Solar for All · Community Renewable Energy Facilities (CREF) · DC Public Service Commission · DOEE
The District runs one of the most aggressive LMI community solar programs in the country - Solar for All targets 100,000 low-income households with 50% bill savings, all delivered through Pepco-territory CREFs.
Project cap
Up to 5 MW AC per CREF
Typical savings
Up to 50% bill credit (Solar for All)
LMI requirement
Solar for All: 100% LMI dedicated tier
Utilities
Pepco (sole EDC)
Program overview
Washington, D.C. authorized Community Renewable Energy Facilities (CREFs) under the Community Renewable Energy Act of 2013 (D.C. Code §34-1518), and supercharged the model with the Solar for All program - a DOEE-run initiative funded by the Renewable Energy Development Fund (REDF) that delivers up to 50% electric bill savings to qualifying low-income households. The 2022 CleanEnergy DC Omnibus Amendment Act extended Solar for All through 2032 and raised the District's RPS solar carve-out to 15% by 2041 - making D.C. one of the densest LMI community-solar markets in the US.
The laws & rules
Authorizes Community Renewable Energy Facilities up to 5 MW AC, virtual net metering, and bill credits to subscribers anywhere in Pepco's DC territory.
Created the Solar for All program with the goal of providing 100,000 low-income households 50% electric bill savings by 2032. Funded by the Renewable Energy Development Fund (REDF).
Extended Solar for All through 2032, raised the RPS to 100% by 2032, and pushed the solar carve-out to 15% by 2041 - keeping CREF REC value high.
DC PSC dockets governing CREF tariffs, subscriber protections, and Pepco interconnection / billing requirements.
Utilities we deliver in
Pepco (Potomac Electric Power Company)
What Cannon does in Washington, D.C.
DC is land-constrained. We site CREFs on rooftops, parking canopies, and vacant/brownfield parcels - and run the DOEE / DC PSC interconnection package end-to-end.
Cannon self-performs DC-territory rooftop, canopy, and ground-mount construction with our own crews - no GC handoff, no subcontractor finger-pointing.
Solar for All asset performance is reported to DOEE - our CANOS platform delivers the production telemetry, ticketing, and SLA evidence the program requires.
We coordinate Solar for All subscriber assignment with DOEE and run Pepco bill-credit reconciliation so savings actually land on the household's monthly statement.
Why we win Washington, D.C.
Solar for All-grade compliance reporting baked into CANOS from day one
Urban / brownfield siting fluency in a land-constrained district
Single-utility playbook (Pepco) - no inter-EDC complexity to manage