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Note (January 2025): Pursuant to the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Amendment Act of 2024 (D.C. Law 25-217), effective January 1, 2025, the Commission is decertifying any SREC-Certified solar ene...

Eligibility: In the District of Columbia (DC), net metering is currently available to residential and commercial customer-generators with systems powered by renewable-energy sources, combined heat and...

This program uses District and Home Energy Rebates funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to retrofit affordable housing in the District.The Affordable Housing Retrofit Accelerator (AHRA) is a partn...

This program operates with both local District and federal Department of Energy Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates (HEAR) funding.The Affordable Home Electrification Program can help household...

The District of Columbia's Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU) administers the Commercial and Multifamily Rebate Program. Rebates are available to businesses and institutions for the installation of en...

The DC Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU) offers a range of rebates to help businesses, multifamily residences, and commercial buildings in the District save energy and reduce costs. By upgrading to e...

NOTE: Much of the information presented in this summary is drawn from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Building Energy Codes Program and the Building Codes Assistance Project (BCAP). For more det...

The District of Columbia Council created a personal property tax exemption for solar energy systems and cogeneration systems within the District by enacting B19-0749 in December of 2012. Systems using...

The District of Columbia has committed to procure 100% of the district government’s total electricity consumption from renewable energy sources. This is part of the district-wide Sustainable DC goals ...

The District of Columbia Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU) offers a variety of rebates to District residents to install energy- efficient equipment in their homes. Incentives are available for a wide...

The District of Columbia offers tax credits for electric vehicles and electric vehicle supply equipment. These tax credits exist for individuals and for corporations. These tax credits apply to altern...

The District of Columbia offers tax credits for electric vehicles and electric vehicle supply equipment. These tax credits exist for individuals and for corporations. These tax credits apply to altern...

NOTE: The federal government has imposed and updated appliance efficiency standards through several legislative acts,* and now has standards in place or under development for 30 classes of products. I...

DC law prohibits homeowners association, condominium owners association, or cooperative housing association from unreasonably prohibiting a member from installing a solar system on their roof. They ma...

Effective Sept. 21, 2022, DC has adopted the Clean Energy DC Building Code Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-177) which calls for the District to adopt an NZE building code that applies to the new co...

DC's interconnection rules apply to all distributed generation systems of 20 megawatts (MW) or smaller that are operated in parallel with the electric distribution system and are not subject to the in...

Note: In 2010, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which has authority over mortgage underwriters Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, directed these enterprises against purchasing mortgages of homes wi...

In January 2005, the District of Columbia (D.C.) Council enacted a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) with a solar carve-out that applies to all retail electricity sales in the District. In October 20...

Under regulations adopted by the D.C. Public Service Commission, all electricity suppliers and electricity companies operating in the District of Columbia must report to the Commission every six month...