Do I need to install solar panels?

No — never. Community solar is 100% panel-free. The solar farm exists somewhere else in your state. You subscribe to a portion of its electricity production and receive credits on your existing utility bill. Nothing changes at your home.

How much can I realistically save?

Every Delmarva Power household in Maryland saves 10% on their solar credits, and income-qualified households save 63%, with no documents to submit. We show you the exact discount before you sign anything.

Most programs allow cancellation with 60–90 days notice, no penalties. If you move within the same utility territory you can usually keep your subscription. We only recommend programs with fair, clear cancellation terms.

Is community solar available where I live?

We serve Maryland, Delaware, Washington, D.C., New Jersey, New York and Maine, though not every utility in each. In Maryland and Delaware you sign up right here, with Potomac Edison, Pepco and Delmarva Power, and BGE customers go through Think Energy. In D.C. (Pepco), New Jersey (PSE&G), New York (National Grid, NYSEG and Central Hudson) and Maine (Central Maine Power and Versant) we match you with Think Energy, whose program sets its own discount. Anywhere else, and for utilities we cannot serve yet, the finder puts you on a waiting list and we reach out when a farm opens.

Is there any upfront cost?

Zero. No installation fee, no sign-up fee, no credit card required to get your recommendation. Credits appear on your bill — you never pay more than you're paying today.

How is JoinCommunity.Solar different from other solar sites?

Most sites show you a long list of options and make money selling your contact info to multiple providers. We do the opposite: we surface ONE best-matched farm based on your eligibility, and we're paid only when you successfully enroll — so our incentives are aligned with yours.

Delmarva Power customers: 63% off if you qualify, 10% off for everyone else

If Delmarva Power sends your bill

63% off for the homes that need it most. 10% off for everyone else.

Community solar puts a credit on the Delmarva Power bill you already get. Households under the income limit save 63%, and there are no documents to send to get it. Every other household saves 10%.

See the income limits

Renters and homeowners both qualify. No credit check. Nothing installed where you live.

How much you save on your solar credits

Every household no income test 10%

Income-qualified no paperwork 63%

Drawn to scale. Both bars are the same solar credit, so the difference you can see is the difference you keep. 63% is the deepest discount we can offer anywhere in Maryland, and right now it exists only on Delmarva Power.

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Your neighbor's solar farm is already saving them money.

Community solar is a shared solar farm, built on a field or a large rooftop somewhere in your area, 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.

Works for renters and homeowners alike
No equipment, no installation, no inspection
Same utility, same electricity, just a lower bill

A community solar farm seen from the air — One farm like this covers hundreds of households. Not one of them has a panel on the roof.

Where this works

If you pay a Delmarva Power bill, we can help you save.

Households across Maryland's Eastern Shore are already on it. Check the name at the top of your electric bill. If it says Delmarva Power, you are in the right place.

The Wicomico River at Salisbury, Maryland — **Salisbury**Wicomico

The Choptank River and the Malkus Bridge at Cambridge, Maryland — **Cambridge**Mid-Shore

The boardwalk at Ocean City, Maryland on a summer evening — **Ocean City**Worcester

The part people do not believe

Nothing to prove. Nothing to upload.

Maryland lets a household confirm its own income for community solar. You state on the agreement that you are under the limit, and that is the whole of it. No pay stubs, no tax return, no benefits letter, no photographs of documents.

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.

No documents. You confirm it on the agreement itself.
No credit check. Your credit is never pulled or scored.
No landlord. If the bill is in your name, the decision is yours.
No cost to join, and you can cancel anytime with notice.

documents required

The only thing we need from you is a recent Delmarva Power bill, so the subscription is sized to what you actually use. A photo on your phone is enough.

Where the line sits

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 test 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.

Over the limit and not on a program? You still take the 10%, on the same terms, with the same absence of paperwork.

What happens

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.

Step 1

Upload your bill

A phone photo of a recent Delmarva Power bill. Your account number and usage come straight off it.

Step 2

Fill out the form

Your name, your address, and how many live with you. Sign at the end, in your browser.

Step 3

Start saving

Solar credits appear on your Delmarva Power bill. Same bill, same due date, lower total.

Straight answers

The questions people actually ask.

How can it be 63% with no proof?

Because Maryland decided that asking low and moderate income households to produce paperwork was keeping them out of a program built for them. The state allows self-attestation instead: you confirm on the agreement that you are under the limit. It is a legal statement and it can be checked later, so answer it honestly. But the deeper discount is not held back while anyone reviews a file.

What exactly is the 63% off?

The solar credits that land on your bill. A solar farm elsewhere in Maryland produces power, your share of it is credited to your account, and you pay for those credits at a discount. The difference between the credit and what you pay for it is what you keep. The discount rate is fixed by your agreement, so the percentage does not move.

Do I have to own my home?

No. Nothing attaches to the building, so renters join on exactly the same terms as homeowners. The only requirement is that the Delmarva Power account is in your name. Your landlord is not involved and does not need to agree to anything.

Does my power get less reliable?

No. Delmarva Power still delivers your electricity, still reads your meter, and still restores your power after a storm. You are not switching to a third party supplier. The only thing that changes is a line on the bill.

What does it cost to join?

Nothing. No signup fee, no deposit, nothing to buy, and no credit check. After you join, your bill is lower than it would have been.

Is the credit the same every month?

No, and anyone who tells you otherwise is overselling it. A solar farm produces more in July than in January, so the credit rises and falls with it. The discount percentage is fixed; the size of the credit it applies to is not. Across a year it comes out ahead, and we would rather say that now than have you wonder in February.

What if I move?

Move within Delmarva Power territory and the subscription follows you to the new address. Move outside it, or simply decide to stop, and you give notice and it ends. There is no exit fee and no long lock-in.

Is this a government program?

Community solar is a Maryland program, regulated by the Public Service Commission, but we are not the government and we will never say we are. Our Power Co. is licensed by the Commission to enroll households, and our licence number is at the bottom of this page.

Find out which number is yours.

Check your address, see whether a farm serving your area has room, and decide from there. It takes about two minutes and costs nothing.

Savings are a fixed percentage discount on the value of the solar credits applied to your Delmarva Power bill, set by your subscription agreement. The size of those credits varies month to month with what the solar farm produces, so the dollar amount varies with it. Availability depends on your utility territory and on how much room a nearby farm has left.

Income-qualified enrollment in Maryland is by self-attestation on the subscription agreement. No supporting documents are required to enroll. The statement you sign may be verified.

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.

Photographs, via Wikimedia Commons: sunset at Janes Island by Andrew Parlette (CC BY 2.0); the Wicomico River at Salisbury and the Choptank River at Cambridge by Acroterion (CC BY-SA 4.0); the Ocean City boardwalk by David (CC BY 2.0).