Alaska solar export compensation
What Alaska pays for exported rooftop solar power, with the source and the date each figure was checked.
Record verified 2026-09-16 · 15 of 17 fields sourced
What does your utility pay?
No single rate — formula based
Matanuska Electric Association (MEA) · Alaska
MEA says excess generation is credited at the non-firm rate identified in its tariff, currently the Small Facility Power Purchase Rate (SFPPR), which is adjusted quarterly and subject to change. The page does not publish the current dollar figure.
Source: mea.coop
Full Matanuska Electric Association (MEA) detail →Alaska has statewide net-metering standards in 3 AAC 50.900-949 for economically regulated electric utilities, but it does not publish one statewide dollar export rate. Under 3 AAC 50.930, monthly net exports are credited using the utility tariff's non-firm power rate, unless a different commission-approved contract rate applies. Credits reduce later monthly bills and do not expire or revert to the utility. Utility tariffs and programs therefore control the current dollar value and process: MEA identifies its non-firm rate as the quarterly-adjusted Small Facility Power Purchase Rate, while Chugach publishes a tariff-based buyback program. A proposed 2026 statutory change was not enacted as of the checked date; the legislature's SB 150 page lists the bill as in Senate Labor & Commerce.
Program details
| Compensation mechanism | Monthly net exports are credited at the utility tariff's non-firm power rate, unless a different non-firm power rate has been established in a commission-approved contract. |
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| Export rate | There is no single statewide dollar export rate: the applicable rate is the non-firm power rate in each utility's currently effective tariff, unless a different commission-approved contract rate applies. |
| Rate effective | The rate is applied for each monthly billing period under the utility's currently effective tariff. |
| Credit rollover | Yes. Dollar credits are used to reduce amounts owed in subsequent monthly billing periods. |
| Credit expiration | Credits do not expire or otherwise revert to the electric utility. |
| Annual true-up | No annual true-up date is specified in the statewide rule; the rule measures net energy during each monthly billing period and applies credits in subsequent monthly billing periods. |
| Residential system cap | Eligible consumer generation systems must have a total nameplate capacity of no more than 25 kilowatts per consumer premises. |
| Commercial system cap | Eligible consumer generation systems must have a total nameplate capacity of no more than 25 kilowatts per consumer premises. |
| Aggregate program cap | Not yet verified |
| Program status | The net metering requirements set out in 3 AAC 50.900 – 3 AAC 50.949 apply to an electric utility that is subject to economic regulation, with listed exceptions for certain independent systems and system-stability constraints. |
| Regulator | The Regulatory Commission of Alaska’s net metering regulations became effective in 2010. |
| Docket | R-09-1, Order No. 3, In the Matter of the Consideration of the Adoption of Regulations Implementing Net Metering. |
| Governing rule | 3 AAC 50.900-3 AAC 50.949, Alaska's Net Metering Standards. |
| Grandfathering | Not yet verified |
| Interconnection application | Utilities required to provide net metering must include an interconnection application form of no more than two pages in their tariff rules; after utility approval, 3 AAC 50.900-3 AAC 50.949 apply to the consumer and utility. |
| Interconnection timeline | No statewide completion deadline was identified. MEA says its application processing can take 2-4 weeks depending on workload, followed by a site inspection and approval. |
| Pending change | Bill SB 150; Short Title NET METERING PROGRAM & FUND. |
Rates by utility
State rules set the framework. Individual utilities often pay something different, and where they do the utility tariff governs.
| Matanuska Electric Association (MEA) | No published export rate MEA says excess generation is credited at the non-firm rate identified in its tariff, currently the Small Facility Power Purchase Rate (SFPPR), which is adjusted quarterly and subject to change. The page does not publish the current dollar figure. |
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| Chugach Electric Association | No published export rate Chugach describes member-installed renewable generation as net metering and says its operating tariff contains the service conditions, interconnection requirements, and buyback rates; the cited program page does not publish a dollar rate. |
| Alaska Power Company (APC) | No published export rate February 13, 2026 tariff-sheet effective date recommended in TA924-2 RCA's TA924-2 memo identifies APC's separate net-metering schedules for rate groups 1, 2, and 4 and recommends approval of the filed tariff sheets effective February 13, 2026; the memo does not provide one APC-wide export rate. |
Sources read for this record
- akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?docid=3108&session=27
- akrules.elaws.us/aac/3.50.930
- akrules.elaws.us/aac/3.50.940
- mea.coop/co-op-benefits/net-metering
- chugachelectric.com/energy-solutions/renewable-generation
- rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/ViewFile.aspx?id=1fc76a58-c939-4eb9-be23-5fa5a92492f7
- akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB0150
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