Cleaner, Quieter Energy Security for your Home

Installing a battery in your home can help be more prepared when storms are on the horizon. Batteries provide backup power when the grid goes down to keep your lights on and essential appliances like your fridge running.

Unlike generators that run on fossil fuels, batteries are a cleaner, quieter option for powering your home during an outage.

Plus, batteries work even better when you add them to an existing solar PV system or pair them with a new one, allowing batteries to recharge with the sun’s energy. Also, through Renewable Energy Solutions, you can sell the power you generate with your residential solar installation to Eversource or UI.

*Note that metering and billing differs for solar + battery customers and standalone storage customers. Contact Eversource or UI with questions.

Energy Storage Solutions lowers the cost of a battery by providing both upfront and performance incentives:

Upfront + Enrollment Incentives

Upfront and Enrollment Incentives reduce the cost to you before installation. Customers can qualify for up to $16,000* in exchange for allowing the battery to reduce their home’s demand from the electrical grid on hot summer days for 10 years.

*The current incentive structure will expire on April 1, 2026. It will be replaced with a comparable, simplified design to be announced soon.

Performance Incentives

Performance Incentives are paid up to twice a year for 10 years based on how your battery performs during summer and winter dispatch days.

Incentives Make Batteries More Affordable

Incentive Adders are available for Priority Customers

(maximum Upfront Incentive is $16,000)

Low Income

See if your household qualitifes

Underserved Communities

See if your town qualifies

Grid Edge customers

See if your address qualifies

How it Works

1

Select an Eligible Contractor to install Eligible Equipment at your home. We recommend getting a few quotes before making a decision and ensure you express your interest in participating in the Energy Storage Solutions program.

2

After your Eligible Contractor installs your battery, on summer days, and when the grid is stressed, the utility will dispatch energy from your battery to help reduce peak electricity demand. If a storm is on the horizon, the utility will not dispatch energy from your battery.

3

Participating customers receive an upfront incentive to reduce the battery’s cost. Additionally, performance-based incentives are paid at the end of each summer and winter season based on average energy contributions to the grid.

Incentive Rates*

For an incentive estimate visit the Residential Incentive Calculator

*The current incentive structure will expire on April 1, 2026. It will be replaced with a comparable, simplified design to be announced soon.

	Residential Upfront Incentive ($/kWh)
	Installed Capacity	Standard	Underserved	Low-Income
Current Incentive	15 MW	$212.50	$450	$600
Step 3	25 MW	$162.50	$450	$600
Grid Edge Adder	+ 50%	+ 50%	+ 50%	+ 50%

	Residential Performance Incentive ($/kW)
	All customers
	Years 1 – 5		Years 6 – 10
Season	Summer	Winter	Summer	Winter
Incentive	$200	$25	$115	$15