LIPA is eyeing ways to "continue the momentum" of solar-power installations on Long Island in the face of an expiring federal tax credit that subsidizes solar for nearly 1 in 10 local residential customers, the utility’s chief executive said Thursday.

Most solar companies have stopped promising customers they will finish their installations before year's end to make them eligible for the 30% tax credit, after the Trump administration’s "Big Beautiful Bill" nixed the credit by Dec. 31.

"We want to help keep the momentum going," said Long Island Power Authority chief executive Carrie Meek Gallagher at a conference on green energy hosted by PSEG Long Island in Melville. She said the utility will be working with PSEG, solar industry companies and developers to find ways to "reduce the cost"

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