Ditch Oil Heat for Good

A full oil-to-electric conversion typically costs $14,000-$24,000 before incentives. After stacking PSEG Long Island rebates (up to $5,000, oil conversions hit the highest tier) and NYSERDA Clean Heat (per-ton), most homeowners pay $11,000-$19,000 out of pocket. Income-qualified households may pay nothing through PSEG Home Comfort Plus. Note that the federal 25C tax credit expired at the end of 2025 and is no longer 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 operate efficiently down to -13F. Long Island winters rarely drop below the teens, well within the comfort 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.

PSEG and NYSERDA offer higher incentives for oil-to-electric conversions because they produce the largest reduction in carbon emissions. Switching from oil to an electric heat pump cuts household heating emissions by 50-75%. These programs are designed to accelerate that transition, so conversion projects qualify for rebate tiers that standard heat pump installations don't.

Heat pumps cost less to run than oil heat on Long Island for almost every home. A typical Suffolk County home burns 800 to 1,200 gallons of oil a year at $3 to $4.50 a gallon, which comes to $2,400 to $5,400 annually. A properly sized heat pump running on PSEG electricity (especially on Rate Code 580, which cuts delivery charges by about 40% for whole-home heat pump customers October through May) typically costs $1,200 to $2,500 a year to run. Over 10 years you are usually looking at $15,000 to $30,000 in operational savings, plus the AC you get for free.