Ditch Oil Heat for Good

A full oil-to-electric conversion typically costs $12,000 to $30,000 before incentives, depending on the size of the house and how the system gets installed. The PSEG Long Island heat pump rebate is a flat $4,000 to $7,500 set by your household income and whether your address is in a disadvantaged community. Figures here are estimates, subject to program eligibility and change, and we confirm your final numbers in writing before you sign anything. The federal 25C tax credit expired at the end of 2025 and is not available for 2026 installs.

Your oil tank needs to be decommissioned or removed. For underground tanks, a licensed environmental contractor pumps out remaining oil, cleans the tank, and fills it with sand or foam. Above-ground tanks are drained and removed. We coordinate this with a trusted local contractor so you don't have to manage it separately. Tank removal typically costs $800-$2,500 depending on type and location.

Yes. Modern cold-climate heat pumps from Mitsubishi and Daikin hold close to rated capacity down to about 5F and keep producing usable heat down to roughly -13F. Long Island winters rarely drop below the teens, well within that range. If you want extra security, we can install a hybrid system that keeps your existing boiler as backup for the coldest nights while the heat pump handles 90%+ of your heating.

Many older Long Island homes have 100-amp panels that can't support a heat pump without an upgrade. A 200-amp panel upgrade typically costs $1,500-$2,500. We assess your electrical capacity during the estimate and let you know upfront. Some newer heat pump models are designed to work with lower-amperage panels, which can avoid this cost.

The heat pump installation itself takes 1-3 days depending on the system. Oil tank decommissioning adds another day. If you need an electrical panel upgrade, that's an additional day. Most full conversions are completed within a week. We schedule everything so the work flows without gaps.

Yes. A heat pump heats and cools with the same system. Most oil-heated homes on Long Island don't have central AC, so converting to a heat pump gives you whole-home cooling for the first time. It's one of the biggest quality-of-life upgrades our customers mention after the switch.

No. The tier is set by your household income and by whether your address sits in a disadvantaged community, not by the fuel you are leaving behind. The PSEG Long Island rebate is one flat program: $4,000 market rate, $5,000 if your address is in a disadvantaged community or you meet the moderate income limit, and $7,500 if you meet the low income limit. What oil conversions do get you is the biggest drop in operating cost, because you stop buying oil. We check your address on the NYSERDA map and walk you through the income verification before we put a number in front of you.

Heat pumps generally cost less to run than oil heat on Long Island. On the jobs we have documented, a 3-ton oil-to-heat-pump conversion saves roughly $1,000 a year, which works out to somewhere around $10,000 over ten years. PSEG Rate 580 helps too: it takes 45% off your electric usage above 400 kWh a month, October through May. It is a rate discount, not a rebate. The other thing worth knowing is that the same system cools in summer, so if your house never had central AC you get cooling as part of the project rather than as a separate job later. These are estimates, subject to eligibility and change, and your actual numbers depend on your house, your insulation, and how you run the system.