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JoinCommunity.Solar
Maryland’s biggest solar discount is right here in Cambridge.
off your Delmarva Power bill, for households under the income limit.
There are no documents to send and nothing to prove. Everyone else on Delmarva Power saves 10% on the same terms.
Alpha Genesis is bringing community solar to Cambridge. A local solar farm in the Delmarva service area produces the power, Delmarva Power puts a credit on the bill you already get, and you pay less for that credit than it is worth. Nothing is installed where you live.
Renters and homeowners both qualify. No credit check. No upfront cost.
Whichever one you are, the bill goes down.
Delmarva Power is the only Maryland territory where the income-qualified discount reaches 63%, and Dorchester County is exactly where that matters. If your household is over the limit, the standard 10% is still yours on the same terms.
Income-qualified households
Under the limit for your household size, or on one of the assistance programs listed below. Nothing to upload, nothing to prove.
Every other household
No income test, no paperwork, same farm and the same terms. Cancel anytime.
It is a subscription to a share of a solar farm.
Community solar is a local solar farm in the Delmarva service area, built on a field or a large rooftop, that generates electricity for a whole neighborhood. Instead of putting panels on your own roof, you subscribe to a share of that farm's output.
The farm sends its power to the grid. Delmarva Power puts a credit on your bill every month. You pay less. That is it.
- Renters qualify. If the electric bill is in your name, the decision is yours. No landlord, no roof access, no inspection.
- Nothing is installed. Nobody visits your home and nothing is fitted to it.
- Delmarva Power stays your utility. Same company, same bill, same due date. They still fix the line when a storm takes it out.
- No cost to join, no credit check, and you can cancel anytime with notice.
Do you qualify for the 63%?
Maryland sets the limit at 80% of the state median income, by household size. Count everyone who lives with you.
| People in the home | Household income under |
|---|---|
| 1 | $68,500 |
| 2 | $78,250 |
| 3 | $88,050 |
| 4 | $97,800 |
| 5 | $105,650 |
| 6 | $113,450 |
| 7 | $121,300 |
| 8 | $129,100 |
Or skip the income question entirely. If anyone in your household is on Medicaid, SNAP, LIHEAP or OHEP, SSI, TANF, WIC, Section 8, or free and reduced price school meals, you qualify on that alone, whatever the income figure says.
Maryland lets a household confirm its own income for community solar, so you state it on the agreement and that is the whole process. It is a legal statement, so answer it honestly. But there is nothing to go and find first, and nothing that holds your enrollment up while you look.
“We build Authentic, Creative, Communities by integrating arts and culture.”
Alpha Genesis CDC · Cambridge, Maryland
Alpha Genesis Community Development Corporation is a Cambridge nonprofit whose stated mission is to strengthen strategic partnerships through arts and culture to build a vibrant, thriving community.
Lowering a household's electric bill is not an arts program. It is the same idea by another route: money that stays in Cambridge.
Built in Cambridge, by Alpha Genesis
- North Star Village
- A campus in Dorchester County built around arts, culture and local enterprise.
- 428 to 432 Race Street
- A rehabilitated downtown block, now a micro-business incubator housing five minority-owned businesses.
- Day of Resilience
- An annual community gathering held in Cambridge.
- Harriet's Journey Home
- A campaign that raised more than $400,000 toward a twelve-foot bronze statue of Harriet Tubman.
Cambridge sits in Delmarva Power territory, the only place in Maryland where the income-qualified discount reaches 63%.
Three steps, about ten minutes.
Nobody visits your home. Nothing gets installed. Delmarva Power stays your utility and keeps handling your power and your outages.
Answer a few questions
Your utility, your household size, and whether you are under the income limit. About two minutes, and it tells us which farm fits.
Upload your bill
A photo of the complete Delmarva Power bill, both pages. Your account number and usage come straight off it, so there is nothing to type. No bill handy? Sign now and send it later.
Start saving
Solar credits appear on your Delmarva Power bill. Same bill, same due date, lower total.
The questions people actually ask.
How can it be 63% with no proof?
Is this a scam?
I rent. Does that matter?
What exactly is the 63% off?
What does it cost to join?
What does Alpha Genesis get out of it?
See what your household qualifies for.
A few questions, about three minutes. No documents to send, no credit check, and nothing gets installed.
Community solar subscriptions are administered by Our Power Co. (T/A My Utility Advisor), Maryland Public Service Commission Subscription Coordinator No. 23D3065350006676. Delmarva Power is the electric utility that delivers your power and is not affiliated with this offer. Savings are a percentage of the value of the solar credits you receive and vary by household, utility and farm. Availability depends on how much room a farm has left.
Community solar in Maryland is a state program overseen by the Public Service Commission, which explains how it works at psc.maryland.gov. Photograph of the Choptank River at Cambridge by Acroterion, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Organizational description of Alpha Genesis CDC drawn from its own published materials.