Net Metering by State

What your electric utility actually pays for exported solar power.

Delmarva Power (MD) solar export rate

What Delmarva Power (MD) pays for power exported from rooftop solar in Maryland, with the source and the date it was checked.

No single rate — formula based

Maryland net metering; no separate utility-specific export price verified.

Delmarva Power (MD) · Maryland

Effective 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.

Source: psc.maryland.gov

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Maryland rules that apply to Delmarva Power (MD)

The state framework sets the default. Where Delmarva Power (MD) pays something different, the utility tariff governs and is what the card above reports.

Compensation mechanismNet energy metering: generation and consumption are netted over the billing period; net excess generation is credited and paid under the statutory accrual choice.
Export rateNo 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 effectiveCurrent statutory framework: 3,000 MW cap effective October 1, 2021; indefinite net-excess-generation accrual option enacted effective October 1, 2023.
Credit rolloverCustomer 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 expirationAnnual-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-upBilling cycle complete immediately before the end of April; annual-accrual payment is due on or before 30 days after that cycle.
Aggregate program cap3,000 MW statewide rated generating capacity for eligible customer-generators.
Program statusOpen 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.
GrandfatheringNo 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.
RegulatorMaryland Public Service Commission.
Governing ruleMd. Code, Public Utilities Article §7-306; interconnection standards are COMAR 20.50.09, with net-metering/aggregation provisions also in COMAR 20.50.10.

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