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Chevy Chase, DC homes earn DC SRECs, which traded around $360 to $400 per MWh in 2026, while houses a few blocks north in Chevy Chase, Maryland earn Maryland certificates worth near $40. Owner-occupancy here is among the highest in the city, and the mature tree canopy makes a shade check the first step.
Same name, different certificate market
Chevy Chase straddles the District line, and the line matters. A system on the DC side earns DC SRECs, which traded around $360 to $400 per MWh in 2026, while standard Maryland SRECs traded near $40.
So a Chevy Chase, DC array is usually sized to fill the usable roof, because every extra certificate counts, while the same house across Western Avenue would be sized to its electric bill.
Sources: energysage.com, energysage.com
Homeowners, mature trees and the shade check
Hawthorne, the small neighborhood between Chevy Chase and Rock Creek Park, has the highest share of owner-occupied homes of any DC assessment neighborhood. Owners planning to stay are exactly who solar pays back for.
The trade-off is shade. The upper Northwest wards carry the heaviest tree canopy in the city, so we measure roof shade through the seasons before we design, and tell you plainly if a ground array, a different roof face or no system makes more sense.
Sources: dcpolicycenter.org, caseytrees.org
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Chevy Chase, DC solar questions
DC SRECs, as long as the house is on the District side of the line.
Maryland certificates traded near $40 in 2026, far below DC values.
They can be. A shade assessment shows which roof faces still work.
Owners who want backup during outages often add one. It is a backup decision, not a savings one.
Yes, repowering replaces old panels with modern ones on the same roof area.