{"id":346166,"date":"2026-09-14T10:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/346166\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T10:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:30:12","slug":"new-york-announces-date-for-up-to-200-electricity-bill-rebate-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/346166\/","title":{"rendered":"New York announces date for up to $200 electricity bill rebate checks\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Yorkers are about to cash in.<\/p>\n

Gov. Hochul just announced that Gothamites will be seeing their promised electricity bill rebate checks<\/a> later this month. The green was secured back in May from the Protecting Our Wallets Energy Rebate (POWER) program.<\/p>\n

Starting on Sept. 21, Gov. Hochul will roll out the rebates<\/a> to 8.2 million eligible households across New York State, continuing through December \u2014 just as the winter months creep in and heating costs increase<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Checks were factored into this year\u2019s state budget<\/a> as Hochul set aside $1 billion for millions of residents struggling with electricity costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"KathyGov. Kathy Hochul first announced the rebates back in May and has since revealed checks will roll out Sept. 21. MediaPunch \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Rebate amounts vary from $100 up to $200 and are based on income levels. Single filers with incomes under $150,000 will receive $100. Joint filers making between $150,000 and $300,000 will receive $150.<\/p>\n

The POWER program will provide $200 \u2014 the highest amount available \u2014 to joint filers with incomes under $150,000.<\/p>\n

To qualify, residents must have met the following:<\/p>\n

Filed a timely New York State Resident Income Tax Return for Tax Year 2024<\/p>\n

Were a full-time resident of New York State for Tax Year 2024<\/p>\n

Reported income within the qualifying thresholds<\/p>\n

Were not claimed as a dependent on another taxpayer\u2019s return<\/p>\n

\"ATo be eligible for a check, you must meet the income requirements olga_demina \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

\u201cToo many families are struggling with rising household energy bills and soaring gas prices at the pump \u2014 and that\u2019s why we\u2019re putting money directly back in New Yorkers\u2019 pockets by sending energy rebate checks to millions of families as part of our affordability agenda,\u201d Gov. Hochul said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Since 2021, utility bills have been rising<\/a> due to costly grid upgrades, growing\u00a0demand from data center<\/a>\u00a0consumption and sharply rising rates. <\/p>\n

According to a recent report<\/a>, New Yorkers pay the third-highest residential electricity prices in the country \u2014 trailing only Hawaii and California.<\/p>\n

New York\u2019s residential electricity prices<\/a> were an eye-watering 29.93 cents per kilowatt-hour in May, based on the latest federal data, the analysis found.<\/p>\n

New York\u2019s prices were a whopping 62% higher than the national average, nearly double Florida\u2019s and over 80% higher than Texas\u2019. Electricity prices in the Empire State rose 12% from a year earlier \u2014 twice the rate of increase for the US average.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Yorkers are about to cash in. Gov. Hochul just announced that Gothamites will be seeing their promised…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4762,426,57,9,24,55,54,56,6844,129599,58],"class_list":["post-346166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-energy","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-payments","tag-rebates","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}