Montgomery County, Maryland · Instant discount
Electrify MC (Montgomery County)
Run by Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection
County incentives on top of EmPOWER rebates for replacing gas, oil or propane equipment: $1,000-$2,500 heat pumps, $500 heat pump water heaters, $500 electric ranges, $250 dryers, plus oil tank removal and gas capping, all through the county's contractor.
Amounts
How much you get
Applied at the point of sale by Elysian Energy. The amount depends on which of these fits your install.
| What you install | You get |
|---|---|
| Ducted or air-to-water heat pump | $1,000 |
| Mini-split heat pump | $2,000 |
| Cold-climate heat pump | $2,500 |
| Geothermal heat pump | $2,000 |
| Heat pump water heater | $500 |
| Two flue-sharing appliances electrified together (add-on) | $1,000 |
| Electric range/cooktop | $500 |
| Electric clothes dryer | $250 |
| Whole-house surge protector (add-on with an appliance above) | $200 |
| Hardwired single-appliance surge protector (add-on with an appliance above) | $100 |
| Gas line capping permit (add-on with an appliance above) | $165 |
| Oil tank removal | $500 |
Eligibility
Do I qualify?
You need to meet all 3 of these.
Must replace a fossil-fueled (gas, oil or propane) appliance.
Work must be coordinated and completed by Elysian Energy, the county's contractor. No retroactive incentives.
What to doSign up with Electrify MC (301-830-5767) before buying equipment.
Residence in Montgomery County with individually metered utilities.
Equipment
What equipment counts
The program sets these minimums for heat pumps.
- Heat pumps
CEE Tier 1 or ENERGY STAR; mini-splits must cover 50%+ of heating load; fossil heating can't be kept.
Applying
How to apply
Your contractor applies for you. Get approved before you buy anything.
- Contact the Electrify MC Help Desk.
- Schedule the $100 EmPOWER energy audit.
Home Performance with ENERGY STAR (Pepco) and Home Performance with ENERGY STAR (BGE) (under Use it with) start with this kind of home energy audit; ask the program which one to book.
- Pick upgrades; Elysian Energy does the work.
- County incentive applied at purchase; utility rebates follow in 6-8 weeks.
Stacking
Use it with
Stacks with utility EmPOWER rebates (e.g. $1,600 heat pump water heater, midstream heat pump incentives). Utility programs are for that utility’s customers, so use the one for your utility.
Pepco customers, Maryland
Home Performance with ENERGY STAR (Pepco)
Up to $15,000 back
$100 home energy assessment, then rebates up to $10,000 for insulation, air sealing and other upgrades, or up to $15,000 when you switch gas, oil or propane heating or water heating to electric.
Checked Oct 27, 2026
BGE customers, Maryland
Home Performance with ENERGY STAR (BGE)
Up to $15,000 back
$100 home energy audit, then rebates up to $10,000 (75% of cost) for air sealing, insulation and equipment, or up to $15,000 if you switch a gas, oil or propane system to an electric heat pump.
Checked Oct 27, 2026
Pepco customers, Maryland
Heat Pump Water Heater Rebate (Pepco)
$1,600 back
$1,600 rebate on an ENERGY STAR certified heat pump (hybrid) water heater. Instant in-store coupons end October 31, 2026; for the post-purchase rebate, buy by November 30 and apply by December 7, 2026.
Checked Oct 27, 2026
Your address
Next steps
Check that it covers your address. This program has to approve you before you buy anything, so start with the program, not a contractor quote.
Is it available at your address?
Before anything else
Sign up with Electrify MC (301-830-5767) before buying equipment.
Your quote request is in If a contractor we work with serves your ZIP, they can contact you. We take one request per person; contact us to change it.
Get an email if this program changes
We'll write if its amount, status or deadline changes. Nothing else.
FAQ
Questions
How much does Electrify MC (Montgomery County) pay?
$100 to $2,500, depending on what you install. The table under How much you get lists each amount.
Does it matter where I live?
Yes. It’s only for homes in Montgomery County, Maryland. See Do I qualify for the details.
Do I have to use a contractor?
Yes. Work must be coordinated and completed by Elysian Energy, the county's contractor.
Do I need approval before I buy?
Yes. Apply before you buy or install anything; purchases made first don’t qualify.
Can I combine it with other rebates?
Yes, with Home Performance with ENERGY STAR (Pepco), Home Performance with ENERGY STAR (BGE) and Heat Pump Water Heater Rebate (Pepco). See Use it with.
Is it still available?
Yes. It was open when we last checked, on October 27, 2026.
Plain words
Words used on this page
- CEE Tier
- Efficiency levels published by the Consortium for Energy Efficiency, a group of utilities. Higher tiers are more efficient.
- EmPOWER
- EmPOWER Maryland, the state’s energy-saving program, run through your electric and gas utility.
- Individually metered
- Your home has its own utility meter, not one shared with other homes in the building.
- Midstream incentive
- A discount paid to the distributor or store, so the price you’re quoted is already lower.
- Flue-sharing appliances
- Two appliances that vent through the same chimney pipe, such as a gas furnace and a gas water heater.
- Heating load
- How much heat your home needs to stay warm in winter.
- No retroactive incentives
- Anything you bought before signing up doesn’t qualify.
- Fossil-fuel heating
- Heating that burns gas, oil or propane.
References
Sources
This page is built from these official pages, run by the program itself.
When one of these pages changes, we re-check this page against it.
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