Community Solar Energy Generating Systems (CSEGS) · Maryland Public Service Commission
Maryland's pilot became permanent under HB 908 (2023) with a 40% LMI subscriber requirement - and SB 1022 (2025) lets LMI subscribers cross utility territories. In Maryland we operate our own registered subscriber organization, Maryland Community Solar.
Project cap
Up to 5 MW AC
Typical savings
20% guaranteed for LMI subscribers
LMI requirement
40% LMI minimum on community solar
Utilities
BGE · Pepco · Delmarva · SMECO · Potomac Edison
Program overview
Maryland's community solar program - codified at COMAR 20.62 - was established as a pilot in 2015 (HB 1087) and made permanent under HB 908 in 2023. The Maryland Public Service Commission administers the program; subscribers receive virtual-net-metering credits on their utility bill. Maryland mandates a 40% LMI subscriber allocation, with a guaranteed 20% bill discount for income-eligible households.
The laws & rules
Establishes project sizing, subscriber rules, virtual net metering credit allocation, and consumer protections.
Made the community solar pilot permanent, removed the aggregate capacity cap, and codified the 40% LMI subscriber requirement.
Allows verified LMI subscribers to subscribe to projects in a different utility service territory than their residence - opening cross-territory subscriber pools.
Community solar systems capped at 5 MW AC. Solar can be sited on rooftops, parking canopies, brownfields, and certain greenfield parcels with PSC siting review.
Utilities we deliver in
BGE · Pepco · Delmarva Power · SMECO · Potomac Edison
What Cannon does in Maryland
Site control, PSC certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) where applicable, and county-level zoning navigation across MD's varied jurisdictions.
Ground-mount community solar, parking canopies, and rooftop arrays across all five major MD utilities. Domestic-content procurement for the 10% IRA ITC adder.
Long-term operations, virtual-net-metering credit reconciliation, and PSC annual compliance reporting under HB 908.
Maryland is the one state where we run our own registered subscriber organization, Maryland Community Solar. We handle 40% LMI compliance, cross-territory SB 1022 enrollment, 20% guaranteed-credit billing, and all consumer-protection disclosures the Maryland PSC requires.
Why we win Maryland
We are Maryland Community Solar - our own registered subscriber org operating directly in MD
Cross-utility LMI strategy under SB 1022 - a brand-new lever competitors haven't operationalized
Five-utility billing fluency in a single state
We carry the 20% guaranteed credit risk so the asset owner doesn't