Delmarva Power - Green Energy Program Incentives
Administered by Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Through Delaware's Green Energy Program, you can receive rebates to offset the cost of installing solar photovoltaic systems, solar water heating, wind turbines, or geothermal heat pumps on your home. To apply, you must first complete an energy audit and select an approved contractor from the program's participating contractor list, then submit your application through the Green Grant Delaware online system and sign over your Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SRECs) to the Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility. Keep in mind that the program is only available to Delmarva Power customers, and all systems must include a full five-year warranty.
You can serve Delmarva Power customers seeking renewable energy incentives by becoming an approved Green Energy Program contractor, which requires submitting a Participating Contractor Application to DNREC's Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy. Residential customers have access to 40% of available rebate funding while non-residential customers share 60%, and all installations must meet program specifications—including energy audits for existing buildings and Energy Star certification for new construction projects—to qualify for rebates that can offset up to 65% of the total annual Green Energy Fund revenue.
The Green Energy Program is administered by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy and funded through a public benefits charge of $0.000356 per kilowatt-hour collected from Delmarva Power customers monthly. The program allocates 40% of rebate funding to residential customers and 60% to non-residential customers (including energy efficiency education), with total grants capped at 65% of annual fund revenue, and targets homeowners, businesses, nonprofits, schools, agricultural operations, and low-income residential customers for solar, wind, geothermal, and fuel cell installations by approved contractors.
Program details
- Program ID
- 630
- Effective
- 1/26/2015
- Last updated
- 9/10/2026
Eligibility
- Sectors
- commercial industrial local government nonprofit residential schools agricultural low income residential institutional
- Technologies
- solar water heat solar space heat solar photovoltaics wind (all) geothermal heat pumps wind (small) fuel cells using renewable fuels
Incentive amount
~$1.87 million annually on average (65% of available Green Energy Fund collections)
Program summary
The Green Energy Program consists of three separate programs: one for Delmarva Power & Light (DPL), the state's only investor-owned utility; one for the state's municipal utilities; and one for the Delaware Electric Cooperative (DEC). This summary provides incentives available customers of Delmarva Power and Light (DPL). The grants are administered by the DE Energy Office.
The investor-owned utility (DPL) program was established as part of The Electric Utility Restructuring Act of 1999, and is supported under Delaware's public benefits program, the Delmarva Power Green Energy Fund. Under the program, incentives are available for the installation of qualifying photovoltaic (PV), solar water heating, wind turbine, and geothermal heat pump systems. The Fund may also be used to support energy efficiency education programs. The program has recently been revised to allow projects financed using third-party power purchase agreements (PPAs). Grant eligibility and terms for PPA projects are determined by the eligibility of the project owner. Grant reservation request forms and interconnection requirements and forms may be downloaded from the Web site shown above.
Under the investor-owned program, 40% of rebate funding is available for residential customers and 60% of funding is available for non-residential customers, including energy efficiency education programs.* The total of all grants may not exceed 65% of the total annual revenue collected for the Delmarva Power Green Energy Fund. Incentive terms vary by technology, system size and sector and are listed in the summary fields above.
All systems must be installed by a participating contractor and carry a full five-year warranty. Beginning December 10, 2010 energy audits will be required for all existing buildings prior to grant approval. In addition, for projects undertaken as part of new construction, the building will have to be Energy Star certified in order to qualify for incentives. For further details on systems that qualify for rebates under this program, see the Green Energy Program Rules.
As of August 10, 2026, the Green Energy Program has offered three new rebate offerings: a Solar + Storage Pilot Program, Solar Canopies (cannot be combined with current rebate for non-residential solar), and Solar on Brownfields (cannot be combined with current rebate for non-residential solar). For further details, see the Green Energy Program webpage.
For application assistance, please email customerservice@greengrantdelaware.com or call 877-453-2327.
For all other questions, please email DNREC.energyprograms@delaware.gov or call 302-735-3480.
Contact & resources
- Contact email
- slynch@demecinc.net
- Additional resources
Please verify current program details with the administering agency before making any financial decisions.
