Improved Comfort
Make your home a place where comfort meets efficiency. With these programs, you can control comfort and improve indoor air quality—all while saving energy.
You use energy all around your home. Through EmPOWER Maryland, SMECO offers energy efficiency programs to make it easier for you to save energy every day.
Choose a path below to explore ways you can start saving at home today.
You use energy all around your home. Through EmPOWER Maryland, SMECO offers energy efficiency programs to make it easier for you to save energy every day.
Choose a path below to explore ways you can start saving at home today.
Qualifying members can get no-cost home repairs and improvements from the Department of Housing
and Community Development.
Cover the upfront costs of energy-saving upgrades. Get a loan of up to $30,000 at 4.99% interest for a 10-year term.
Learn MoreMake your home improvements more affordable with a low-interest loan. Borrow at 0% interest for the first 24 months.
Learn MoreSMECO residential programs offer many opportunities for home energy efficiency upgrades. If you choose to make any of these upgrades, ask a tax professional whether your energy-saving home improvements might qualify for any federal or state tax credits. Tax credits may be available for energy-saving projects such as HVAC system replacement, heat pump water heater installation, sealing air leaks, and more. For more information, please visit the following:
The EmPOWER Maryland charge funds programs that can help you reduce your energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and save you money. Since it began in 2008, EmPOWER Maryland programs have saved $14.5 billion on installed measures at a cost of $4.1 billion. In addition to new program costs, this charge includes paying off the uncollected costs that were accrued over time by programs required by the EmPOWER statute and authorized by the Commission. In accordance with House Bill 864 the uncollected amounts will be fully paid by the end of 2032.
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EmPOWER Maryland programs are funded by a charge on your energy bill. EmPOWER programs can help you reduce your energy consumption and save you money. Learn more about EmPOWER and how you can participate.