Arkansas solar export compensation
What Arkansas pays for exported rooftop solar power, with the source and the date each figure was checked.
Record verified 2026-09-16 · 17 of 17 fields sourced
What does your utility pay?
Fixed export rate
$0.0334/kWh for March 2026 through February 2027 under Non-Legacy Net-Metering Service
Entergy Arkansas · Arkansas
Non-legacy exports are credited at avoided cost; the tariff says the rate is redetermined annually and remains effective for twelve months.
Source: entergyarkansas.com
Full Entergy Arkansas detail →Arkansas has two principal net-metering regimes. Legacy and qualifying legacy-transitional customers retain the pre-December 31, 2022 1:1 full-retail-credit rate structure through June 1, 2040; non-legacy customers are billed under the utility's elected alternative structure, including avoided-cost crediting or full-retail credit plus a grid charge. Entergy Arkansas, SWEPCO, and the distribution cooperatives publish utility-specific tariffs, with avoided-cost rates updated through annual filings.
Program details
| Compensation mechanism | Legacy and qualifying legacy-transitional facilities retain 1:1 full-retail net-metering credit; non-legacy facilities use the utility's elected alternative structure under Ark. Code § 23-18-606, including two-channel avoided-cost billing or full-retail credit plus a grid charge. |
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| Export rate | There is no single statewide export number. Non-legacy exports are credited at each utility's avoided-cost rate: the reviewed Entergy tariff lists $0.0334/kWh for March 2026-February 2027, SWEPCO's reviewed tariff lists $0.02902/kWh for March 2024-February 2025, and AECC's cooperative tariff references the AECC avoided-cost calculation in Docket No. 81-071-F without printing a dollar rate in the reviewed tariff. |
| Rate effective | The reviewed Entergy non-legacy tariff is marked Effective 3/2/26 for its avoided-cost attachment; avoided-cost rates remain in force for twelve months and are updated annually. |
| Credit rollover | Yes. Non-legacy net-metering surplus is credited in the next applicable billing period; legacy and legacy-transitional net-excess-generation credits are carried forward to subsequent billing periods indefinitely. |
| Credit expiration | Legacy and legacy-transitional credits do not expire and carry forward indefinitely; credits older than 24 months may be purchased at avoided cost if the statutory minimum payment condition is met. Non-legacy treatment is monthly surplus crediting, with utility tariff terms governing any final-account purchase. |
| Annual true-up | No annual customer true-up date is specified in the reviewed non-legacy tariff; non-legacy surplus is credited in the next applicable billing period. Utilities instead redetermine the avoided-cost rate annually, with the revised rate effective from the first billing cycle of March. |
| Residential system cap | For current non-legacy facilities: the lesser of 25 kW AC or a facility capable of generating 100% of the customer's highest monthly usage in the previous 12 months. |
| Commercial system cap | For current non-legacy facilities: the lesser of 5 MW AC or a facility capable of generating 100% of the customer's highest monthly usage in the previous 12 months; a remote meter-aggregation facility is limited to 5 MW per utility service territory, subject to statutory exceptions. |
| Aggregate program cap | No statewide aggregate program cap was identified in the reviewed rule and order. For current non-legacy remote meter aggregation, the order states a 5 MW limit per utility service territory, subject to three statutory exceptions. |
| Program status | Open as a tariffed program for jurisdictional electric utilities; the rules require each utility to file legacy and non-legacy standard net-metering tariffs. Utility-specific capacity and interconnection limits still apply. |
| Regulator | Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC). The Net-metering Rules are promulgated under the Commission's authority over net metering and jurisdictional electric utilities. |
| Docket | Docket No. 23-021-R (rulemaking implementing Act 278 of 2023), with tariff compliance handled in Docket No. 23-070-TF. |
| Governing rule | Ark. Code Ann. §§ 23-18-601 et seq., as amended by the Cost-Shifting Prevention Act of 2023, implemented by 23 CAR Part 457 (Net-metering Rules), including 23 CAR § 457-204 and § 457-401. |
| Grandfathering | Qualifying legacy and legacy-transitional customers retain the 1:1 full-retail-credit rate structure and related rate-structure terms through June 1, 2040. Legacy status depends on the statutory filing/interconnection conditions and dates. |
| Interconnection application | The customer and facility owner must execute the utility's Standard Interconnection Agreement for Net-metering Facilities before interconnection; the utility tariff may also require a preliminary interconnection site-review request and supporting information. |
| Interconnection timeline | The standard agreement must be submitted to the electric utility at least 30 days before the intended interconnection date. No separate statewide utility review-completion deadline was identified in the reviewed sources. |
| Pending change | Annual avoided-cost redeterminations remain an active recurring change: each electric utility must file a revised avoided cost on or before February 1, and the revised rate applies from the first billing cycle of March for twelve months. The reviewed APSC rulemaking order is Docket No. 23-021-R. |
Rates by utility
State rules set the framework. Individual utilities often pay something different, and where they do the utility tariff governs.
| Entergy Arkansas, LLC | $0.0334/kWh for March 2026 through February 2027 under Non-Legacy Net-Metering Service Effective 3/2/26 for the reviewed avoided-cost attachment Non-legacy exports are credited at avoided cost; the tariff says the rate is redetermined annually and remains effective for twelve months. |
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| Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) | $0.02902/kWh for billing periods March 2024 through February 2025 under Non-Legacy Net-Metering Tariff filing received January 27, 2026; quoted rate period is March 2024-February 2025 The reviewed Arkansas tariff states that avoided cost is based on SWEPCO's load-zone price in the Southwest Power Pool and is redetermined annually. |
| Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC) / Arkansas distribution cooperatives | AECC avoided-cost calculation for net metering, filed in Docket No. 81-071-F; no dollar rate printed in the reviewed cooperative tariff Annual avoided-cost redetermination under Rule 2.08 The cooperative tariff directs distribution cooperatives to use the AECC avoided-cost calculation rather than printing a single statewide cooperative rate. |
Sources read for this record
- apps.apsc.arkansas.gov/rules/net_metering_rules.pdf
- apps.apsc.arkansas.gov/pdf/23/23-021-R_121_1.pdf
- entergyarkansas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/eal_nln-m.pdf
- swepco.com/lib/docs/ratesandtariffs/Arkansas/25-003-U_392_2-Compliance_Filing.pdf
- apps.apsc.arkansas.gov/tariffs/6_elec_1.PDF
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