[Lincolnparkdc] Solar Panels and Pepco charges

[Mark Jordan]

Hi, Paul.  I installed solar about 10 years ago (100 block of Kentucky).

While I can't be certain this what you read about, there have been reported
instances of Pepco charging customers installing solar a fee to upgrade a
local transformer.  (I have read technical debates arguing that adding
solar arrays to the distribution system will have a net effect of
*decreasing* the load on transformers, so upgrading transformers shouldn't
be necessary, but I'm not qualified to assess that.)

Anecdotally, I have spoken with many people who have installed solar in DC,
including numerous on the 100 block of Kentucky, and none have been charged
for a transformer upgrade.

Thanks.

Mark



On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 2:45 PM Paul Krupa <paul.krupa at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was curious if neighbors who recently installed solar panels have had
> Pepco hit them with fees to upgrade their service. I have a few proposals
> for installing panels on our house but read somewhere that in some
> neighborhoods, Pepco was charging high fees to move forward. Having
> recently been on our roof following a new roof installation I
> noticed several neighbors have panels installed. Thanks.
> 159 Kentucky
>
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> Paul
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