Solar Panels in Georgetown, DE: 2026 Cost, Delmarva Power Net Metering & Savings

Georgetown and the bill

Georgetown is Delmarva for typical addresses. Beach towns farther east can be the same utility and a different wind exposure. Georgetown is inland Sussex, not the boardwalk. The resource is slightly higher than Wilmington's in our table. Storms and salt are more relevant than in Newark and less than on the immediate coast. Poultry-region lots can be open and unshaded. Delmarva's tariff still governs exports. The 2025 EIA residential average for Delaware was 17.15 cents per kWh. That statewide figure is what our calculator uses. It is not the Delmarva Power tariff. A rounded solar resource for this metro is about 4.6 peak sun hours a day.

Export credits and any SREC or REC

Delmarva Power is the investor-owned utility for Georgetown. Delaware's export credit is Delmarva's tariff, filed with the Public Service Commission, not a Maryland or Pennsylvania rider copied across the line. Delaware-sited solar credits can be sold, and the price moves, so it is not printed here. A proposal that adds a credit payment should show the contract. Municipal or campus accounts, where they exist, are outside that Delmarva description.

Roofs, climate, permits, and HOAs

Single-story houses and newer inland subdivisions. Some roofs are simple. Mobile homes are a poor structural candidate unless the owner and the utility both treat them as eligible, which many do not. A Georgetown permit comes from the local building department, not from Delmarva Power. An HOA can add its own review. This page does not quote a DE permit fee or an approval, because both depend on the address. Say whether the house is inland Georgetown or a beach address. The wind design changes. Name Delmarva. Ask before treating a seasonal house's summer production as self-consumed.

Estimated cost range

Estimated cost range for Georgetown, labeled as an estimate and not a local quote: Berkeley Lab's August 2026 update put 2025 host-owned residential systems at about $3.60 per watt before incentives, about $3.00 per watt in the cash subset, and about $4.50 per watt in the loan subset. The median size in that set was 7.7 kW. Georgetown is about 4.6 peak sun hours a day, against about 4.3 statewide. The federal residential credit under 26 U.S.C. § 25D ended for systems placed in service after December 31, 2025. The IRS treats that expenditure as made when the original installation is completed.

• Cash

  $3.00/W

  $23,100

  Subset classified as cash

• Middle published case

  $3.60/W

  $27,720

  All host-owned systems

• Loan

  $4.50/W

  $34,650

  Financed subset, before interest

Before incentives. A loan price here excludes interest. The federal residential credit under section 25D ended for systems placed in service after December 31, 2025. Berkeley Lab, U.S. Distributed Solar and Storage, August 2026 data update.