A Maryland homeowner installing a Level 2 charger today can still collect from two places: a one-time state rebate worth up to $700, and a monthly bill credit from BGE or Pepco worth up to $120 a year. The federal credit is gone, and the BGE and Pepco flat charger rebates are closed too, so for most Maryland homeowners those are the two layers. Some of what ranks in search results still describes a stack that no longer exists.
Layer one: the state rebate
The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) reopened its Residential EVSE Rebate for fiscal year 2027 with an announcement dated July 8, 2026. The terms:
- Amount: 50% of eligible costs, up to $700.
- Equipment: Level 2 chargers only.
- Who: Maryland residential households. The FY27 round is residential only; MEA dropped commercial equipment from it.
- Timing: you apply after the charger is installed, operating, and paid in full, through the My MEA portal. Applications are accepted until 3 p.m. on May 31, 2027.
- The catch: the portal can close early if requests exceed the budget, which MEA's materials put at roughly $1.5 million.
That catch is not theoretical. The FY26 round ran out of money and the portal closed to new applications on April 15, 2026, well before its fiscal year ended. A $700 cap against about $1.5 million works out to roughly 2,100 full-size rebates, which is our arithmetic and not an MEA figure, but it shows why the May 2027 deadline is a ceiling and not a promise. Because the rebate pays after the work is done, you cannot reserve funds before you buy. If you are going to install this year, do it soon, keep every receipt, and apply the day the charger is energized.
To collect the full $700 you need at least $1,400 in eligible costs. Which line items count (charger only, or installation labor too) is set in MEA's program terms, so read those before you assume your electrician's invoice qualifies in full.
Layer two: BGE and Pepco smart-charging credits
Both utilities now pay for flexibility instead of hardware. Under Smart Charge Management, run through the vendor WeaveGrid, a utility schedules your charging into off-peak, grid-friendly hours and credits your bill:
- $10 a month per enrolled Level 2 charger or vehicle, $5 a month for a vehicle charging on a standard outlet (Level 1).
- Up to $120 a year per device (Pepco's amount is confirmed only from a WeaveGrid excerpt, so check Pepco before counting on it). BGE says households with more than one enrolled device can earn more.
- A behavior test: BGE credits a month only if the device does at least half its charging in the scheduled windows and you override the schedule no more than four times. Pepco's current terms may differ, so read them before enrolling.
You need no extra hardware, since the program works through your car's or charger's app. BGE also offers an EV-only time-of-use rate (Rider 6) that bills only the enrolled car or charger at time-of-use supply prices while the rest of the house stays on Schedule R. BGE says pairing it with Smart Charge Management can earn up to $240 a year. The rate's summer peak runs weekdays 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., so in summer a car plugged in at 6 p.m. and scheduled to start after 8 p.m. is the pattern it rewards. The peak is seasonal: from October through May it runs 7 to 11 a.m. and 5 to 9 p.m. on weekdays, so a late start has to wait until 9 p.m. Pepco and Delmarva Power offer whole-home EV time-of-use rates instead, which price the entire house and not just the car; Pepco's R-PIV plan peaks noon to 8 p.m. on weekdays (our last tariff check was June 2026). Our Pepco utility page and BGE page list the plan details.
What no longer exists
Three things still turn up in older articles and aggregator listings:
- BGE and Pepco $300 charger rebates. Both are closed to new applicants. BGE's earlier $50-a-year Home Charging Incentive is closed too. BGE's utility page currently lists no residential charger rebate at all.
- The federal 30C credit. It ended for property placed in service after June 30, 2026. See what happened to the 30C credit.
- MEA's commercial rebate. Not offered in FY27. Non-residential sites go through the competitive Community EVSE grant and the utilities' fleet programs.
If a site tells you "stack $700 from BGE with $700 from the state," it is mixing the state program with a utility rebate that closed. The state's $700 is the only up-front money left.
A realistic first year
Say you install a $1,800 Level 2 charger in the BGE or Pepco territory, with eligible costs of at least $1,400, and enroll the charger in Smart Charge Management the week it goes live.
| Layer | First year | Every year after |
|---|
| MEA rebate | up to $700 (once, paid after approval) | none |
| Smart charge credit | up to $120 | up to $120 |
| Total | up to $820 | up to $120 |
With BGE's EV-only rate added, BGE puts the annual credit ceiling at $240. Those are caps, not guarantees: you earn the credit only in months you meet the charging-behavior rules, and the time-of-use rate saves money only if you actually shift load. The rebate also does not touch the rest of the job. A panel upgrade or a long wire run is yours to pay for; see do you need a panel upgrade before you budget.
How to do it in order
- Confirm your utility. BGE serves central Maryland and part of Prince George's County, Pepco serves Montgomery County and the rest of Prince George's, Delmarva Power covers the Eastern Shore, and Potomac Edison covers western Maryland. The credit terms above are for BGE and Pepco; Delmarva Power's Maryland program was last listed with the same $10 and $5 structure, but our older Delmarva utility page still shows a $300 rebate, so confirm with Delmarva which applies. Potomac Edison customers should check its own EV page, which this article does not cover.
- Buy and install, keeping everything. Itemized invoice, proof of payment, serial number, and the permit and inspection record.
- Apply to MEA as soon as the charger is operating. Do not wait for the May 2027 deadline.
- Enroll in Smart Charge Management through your utility's EV page or WeaveGrid, then set your schedule so you do not trip the override limit.
- If you live in an HOA or condo, Maryland law limits their ability to block a charger in your assigned space; start with our right-to-charge guide.
Our Maryland state guide tracks every program with its verification date, and the incentive stack estimator lets you check what applies to your address. For a method that works in any state, see How to Find State and Utility Incentives. New Jersey's version of the same idea, a state rebate that resets each July, is in our New Jersey FY27 piece.
Last factually verified: October 14, 2026. Sources: the Maryland Energy Administration's FY27 Residential EVSE Rebate page and announcement (July 8, 2026), BGE's Smart Charge Management and EV time-of-use rate pages, Pepco's Maryland EV program and WeaveGrid's Pepco page, and our own Maryland state guide, which was rebuilt from live BGE, Pepco, and Delmarva pages on October 3, 2026. Unreachable at publish time: energy.maryland.gov, bge.com, pepco.com, and weavegrid.com could not be loaded directly from our research environment. The MEA terms (50% up to $700, Level 2 only, May 31, 2027 deadline, early closure language) were confirmed from search-indexed excerpts of MEA's page and the FY27 funding announcement, and from a trade report of the roughly $1.5 million budget. BGE's $10 and $5 credits were confirmed from WeaveGrid's BGE page excerpt; the claim that BGE lists no residential charger rebate, the $240 combined figure, and the Pepco credit amount rest on those excerpts plus our October 3 state-guide check of the utilities' own pages, and Pepco's behavior threshold was reported as a different percentage in one excerpt, so we do not state it. Pepco's R-PIV peak window comes from our utility file's June 5, 2026 tariff check. Confirm current terms with MEA and your utility before you buy.
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