Residential and Commercial Energy Storage Program

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**Attention**

The Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) program is now open in the My MEA Application Portal, with the specifics of the Residential and Commercial Energy Storage  (RCES) Program viewable here.  

​Ty​​pe of Program: 
​Rebate Program (to be eligible, an upfront program reservation is required prior to installation)
​Target Audience:
​Residential households, commercial and nonprofit organizations 
​Application Deadline:
​3:00 PM Eastern Time May 31, 2027
The application portal may close earlier if budgeted funds are fully requested. 
Application Submission through the My MEA online portal:
​MEA.maryland.gov

FY27 Anticipated Program Budget: MEA anticipates up to $4 million will be available from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund (“SEIF”) for rebates awarded under this Program. The total amount may be more or less, at MEA’s discretion.


MEA will update this table regularly, and post the date of the last update below the table.

​TOTAL FY26 RCES GRANT PROGRAM BUDGET
​​TOTAL FUNDING 
REQUESTED
​TOTAL BUDGET
RESERVED

​$4,000,000
9.14%​​

0.25%​​​​

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Last Update to Total Budget Reserved: October 5, 2026

FY27 Program Documents: The ​​​​FY27 documents are available below and on the MyMEA portal here.

Contact Information: please direct questions to [email protected]​. 

Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Existing Applications

FY26 applications are no longer being accepted.  The funding opportunity announcement and third-party authorization form for the FY26 RCES program is attached below for reference only. Existing RCES applicants may login to the MyMEA portal​ to check the status of their application and to make additional continuing document submissions, if requested by MEA.​​

FY26 Program Documents: 

Individuals are entitled to request an accessible version of any electronic document presented on this website. See more information here: https://energy.maryland.gov/Pages/Accessibility-Request.aspx  ​

Contact Information: Please contact MEA’s Energy Storage Team at [email protected]

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