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.
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The table below shows different examples of representative SBC's.
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Building Type

Generator Category

Unit Charge ($/100 ft2/yr)

Enclosed Area (ft2)

Annual Charge ($/yr)

Warehouse (distribution)

Low

$4.74

44,000

$1,988.80

Motel

Low

$4.74

32,000

$1,446.40

Garage (service)

Medium

$11.86

6,000

$678.60

Day Care Center

Medium

$11.86

5,500

$622.05

Restaurant

High

$16.61

5,200

$823.16

Convenience Store

High

$16.61

2,000

$316.60

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.Use the following formula or calculate below:

SBC = SBC Rate x Enclosed Area

100 ft2
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Calculate your estimated System Benefit Charge
 

Square Feet:

Building Type:

     

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Building Types Reflected in Drop Down List Above

  Low ($4.74) Medium ($11.86) High ($16.61)
  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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