Maryland
Community Solar Program
Run by the Maryland Public Service Commission and made permanent in 2023. Subscribers get credits on their own utility bill for their share of a local solar project's output.
Community SolarCommunity Solar for HOAs
For HOAs, condo associations & their residents
Community Solar for HOAs in D.C., Maryland & Virginia
Give every household in your community - renters and homeowners - a way to save with solar, and lower common-area electric costs, with nothing installed on a single roof.
How community solar works for an HOA
Step 1
Tell us about your community
Your board or manager fills in the short form below. We look at your utility and what your community uses.
Step 2
Residents and the association subscribe
Each household - renter or owner - signs up on its own electric account. The association can include its own accounts where the program allows.
Step 3
Credits arrive on electric bills
Every month, the local solar project's power shows up as credits on each subscriber's bill.
Why associations choose community solar
No roof work at all
No installs, no architectural review applications, no shared-roof questions for condos and townhomes.
Every resident can join
Renters and owners alike - anyone with the electric bill in their own name.
Lower common-area costs
Where the program allows, the clubhouse, pool and lighting accounts can subscribe too.
A simple role for the board
Share it with residents; each household decides for itself.
Community solar programs in the DMV
Virginia
Shared Solar Program
Overseen by the State Corporation Commission for Dominion Energy customers. Subscribers' shares of a nearby solar facility show up as credits on their electric bill.
D.C.
Community Renewable Energy Facilities
Solar projects in the District whose output is credited on subscribers' Pepco bills - open to renters and condo owners as well as homeowners.
For HOA boards and community managers
Tell us about your community and we'll set up a short call with your board or manager to walk through community solar for your residents and common areas.
Live in an HOA or condo community?
Renters and homeowners: tell us you're interested and which community you live in. We'll reach out with community solar options - and the more residents who ask, the easier it is to bring your whole community on board.
Community solar for HOAs: common questions
What is community solar?
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A local solar project whose output is shared by subscribers. Each subscriber gets credits on their own electric bill for their share of the power it makes - with nothing installed on their home.
How does it help an HOA?
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Residents can lower their own electric bills without roof work, architectural review or shared-roof questions, and - where the program allows - the association's own accounts for the clubhouse, pool and common-area lighting can subscribe too.
Can renters in our community join?
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Yes. Community solar is a subscription on an electric account, so renters with the electric bill in their own name can join just like homeowners.
Is anything built in our community?
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No. The solar project is somewhere else in the region; your community only receives the bill credits.
Does the board have to approve each resident?
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No. Each resident subscribes on their own electric account. The board's part is helping residents hear about it and deciding whether the association's own accounts join.
Is community solar available where we are?
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Maryland, Virginia (for Dominion Energy customers) and D.C. each have a community solar program. Which projects have openings depends on your utility - send us your community's ZIP and we will check.
Not in an HOA, or have land or a large roof that could host a solar project?
Community solar: subscribe or host a project