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Frederick, Maryland · Potomac Edison
The clustered spires of Frederick stand, green-walled by the hills of Maryland.
John Greenleaf Whittier, 1863

Same spires.
Same Potomac Edison.
Just a lower bill.

Frederick sits in Potomac Edison territory, where community solar is open to both standard and income‑qualified households. Subscribe to a local solar farm and the credits lower your bill, the same one Potomac Edison already sends you. No equipment, no upfront cost to enroll, and renters are welcome.

See how it works
The church steeples of downtown Frederick rising in front of the wooded Catoctin ridge in autumn
⛪️ Downtown Frederick · the Clustered Spires
Up to 25%
Bill savings
$0
Upfront cost
78,171
Frederick residents
3 min
To enroll online
What community solar actually is

Nothing gets installed.
Nothing changes at home.

A community solar farm is built somewhere else in Potomac Edison's service area. You subscribe to a share of what it produces, and the credits from that share are applied to your electric bill each month. You pay for those credits at a discount, which is where the saving comes from.

Potomac Edison stays your utility. Same account, same meter, same bill in the same envelope. Nothing is attached to your roof, and you do not need to own the roof in the first place.

  • Renters qualify. If the electric bill has your name on it, you can enroll.
  • No credit check, no deposit. Enrolling costs nothing.
  • You can cancel. The agreement sets out the notice period in plain language before you sign.
  • Income‑qualified households save more. Frederick has a deeper‑discount tier, and there is a short form instead of a pile of paperwork.
Brick storefronts and the stepped water feature along Carroll Creek Park in downtown Frederick
Three steps, one sitting

How a Frederick household gets enrolled

Frederick is one of the areas where we hold the agreement ourselves, so you are not handed off to another website part way through.

Tell us your utility and usage

Name, address, and who bills you for power. If you upload a photo of a recent Potomac Edison bill we read the account details off it, so there is nothing to type twice.

See the farm you qualify for

We check Frederick against the farms with capacity right now and show you the one that fits, along with what it means for your bill. One recommendation, not a list to sift through.

Sign on the same page

The agreement opens right here and you sign it on your phone. You get a copy by email, and the credits start appearing on your Potomac Edison bill once the farm confirms your spot.

If Frederick's farms happen to be full when you apply, we say so and put you on the list rather than enrolling you in something that does not fit.

Why it matters here

Frederick already made the commitment

The City of Frederick has set a target to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 against a 2010 baseline, and to reach zero by 2050. It adopted a Climate Action Plan for its own government operations in 2021, and it runs the everyday programs that go with it: curbside composting, Tree Frederick, Bee City and Bird City designations.

A city can only do so much on its own buildings and fleet. The rest of the curve is households. Community solar is the one clean energy step that does not ask you to own a roof, spend money upfront, or wait for an installer.

Source: the City of Frederick's published sustainability programs and Climate and Energy Action Plan.

50%Emissions cut targeted by 2030, against a 2010 baseline
100%Emissions cut targeted by 2050
2ndLargest incorporated city in Maryland, behind Baltimore
The town it pays for

Money that stays in Frederick County

Every dollar taken off a Frederick power bill is a dollar that stays in Frederick. The farms are built in the same service area, on Maryland land, feeding the same grid your house is on.

The stone arch of Community Bridge reflected in Carroll Creek, Frederick
Community BridgeThe trompe l'oeil stonework over Carroll Creek, painted by William Cochran from thousands of ideas sent in by residents.
Illuminated sailboats moored along Carroll Creek in Frederick at dusk
Carroll Creek at duskA flood control channel that the city turned into a linear park, and one of the reasons downtown Frederick is what it is today.
The spires of Frederick reflected in the water at Baker Park
Baker ParkWhere the spires turn up in the water, and where the Joseph Dill Baker carillon plays every Sunday at half past noon.
Open to Potomac Edison customers

Find out what Frederick's
solar farm would do for your bill

Three minutes, one recommendation, and you can sign the agreement on this page. If nothing fits your household we will tell you that instead of selling your details on.

No equipment No upfront cost Renters welcome Cancel with notice

Frederick is a city in Frederick County, Maryland. This page is published by JoinCommunity.Solar for Frederick residents. It is not a City of Frederick program and carries no endorsement by the city. Community solar availability varies by utility territory and by how much room a farm has left. Savings are estimates and vary by household, utility and farm.

Enrollment is handled by Our Power Co., a community solar subscriber organization licensed by the Maryland Public Service Commission, license number 23D3065350006676.

Photographs of Frederick by Acroterion, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and by Billy Hathorn, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Baker Park photograph courtesy of the U.S. National Archives.