Solar & Battery Regulation & Incentive Programs
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) provides programs to increase energy efficiency of multifamily homes of low and moderate income households. These affordable multifamily rental properties are limited to rental housing with existing income or rent restrictions, or housing units that serve tenants with low to moderate income as determined by DHCD. These properties may include apartment buildings, townhouses, single-family homes, single room occupancy, and shared housing facilities with five or more units.
MEEHA-EmPOWER program
MEEHA-EmPOWER is part of the statewide EmPOWER energy efficiency program. The program is regulated by the Public Service Commission and is funded by the utility ratepayers. Only individually and mixed metered projects located in the service territories of BGE, Delmarva, Potomac Edison, PEPCO, and SEMCO are eligible for funding.
Multifamily projects involving new construction, properties not currently in service, or a change in use are eligible for funding for the incremental cost of qualified measure that exceed the energy code. Projects that involve rehabilitation qualify for larger funding amounts.
Loans can be used to fund the costs of energy conservation measures that result in electrical (kWh) usage. Oil or water savings are not eligible, natural gas savings are only eligible in the BGE service territory.
Please contact DHCD for more information.