Department of Environmental Resources (DER)
Estimate Your System Benefit Charge
To estimate your SBC, you need to know your Building Type and its corresponding Enclosed Area. You can receive this information by contacting the customer service center at 301-952-7635.
You will have to provide the customer service representative with your 7-digit account number. Your account number can be found on your County Tax Bill.
The table below shows different examples of representative SBC's.
Building
Type |
Generator
Category |
Unit
Charge
($/100 ft2/yr)
|
Enclosed
Area
(ft2)
|
Annual
Charge ($/yr) |
Warehouse
(distribution) |
Low
|
$4.79
|
44,000 |
$2,107.60 |
Motel |
Low
|
$4.79
|
32,000 |
$1,532.80 |
Garage (service) |
Medium
|
$11.98
|
6,000 |
$718.80 |
Day Care Center |
Medium
|
$11.98
|
5,500 |
$658.90 |
Restaurant |
High
|
$16.77
|
5,200 |
$872.04 |
Convenience Store |
High
|
$16.77
|
2,000 |
$335.40 |
Use the following formula or calculate below:
SBC = SBC Rate x Enclosed Area
100 ft2
Building Types Reflected in Drop Down List Above |
| Low
($4.79) |
Medium
($11.98) |
High
($16.77) |
| Armory
|
Bank
(branch) |
Auto
Dealership |
| Auditorium |
Beauty/Barber
Shop |
|
| Bank
(main office) |
Club
House |
Automobile
Show Room |
| Bank
(mini office) |
Dairy
Sales |
Automotive
Center |
| Bowling
Alley |
Day
Care Center |
Convenience
Store |
| Branch
Post Office |
Dental
Clinic |
Food
Booth |
| Center
Unit |
Department
Store |
House |
| Church |
Discount
Store |
Mall
(covered) |
| City
Club |
Dispensary |
Mall
(enclosed) |
| Classroom |
Garage
(service) |
Mall
(open) |
| Cold
Storage |
Industrial
(heavy manufacturing) |
Market |
| Computer
Center |
Industrial
(manufacturing) |
Mixed
Retail/Residential |
| Condo
Garage |
Laundromat |
Other (High) |
| Condo
Townhouse |
Loft |
Restaurant |
| Condominium |
Medical
Office Building |
Restaurant
(fast food) |
| Convalescent
Hospital |
Mini-Lube |
Retail
Store |
| Country
Club |
Other (Medium) |
Service
Station |
| Discount
Warehouse |
Shell
(community shopping center) |
Special
Use |
| Dormitory |
Shell
(neighborhood shopping center) |
Tavern |
| End
Unit |
Shell
(regional shopping center) |
|
| Finish
(neighborhood shopping center) |
Shopping
Center (community) |
|
| Finish
(regional shopping center) |
Shopping
Center (neighborhood) |
|
| Fire
Station (staffed) |
Shopping
Center (regional) |
|
| Fire
Station (volunteer) |
Surgical
Center |
|
| Fraternal
Building |
Theater |
|
| Fraternity |
|
|
| Garage
(storage) |
|
|
| Government
Building |
|
|
| Group
Home Care |
|
|
| Gymnasium |
|
|
| Handball/Racquetball
Club |
|
|
| Hangar |
|
|
| Health
Club |
|
|
| High
School |
|
|
| Home
for Elderly |
|
|
| Hospital
(general) |
|
|
| Hotel |
|
|
| Indoor
Tennis Club |
|
|
| Industrial
(research/engineering) |
|
|
| Industrial
Flex |
|
|
| Interior
Industrial Office Space |
|
|
| Jail |
|
|
| Laboratory
Building |
|
|
| Library |
|
|
| Manual
Arts Building |
|
|
| Mega
Warehouse |
|
|
| Mini-Warehouse |
|
|
| Mobile
Home |
|
|
| Mortuary |
|
|
| Motel |
|
|
| Multiple
Residence |
|
|
| Multipurpose
School Building |
|
|
| Office
Building |
|
|
| Other (Low) |
|
|
| Passenger
Terminal |
|
|
| Post
Office Main |
|
|
| Rectory |
|
|
| Restroom
Building |
|
|
| School |
|
|
| Shell
(light industrial) |
|
|
| Shower
Building |
|
|
| Skating
Rink |
|
|
| Split
Foyer |
|
|
| Split
Level |
|
|
| Standard
Unit |
|
|
| Storage
Hangar |
|
|
| T-Hangar |
|
|
| Veterinary
Hospital |
|
|
| Warehouse
(distribution) |
|
|
| Warehouse
(storage) |
|
|
| Warehouse
(transit) |
|
|
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