Solar PV · MD
Solar in Maryland.
Sun, a lower bill, and credits for what you send back. Maryland solar is about the roof and the meter — Helio handles both.
Maryland
What makes Maryland different.
Typical homes here see about $0.22 / kWh and 1,320 kWh per kW per year. We size the system to your bill — then confirm it on the roof.
BGE, Pepco, Delmarva, Potomac Edison all sit under PSC net-metering rules, crediting what you export at the full retail rate. Sales and property tax on the equipment are exempt. The Maryland Solar Access Program can help income-qualified homes with a share of the cost; Helio screens for it — we do not assume it in a prelim.
Your panels also earn a certificate for every 1,000 units they make. Those trade on a market, and the compliance payment that caps that market steps down after 2026, so the price is more likely to soften than to climb. We show you the current strip at the visit instead of printing a number here that is guaranteed to age.
- Local programs that may apply
Retail net metering
1:1 retail credits
PSC-mandated full retail credit for excess generation on residential accounts.
Maryland SRECs
$40 / MWh as of 2026-08-26
One certificate per 1,000 units of production, saleable for 15 years. That is a traded price on the date shown, not a rate anyone can lock. It matters which way it moves: the state compliance payment the market prices against steps down from $45 / MWh this year to $35 next year and $22.50 from 2030, so we model this income falling rather than flat. We will show you the live strip at the visit.
Sales and property tax exemptions
100%
Equipment and added assessed value are exempt.
Maryland Solar Access Program
Up to $7,500
Income-qualified. Helio will screen — we do not assume it in a prelim.
Maryland, specifically
What power has actually cost here.
Every savings figure on this site assumes your utility keeps raising its rate. So does every other company’s. The difference is that you can check ours — these are the federal government’s own published prices for Maryland, next to the number we model.
| Last 5 years (2019–2024) | 6.4% |
|---|---|
| Last 10 years (2014–2024) | 2.7% |
| Since 2005 (2005–2024) | 4.0% |
| What Helio assumes | 4.0% |
No single window is the truth, which is exactly why anyone showing you one number for the next twenty-five years — including us — is showing you an assumption. Ask any installer what your savings look like at today’s rate with no increase at all. How the money works runs that comparison.
Who you buy power from here
BGE, Pepco, Delmarva, Potomac Edison. Which one serves your address decides the tariff you can take and the credit you get for what the roof exports, so an advisor confirms it before anything is filed.
Who does the work
Crews dispatch from Baltimore. Licensed in Maryland as 156798 — public record, worth looking up before you let anyone on your roof.
What your roof earns on top of the bill
Maryland certificates trade on a market. The strip was $40 / MWh on 2026-08-26 — that is today's price, not a guarantee. We model it declining, because the state compliance payment it prices against steps down from $45 / MWh this year to $22.50 by 2030. Anyone showing you today's price held flat for 25 years is ignoring a published schedule.
See what solar could save in Maryland.
Prelim online. In-home visit to lock the number.