Prince George’s County wins $1.4 million for home energy upgrades
Prince George’s County secured $1.399 million to cut home-energy bills, with the money aimed at nine ERC neighborhoods and income-qualifying households.
Prince George’s County won $1,399,722 to help income-qualifying residents pay for home energy retrofits and solar, a pot of money county officials said could mean lower utility bills in nine designated Energy Resiliency Communities from Bladensburg-East Riverdale to Woodlawn-West Lanham.
The award includes $750,000 for residential whole-home and building energy-efficiency retrofits and $649,722 for cost-effective solar technologies in single-family and certain multi-family homes. County officials said the funding was meant to lower energy costs, improve home performance and widen access to clean power for households that might otherwise be priced out of upgrades.
For residents trying to figure out whether they can get help, the county’s clean energy program already ties assistance to ERC neighborhoods and a home-energy assessment. The county says applicants must live in one of the nine ERCs, which also include Forestville, Hillcrest Heights-Marlow Heights, Kentland-Palmer Park, Oxon Hill-Glassmanor, Silver Hill, Suitland-Coral Hills and Langley Park, and it uses an address locator to confirm eligibility. Current county energy-efficiency grants also provide up to $6,250 for residential measures, with Pepco and Washington Gas incentives available on top.
The county has not yet laid out every implementation detail for the new award, but that is where the accountability test now begins. Officials will have to show whether the money reaches renters, low-income homeowners and older housing stock that usually carries the heaviest energy burden, not just the neighborhoods that are easiest to serve. Dr. Sam Moki, director of the Department of the Environment, said, “This investment allows us to expand programs that directly support residents by improving energy efficiency, lowering utility costs, and increasing access to solar technologies.” The measure of success will be whether those upgrades produce real, trackable savings in Prince George’s County homes.
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