The Community Solar LMI-PPA Grant Program provides funding to Community Solar Subscriber Organizations to offset costs associated with Power Purchase Agreements (PPA), enabling clean energy to be offered to low-income households at lower cost.
Donor Name: Maryland Energy Administration (MEA)
State: Maryland
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/23/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
he purpose of the Community Solar LMI-PPA Grant Program to provide greater cost savings for the Community Solar Permanent Program for Marylanders experiencing lower incomes
Areas of Interest
The Program will provide grants under two (2) Areas of Interest (AOIs):
- AOI 1: Project Granted Capacity Under the Community Solar Permanent Program
- The project must guarantee at least fifteen percent (15%) of the energy output from the community solar system is subscribed to Low Income subscribers, with minimum cost savings to those subscribers of twenty-five percent (25%) from the utility’s CSEGS credit rate2 or equivalent.
- AOI 2: Project Granted Capacity Under the Community Solar Permanent Program (100% LMI and Brownfield-Sited)
- The project must provide at least fifty percent (50%) of the energy generated by the community solar system at no cost to designated Low Income subscribers and the remaining energy subscribed with a twenty-five percent (25%) cost savings from the CSEGS Credit Rate to Low Income subscribers. These subscribers may, but are not required to, include those receiving free energy from the same or another community solar array participating in this program.
- Further, any AOI 2 project must be sited on a Maryland landfill, rubble-fill, or brownfield site
Funding Information
- AOI-1 grants shall be capped at $1,000,000.
- Grants for AOI-2 projects shall be capped at $6,000,000 plus the project’s interconnection incentives.
Eligible Activities
Eligible activities are to install and operate solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays under the Maryland Community Solar Program and to subscribe at least the required amount of energy to Low-Income subscribers set forth in the relevant Area of Interest.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be registered to do business in Maryland and must be in good standing. Applicants must be Community Solar Program Subscriber Organizations registered with the Maryland Public Service Commission (“PSC”).
For more information, visit MEA.
