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Solar and Battery Storage in the Bronx, New York Offer Protection during Outages

Experience Peace of Mind from Creating Your Own Energy with Sunrun

+18 Mil.

New York State residents hit by outages from 2008 to 2017.1 

-11%

New York State’s solar price drop over the last five years.2

200

Average number of sunny days per year in the Bronx, NY.3

Great news: You live in one of the best states for solar in the U.S.2 Thanks to the plummeting costs of rooftop solar panels and energy back-up systems in New York,2,4 it could be cost-effective to gain energy independence with a Bronx solar company like Sunrun. This move can give you protection during blackouts, lower home carbon emissions, and more control over electric bills for decades to come.

How to Go Solar in the Bronx

Sunrun is the nation’s leading residential solar and energy storage company.5 We work so you may create clean, affordable, and reliable energy to power your home, day and night. Discover which of our solar plans, with or without a home battery in the Bronx, is the ideal match for your budget and energy needs.

If you get your power from Con Edison (ConEd), you may qualify for New York State’s Value of Distributed Energy Resources (VDER) program. The VDER program could let you earn credits on your utility bill for the excess solar power you create and send to the grid.6,7 You can use the credits earned to save money on future electricity bills. In other states, this type of arrangement is known as net metering (NEM).

 

Solar made better

Federal Tax Credit (ITC) schedule: 26% in 2022, 22% in 2023, and ends in 2024.

 

  • Learn about the federal tax credit
  • Find your ideal system and battery
  • Get your cost to go solar today

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Pick the Best Plan to Start Your Solar Journey

Each Sunrun solar plan has unique advantages. Whether you decide to go with a solar lease or a purchase plan, along with a battery storage system, we’ll work hard so that you can benefit from your solar panel installation in the Bronx for decades. As one of the best solar installers in the Bronx, we’ll even take care of the paperwork for you when possible.

 

Monthly Plan

Lease new Sunrun solar panels in the Bronx with as little as $0 down. Lock in predictable monthly rates and stay covered with our industry-leading Sunrun Guarantee.

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Full Amount Lease

Prepay for up to 25 years of solar power in the Bronx for home use at the best price. Our Sunrun Guarantee also backs it.

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System Purchase

Own a Bronx home solar system, and you could build home value. You may qualify for New York solar incentives, like the federal tax credit,*8 a state tax credit, and solar rebates, as well as property and sales tax exemptions.9

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Solar + Brightbox™

Add Brightbox, Sunrun’s battery storage service, to your solar installation in the Bronx. This can help you keep your devices and appliances powered during outages, cloudy days, rainy afternoons, or at night.

From 2008 to 2017, New York State endured 1,528 power outages.1

As extreme weather events continue to affect the East Coast, you can prepare for the unexpected with Brightbox.

Brightbox can help you back up your entire home with a Tesla Powerwall, or you can back up just the rooms you need with an LG Chem solar battery.**

When the sun is out, Brightbox can store clean and affordable back-up power for later use.

Brightbox is the Bronx back-up storage solution that puts you in control. It can turn on during an outage and will work to recharge until the grid’s restored.

Unlike generators, Brightbox doesn’t run on fossil fuels, which produce carbon monoxide (CO) that’s dangerous for your health.10

You can monitor your Bronx solar energy production and storage daily with the online dashboard and mobile app.

Our monthly lease and prepaid plans include 24/7 proactive monitoring and maintenance to ensure your system runs smoothly. This benefit sets Brightbox apart from the average Bronx solar battery.

Let’s Boost New York’s Clean Energy Production

70%

State electricity generation that will come from renewable energy sources by 2030.11 

85%

New York State’s cut in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050.11

When you create and store your own clean energy in the Bronx, you can also reduce your dependence on toxic, dangerous fossil fuels. This will help build a more modern and resilient energy system that runs on local, renewable electricity. Ready to change the way you power your life? Try out our Product Selector or request a free quote to get one-on-one service from our expert Solar Advisors. Together we can ensure New York’s energy future is bright for everyone, starting today.

Sunrun solar installers mounting a solar array on a roof with a drill

Why Choose Sunrun in the Bronx?

Since 2007, hundreds of thousands of people have chosen Sunrun to join the clean energy revolution. To date, our customers’ solar panel arrays have generated billions of kilowatt-hours (kWh) of clean, renewable electricity and kept millions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from entering the atmosphere. This is equivalent to preventing billions of pounds of coal or millions of gallons of gasoline from burning.12

American families can help us create a better energy future for the whole nation, one home solar panel installation at a time. These are their stories.

SOURCES:

1. Eaton Blackout Tracker Annual Report

2. New York State solar rank and solar price drop

3. The Bronx, NY annual sunny days

4. U.S. battery storage price drop

5. Sunrun ranked as leading residential solar-plus-storage vendor

6. Consolidated Edison, Inc. / Con Edison / ConEd / Value Stack credits

7. New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) / New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) / New York State Value of Distributed Energy Resources (VDER) / New York State Value Stack

8. Federal Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC)

9. New York State tax incentives and solar rebates

10. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) generator safety fact sheet

11. New York State Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA)

12. Sunrun Impact Report 2020

*We recommend contacting a tax professional to accurately determine the impact of the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) on your federal taxes.

**One Tesla Powerwall stores 13.5 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of usable electricity, which can be used to back up the home for a day. An LG Chem solar battery holds 9.8 kWh, which can be used to back up essential parts of the home from 8 to 12 hours.