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FY26 Program Update 9/18/25: 

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce the Fiscal Year 2026 Affordable Electrification Outreach Program (Program). 

Program Purpose:  Low- to moderate-income (LMI) households across Maryland continue to experience disproportionately high energy burdens and rising utility costs. Affordable residential electrification, meaning the pairing of electrification measures holistically with energy efficiency upgrades (including responsible pre-electrification measures), and renewable energy solutions, offers a pathway to long-term energy and utility bill savings, healthier and safer homes, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. However, residential electrification remains a relatively new concept to many Marylanders and interested households often lack access to guidance on how to pursue electrification in a cost-effective and beneficial manner.

The Program supports nonprofit and community-based organizations in conducting outreach across the state to educate owners and tenants of single-family and multi-family dwellings on the benefits of building electrification, with an emphasis on how to pair electrification measures with energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades to maximize savings. As trusted community messengers, these organizations are uniquely well-positioned to communicate the benefits of electrification to the communities they serve. These outreach activities support key state climate policies, including the decarbonization mandates of the Climate Solutions Now Act (SB528 2022), with an emphasis on energy affordability for LMI households and overburdened communities.