Georgia solar export compensation
What Georgia pays for exported rooftop solar power, with the source and the date each figure was checked.
Record verified 2026-09-16 · 16 of 17 fields sourced
What does your utility pay?
Fixed export rate
RNR-Instantaneous Netting: 3.2188¢/kWh 2026 solar avoided cost plus 4¢/kWh adder; monthly bill credit. RNR-Monthly Netting legacy pilot: monthly netting, residual excess at solar avoided cost.
Georgia Power · Georgia
Instantaneous program open first-come, first-served to the statutory 0.2% capacity ceiling; Monthly Netting is not available to additional customers.
Source: georgiapower.com · georgiapower.com
Full Georgia Power detail →Georgia has no single statewide retail-rate net-metering requirement that determines compensation for every customer; Georgia Power uses Commission-approved RNR programs instead. Its currently open residential export option is RNR-Instantaneous Netting: 2026 solar avoided cost of 3.2188¢/kWh plus the 4¢/kWh adder approved in the 2022 rate case, with credits summed monthly; the legacy RNR-Monthly Netting pilot is closed to new participants. Georgia EMC policies vary by cooperative, so members must check their local EMC tariff.
Program details
| Compensation mechanism | Georgia Power RNR-Instantaneous Netting: excess solar is credited monthly at the annual Solar Avoided Cost Rate plus a 4¢/kWh Renewable Generation Adder. Legacy RNR-Monthly Netting uses monthly netting, with residual excess credited at Solar Avoided Energy Cost. Energy Offset Only exports are not compensated. |
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| Export rate | 3.2188¢/kWh solar avoided cost for 2026, plus 4¢/kWh adder for RNR-Instantaneous Netting; total stated components are 7.2188¢/kWh. Monthly Netting residual excess is credited at solar avoided cost, not retail. |
| Rate effective | 3.2188¢/kWh is stated for calendar year 2026; the 4¢/kWh adder was approved in the 2022 rate case. |
| Credit rollover | No separate multi-month rollover is stated: RNR-Instantaneous excess is summed monthly and used to reduce the total monthly bill; RNR-Monthly excess is summed monthly. |
| Credit expiration | No separate credit-expiration or forfeiture rule is stated for RNR-Instantaneous monthly bill credits. RNR-Monthly Netting participation itself has a 15-year term ending no later than December 31, 2038. |
| Annual true-up | No annual true-up date is stated; the tariff and program FAQ describe monthly summation and monthly bill reduction. |
| Residential system cap | Georgia Power RNR residential renewable resources: less than or equal to 10 kW AC. |
| Commercial system cap | Georgia Power RNR commercial renewable resources: less than or equal to 250 kW AC; 100–250 kW AC cannot exceed 125% of the preceding year’s metered peak demand. |
| Aggregate program cap | RNR-Instantaneous Netting is required to be offered first-come, first-served until renewable capacity reaches 0.2% of Georgia Power’s prior-year annual peak demand. The former Monthly Netting pilot cap was 5,000 customers or 32 MW, whichever occurred first. |
| Program status | RNR-Instantaneous Netting is currently open; RNR-Monthly Netting is closed to additional participants and limited to existing pilot customers. |
| Regulator | Georgia Public Service Commission for Georgia Power; EMC tariffs are set by the individual cooperative under its governing structure. |
| Docket | Georgia Power solar avoided-cost filings: PSC Docket Nos. 16573 (solar avoided cost) and 4822 (avoided cost); the 2022 rate-case decision addressing the 4¢ adder was Docket No. 44280. |
| Governing rule | O.C.G.A. § 46-3-50 et seq. (Georgia Cogeneration and Distributed Generation Act of 2001), as implemented for Georgia Power by RNR-11. |
| Grandfathering | Existing RNR-Monthly Netting pilot customers may remain for a non-transferable 15-year term, expiring no later than December 31, 2038, then move automatically to RNR-Instantaneous Netting. |
| Interconnection application | Customer or installer applies through Georgia Power’s PowerClerk interconnection application tool, registers the system, executes the service/interconnection agreement, completes installation and witness testing, and receives Permission to Operate. |
| Interconnection timeline | The current residential summary specifies a six-step process—review documents, submit application, GPC review, execute agreement, install/inspect, then witness test and Permission to Operate—but does not state a fixed utility review-day deadline in the document. |
| Pending change | Not yet verified |
Rates by utility
State rules set the framework. Individual utilities often pay something different, and where they do the utility tariff governs.
| Georgia Power | RNR-Instantaneous Netting: 3.2188¢/kWh 2026 solar avoided cost plus 4¢/kWh adder; monthly bill credit. RNR-Monthly Netting legacy pilot: monthly netting, residual excess at solar avoided cost. 2026 rate stated by Georgia Power; RNR-11 tariff page effective with bills rendered January 2023; verify current tariff before enrollment. Instantaneous program open first-come, first-served to the statutory 0.2% capacity ceiling; Monthly Netting is not available to additional customers. |
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| Central Georgia EMC | $0.036/kWh purchase rate under Central Georgia EMC Rider NM-1, based on avoided average annual cost of purchased power; TOU on-peak $0.170/kWh and off-peak $0.036/kWh. Rider document fetched 2026-09-16; document says rates may be adjusted to prevailing avoided average cost. This is an example cooperative tariff, not a statewide EMC rate. Green Power EMC says members should contact their local EMC to confirm the buy-back policy and rate; Green Power EMC represents 38 of Georgia’s 41 EMCs. |
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- Ohio — No single statewide dollar rate. Under the standard utility tariff, ex
- Oregon — Full retail rate for each rate component on the bill that uses kWh as
- Pennsylvania — No single statewide dollar rate: full retail kWh rate for monthly offs
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- Tennessee — NESolar Connect publishes seasonal base rates of $0.07363/kWh summer,
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- Virginia — No single statewide rate exists. APCo Rider N.M.S. II lists total avoi
- Washington — Applicable retail energy rate / kWh credit under the customer's utilit
- Wisconsin — Utility-specific. 2026 examples are WEPCO CGS-NM residential/secondary