Maryland solar export compensation
What Maryland pays for exported rooftop solar power, with the source and the date each figure was checked.
Record verified 2026-09-16 · 16 of 17 fields sourced
What does your utility pay?
No single rate — formula based
Maryland net metering; no separate utility-specific export price verified.
BGE (Baltimore Gas & Electric) · Maryland
BGE describes annual payout or indefinite accrual options; customer applies through BGE interconnection.
Source: bge.com · psc.maryland.gov
Full BGE (Baltimore Gas & Electric) detail →Maryland requires investor-owned electric companies to offer net energy metering, with exports credited through the applicable generation or commodity rate rather than a single statewide dollar rate. The statutory statewide eligibility cap is 3,000 MW; the PSC's 2025 report says 1,537 MW was installed (51.23% of the cap) as of June 30, 2025, while pending community-solar projects nearly fill the remaining capacity.
Program details
| Compensation mechanism | Net energy metering: generation and consumption are netted over the billing period; net excess generation is credited and paid under the statutory accrual choice. |
|---|---|
| Export rate | No single statewide export price: for the annual-accrual option, net excess generation is valued at the electric company's generation or commodity portion of the customer's applicable rate, averaged over the prior 12 months; indefinite-accrual value is set by a PSC method. |
| Rate effective | Current statutory framework: 3,000 MW cap effective October 1, 2021; indefinite net-excess-generation accrual option enacted effective October 1, 2023. |
| Credit rollover | Customer may accrue net excess generation for up to 12 months ending with the billing cycle immediately before the end of April, or (for eligible customers other than the stated municipal/cooperative exceptions) elect indefinite accrual; the utility carries credits forward until offset, the accrual period expires, or the account closes. |
| Credit expiration | Annual-accrual credits settle at the end of the 12-month period ending with the billing cycle immediately before the end of April; indefinite-accrual credits remain until offset or account closure, with payment at closure under the statute. |
| Annual true-up | Billing cycle complete immediately before the end of April; annual-accrual payment is due on or before 30 days after that cycle. |
| Residential system cap | 2 MW for an ordinary eligible customer-generator; statutory exceptions include 5 MW for community solar and meter-aggregated facilities. |
| Commercial system cap | 2 MW for an ordinary eligible customer-generator; statutory exceptions include 5 MW for community solar and meter-aggregated facilities. |
| Aggregate program cap | 3,000 MW statewide rated generating capacity for eligible customer-generators. |
| Program status | Open on installed-capacity data: 1,537 MW, or 51.23% of the 3,000 MW cap, was installed as of June 30, 2025. The PSC reports approximately 2,911 MW of pending community-solar projects, so the pipeline nearly exceeds the cap before existing capacity is included. |
| Regulator | Maryland Public Service Commission. |
| Docket | No single current controlling docket number was verified. The PSC report identifies a Letter Order dated February 15, 2017 directing investor-owned utilities to file implementation tariffs; the cited report does not state an order or docket number. |
| Governing rule | Md. Code, Public Utilities Article §7-306; interconnection standards are COMAR 20.50.09, with net-metering/aggregation provisions also in COMAR 20.50.10. |
| Grandfathering | No separate statewide grandfathering provision was verified in the current sources reviewed; the 2023 change is described as an election to accrue indefinitely, and the statute preserves customer-generator ownership of renewable attributes/RECs. |
| Interconnection application | Apply through the serving utility's small-generator interconnection process; the PSC maintains links to the BGE, Pepco, and Delmarva interconnection request websites. |
| Interconnection timeline | For Level 1 review, the utility must acknowledge completeness within 5 business days, complete the safety/reliability verification within 15 business days after completeness, and approve/provide permission to operate within 20 business days of acceptable documents, subject to stated conditions. |
| Pending change | Not yet verified |
Rates by utility
State rules set the framework. Individual utilities often pay something different, and where they do the utility tariff governs.
| Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) | Maryland net metering; no separate utility-specific export price verified. Current Maryland statutory framework; annual settlement cycle ends with the billing cycle immediately before the end of April. BGE describes annual payout or indefinite accrual options; customer applies through BGE interconnection. |
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| Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) | Maryland net metering; no separate utility-specific export price verified. Current Maryland statutory framework; Pepco tariff text uses the annual period ending with the billing cycle immediately before the end of April. Pepco's tariff describes net metering payment calculation and aggregation; customer applies through Pepco interconnection. |
| Delmarva Power (Maryland) | Maryland net metering; no separate utility-specific export price verified. Current Maryland statutory framework; annual settlement cycle ends with the billing cycle immediately before the end of April. Delmarva's Maryland interconnection application is linked by the PSC; no separate export price was verified. |
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- Wisconsin — Utility-specific. 2026 examples are WEPCO CGS-NM residential/secondary