Village of Akron Electric and Village of Arcade Electric and Village of Boonville Electric and Village of Brocton Electric and Village of Castile Electric and Endicott Municipal Light and Village of Fairport and Village of Groton Electric and Village of Hamilton Municipal Utilities and Lake Placid Village, Inc. Municipal Electric and Village of Marathon Electric and Village of Mayville Electric and Village of Penn Yan Electric and Village of Philadelphia Electric and Plattsburgh Municipal Lighting Department and Village of Rouses Point Electric Department and Salamanca Board of Public Utilities and Village of Skaneateles Electric and Village of Solvay and Village of Spencerport Electric and Village of Springville Electric and Village of Tupper Lake Municipal Electric and Village of Wellsville Electric and Village of Westfield Electric customers, New York · Rebate
IEEP Insulation Program
Run by Independent Energy Efficiency Program (IEEP), with your municipal electric utility
Residential customers of participating New York municipal electric utilities can get 75% of the cost of insulation and air sealing back, up to $5,000 a year, when a BPI GoldStar contractor does the work and the IEEP pre-approves it.
Amounts
How much you get
75% of the installation cost, up to a maximum IEEP incentive of $5,000. One incentive payment per residential customer per year.
Eligibility
Do I qualify?
You need to meet all 5 of these.
Residential electric customer of a participating municipal electric utility; the work must be at the address on that utility bill.
Existing 1-4 family homes. Measures in newly constructed buildings are not eligible.
Every project must be pre-approved by the IEEP before work begins.
What to doSend the form, a copy of your electric bill and the contractor's itemized scope of work to the IEEP and wait for the pre-approval number.
The insulation contractor must be BPI GoldStar certified. Self-installation is not allowed.
What to doChoose a BPI GoldStar certified contractor (listed at BPI.org). IEEP Insulation Program form (effective July 2025), posted by Endicott Municipal Light
You must not have received other state program incentives for the same measures. One rebate per customer per year.
Equipment
What equipment counts
Applying
How to apply
Install within 6 months of IEEP approval and apply within 6 months of installation. Get approved before you buy anything.
- Get an itemized scope of work from a BPI GoldStar certified insulation contractor.
- Apply for IEEP pre-approval.
Send the completed form, a copy of your electric bill and the contractor's scope of work. Work can start once the IEEP returns a pre-approval number.
- Have the work done within 6 months of the approval date.
- Submit the signed form with your pre-approval number within 6 months of installation.
Include the dated invoice or contract showing proof of payment and your municipal electric bill. Mail to IEEP Rebate Program, P.O. Box 2489, Syracuse, NY 13220-2489 or email IEEPRebates@meua.org, not to your utility.
- Receive the incentive check.
Contractor's detailed scope of work (for pre-approval)
Dated invoice or installation contract showing proof of payment
Municipal electric bill for the address where the work was done
Forms and instructions, including for applying by mailVillage of Solvay, IEEP Programs/Rebates · IEEP 2025 Environmental Sustainability Report
Questions about applying(833) 239-0164 or IEEPRebates@meua.org
Stacking
Use it with
Your address
Next steps
Check that it covers your address. This program has to approve you before you buy anything, so start with the program, not a contractor quote.
Is it available at your address?
Before anything else
Send the form, a copy of your electric bill and the contractor's itemized scope of work to the IEEP and wait for the pre-approval number.
Your quote request is in If a contractor we work with serves your ZIP, they can contact you. We take one request per person; contact us to change it.
Get an email if this program changes
We'll write if its amount, status or deadline changes. Nothing else.
FAQ
Questions
How much does IEEP Insulation Program pay?
75% of the installation cost, up to a maximum IEEP incentive of $5,000. One incentive payment per residential customer per year.
Do I need to be a Village of Akron Electric, Village of Arcade Electric, Village of Boonville Electric, Village of Brocton Electric, Village of Castile Electric, Endicott Municipal Light, Village of Fairport, Village of Groton Electric, Village of Hamilton Municipal Utilities, Lake Placid Village, Inc. Municipal Electric, Village of Marathon Electric, Village of Mayville Electric, Village of Penn Yan Electric, Village of Philadelphia Electric, Plattsburgh Municipal Lighting Department, Village of Rouses Point Electric Department, Salamanca Board of Public Utilities, Village of Skaneateles Electric, Village of Solvay, Village of Spencerport Electric, Village of Springville Electric, Village of Tupper Lake Municipal Electric, Village of Wellsville Electric or Village of Westfield Electric customer?
Yes. It’s only for homes in Village of Akron Electric and Village of Arcade Electric and Village of Boonville Electric and Village of Brocton Electric and Village of Castile Electric and Endicott Municipal Light and Village of Fairport and Village of Groton Electric and Village of Hamilton Municipal Utilities and Lake Placid Village, Inc. Municipal Electric and Village of Marathon Electric and Village of Mayville Electric and Village of Penn Yan Electric and Village of Philadelphia Electric and Plattsburgh Municipal Lighting Department and Village of Rouses Point Electric Department and Salamanca Board of Public Utilities and Village of Skaneateles Electric and Village of Solvay and Village of Spencerport Electric and Village of Springville Electric and Village of Tupper Lake Municipal Electric and Village of Wellsville Electric and Village of Westfield Electric customers, New York. See Do I qualify for the details.
Do I have to use a contractor?
Yes. The insulation contractor must be BPI GoldStar certified.
Do I need approval before I buy?
Yes. Apply before you buy or install anything; purchases made first don’t qualify. Every project must be pre-approved by the IEEP before work begins. Send the form, a copy of your electric bill and the contractor's itemized scope of work to the IEEP and wait for the pre-approval number.
What’s the deadline?
No fixed deadline. Apply any time while it’s open.
Is it still available?
Yes. It was open when we last checked, on October 26, 2026.
Plain words
Words used on this page
References
Sources
This page is built from these official pages, run by the program itself.
- IEEP Insulation Program form (effective July 2025), posted by Endicott Municipal Light
- Village of Solvay, IEEP Programs/Rebates
- IEEP 2025 Environmental Sustainability Report
When one of these pages changes, we re-check this page against it.
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