New York State Electric and Gas Corporation

New York State Electric and Gas Corporation (NYSEG), an Avangrid subsidiary, serves about 890,000 electricity customers across more than 40 percent of Upstate New York. NYSEG offers an EV-eligible whole-house Day-Night Rate (Service Class 8, with the SC-8 PEV special provision) and the OptimizEV residential managed-charging program, which pays a one-time enrollment incentive plus monthly rewards for off-peak home charging. There is no standalone residential EVSE purchase rebate. NYSEG's commercial EV Charger Make-Ready Program closed to new applications on April 22, 2026 per a New York Public Service Commission order, but the Demand Charge Rebate Program for commercial EV charging customers remains active.

Last updated June 2026

At a glance

Investor-owned

Serves: New York
Customers: 890,000
EV rate plan: Yes
EVSE rebate: —
Managed-charging program: Yes

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EV time-of-use rate plans

EV Time-of-Use Rate Plan (Service Class 8, Day-Night Rate with SC-8 PEV Special Provision)

Verified Jun 2026

Peak: Daytime hours 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (8:00 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. EDT); Varies
Off-peak: Nighttime hours 11:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (12:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. EDT), every day including weekends; Varies

Residential NYSEG customers who own or lease a plug-in electric vehicle and register it with NYSEG. The rate applies to the whole house and works best for households that use at least 1,000 kWh per month with 20 percent or more usage during nighttime hours. A higher monthly meter charge applies and customers must stay on the rate for at least one year. Enrollees receive a one-year price guarantee: if the EV TOU rate plan does not save more than the customer's previous rate would have, NYSEG credits the difference.

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Commercial & multifamily rebates

EV Charger Make-Ready Program (Level 2 and DC Fast Charger)

Up to 100 percent of utility-side make-ready costs, plus customer-side cost coverage that varies by site type and community (up to 90 percent for publicly available chargers outside disadvantaged communities, up to 100 percent in disadvantaged communities, up to 50 percent for restricted-access multifamily). TODO: re-verify per-port and per-kW caps against the NYSEG program manual (researcher could not load nyseg.com directly because the host blocked WebFetch).

Non-residential NYSEG electric customers including businesses, municipalities, and multifamily property owners installing approved Level 2 or DC Fast EV charging stations through a contractor approved by the Joint Utilities of New York. Pursuant to a New York Public Service Commission Order issued March 23, 2026, NYSEG stopped accepting new applications after April 22, 2026 11:59 PM; existing applications submitted before the deadline continue to be reviewed. NYSEG does not anticipate reopening the program for Level 2 chargers, though it may reopen later for DCFC applications only.

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Demand Charge Rebate Program

Up to 50 percent rebate on billed demand charges, paid quarterly

Commercial NYSEG customers operating EV charging on a demand-billed rate, where the calculated Charging Ratio is 50 percent or greater. Available across all commercial EV charging customer use cases. Rebates are paid within 30 days of the end of each calendar quarter.

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Managed-charging programs

OptimizEV

OptimizEV is NYSEG's residential managed-charging program for customers who own or lease an EV with a networked Level 2 home charger or compatible EV telematics. Participants enroll through the ev.energy app or web portal, choose a participation tier, and commit to at least one year of participation. The original December 31, 2025 enrollment end date was extended by a PSC Order Modifying Managed Charging Programs issued August 18, 2025.

Baseline Tier: one-time $25 enrollment incentive plus monthly ongoing rewards when 80 percent or more of home EV charging happens during off-peak hours (11:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. EST, 12:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. EDT). Advanced Tier: one-time $150 enrollment incentive for setting a smart charge schedule that lets NYSEG plan around the time the EV needs to be ready.

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New York State Electric and Gas Corporation (NYSEG) is an Avangrid subsidiary that delivers electricity to roughly 890,000 customers across more than 40 percent of Upstate New York. Its sister Avangrid utility Rochester Gas and Electric (RG&E) runs nearly identical EV programs but files its own tariffs and operates in a separate, smaller territory around Rochester. Treat NYSEG's pages as authoritative for NYSEG customers only.

NYSEG offers a single EV-eligible time-of-use rate: the residential Day-Night Rate under Service Classification No. 8, with a Special Provision for plug-in electric vehicles (SC-8 PEV). It is a whole-house rate, meaning every kilowatt-hour the household uses is billed at the day or night price, not just EV charging. Night hours run 11:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (12:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. during Daylight Saving Time). NYSEG describes night supply costs as roughly two-thirds of day supply costs and quotes an average all-in savings of about 7.4 cents per kWh across day and night hours. A higher monthly meter charge applies, and the rate works best for households that use at least 1,000 kWh per month with at least 20 percent of usage at night. Customers must stay on the rate for at least a year, but NYSEG offers a one-year price guarantee that credits the difference if the rate does not save the customer more than their prior rate would have.

NYSEG does not offer a residential rebate for purchasing a Level 2 charger itself. Instead, residential customers can stack the Day-Night Rate with OptimizEV, NYSEG's residential managed-charging program. OptimizEV enrolls customers through the ev.energy app or web portal using a networked Level 2 charger (ChargePoint, Emporia, Tesla, Wallbox, and others on the approved list) or compatible EV telematics. The Baseline Tier pays a one-time $25 enrollment incentive and monthly ongoing rewards whenever 80 percent or more of home EV charging happens during off-peak hours. The Advanced Tier pays a one-time $150 enrollment incentive for letting NYSEG set the charge schedule based on when the EV needs to be ready. Participants commit to at least one year. The program's original end date was December 31, 2025, but the New York Public Service Commission's Order Modifying Managed Charging Programs issued August 18, 2025 extended it; a comprehensive program report was due by January 30, 2026 to inform any further continuation.

On the commercial side, NYSEG's EV Charger Make-Ready Program covers up to 100 percent of utility-side electrical infrastructure for Level 2 and DC Fast Charger installations, with additional customer-side cost coverage that scales up in disadvantaged communities. As of April 22, 2026, NYSEG stopped accepting new Make-Ready applications under a PSC order issued March 23, 2026. Existing applications continue to be reviewed. The program may reopen for DCFC only at a future date, but Level 2 reopening is not anticipated. Commercial EV charging customers operating on a demand-billed rate can still apply for the Demand Charge Rebate Program, which pays up to 50 percent of billed demand charges quarterly when the calculated Charging Ratio is 50 percent or greater.