of well insulated design and installed with a new qualifying natural gas boiler (an indirect water heater uses heat from the main boiler to produce domestic hot water). Programmable thermostats must be installed with new qualifying natural gas furnaces or boilers.
- This program may be modified or terminated at any time and without notice.
THE FOLLOWING APPLY TO THE DUCT SEALING REBATE ONLY:
- Applicant must have an existing HVAC system that is being replaced by a qualifying furnace. New construction is not
eligible for this duct sealing rebate. New ductwork or duct replacement is not eligible for the duct sealing rebate.
- The duct sealing rebate applies only to duct systems located entirely in unconditioned spaces such as unheated
basements, garages, crawl spaces or attics. An unconditioned space is an area that does not have a means of heating or cooling and is outside the thermal boundary of a building. Most basements are unintentionally conditioned and are inside the thermal boundary.
- After new furnace installation, the contractor must conduct a duct pressurization test at 25 Pascals before and after sealing (pretest and post test pressure must be the same). The contractor must use the Duct Blaster ® system or equivalent for testing and provide the results on their invoice or on an attached machine printout.
- Sheet metal and flexible ductwork must be sealed at all exposed or accessible duct connections using UL 181B Mastic, pressure sensitive foil tape (UL 181AP), heat sensitive foil tape (UL 181AH) or similar UL-approved products designed for sealing ducts. Aluminum FSK tape may be used on duct-board systems. Duct tape is not an allowable duct sealing material.
- Duct sealing rebate payments of up to $600 will be made based on improvements in leakage rate:
| Qualifies for payment |
Leakage rate before sealing |
Reduction in leakage rate due to sealing |
| Yes |
Leakage ≥ 40% and ≤ 60% |
Leakage reduced by at least 50% |
| Yes |
Leakage > 20% and < 40% |
Leakage reduced to 20% |
| No |
Leakage ≤ 20% |
Not applicable | No rebate will be paid if initial duct work test shows TOTAL duct leakage is less than or equal to 20% or more than 60%.
- Limit one duct sealing rebate per furnace, maximum of two duct sealing systems per building.
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