National Grid Upstate New York

National Grid will give you a $30 prepaid Mastercard® for signing up for Rush Hour Rewards. Plus, for every additional year you participate, you will receive a $20 prepaid Mastercard® at the end of the summer season. That means you must sign up by September 30th of a given year and participate in 80% of rush hour event hours.

• There can be multiple rush hour events throughout the year. Rush hour events can consist of a pre-cooling period in the summer or pre-heating period in the winter to make your home more comfortable and a period of time when your energy usage is reduced.
• Energy rush hours can occur at any time of year between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.
• There can be multiple rush hour events per day.
• In the unlikely situation of a critical need on the electric grid, National Grid may need to call a critical rush hour event. Critical rush hour events can occur at any time of day.
• National Grid may remove you from the program if you participate in less than 15% of the event hours during a season because you opted out of events, or your device was offline or not in a cooling mode.

Your program details may differ based on your utility. Additional details may be found on your utility’s website.