Kansas solar export compensation
What Kansas 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
For post-July 1, 2014 net-metering systems, net excess generation is credited at no less than 100% of the utility's monthly system average cost of energy per kWh; pre-July 1, 2014 systems receive one-to-one monthly netting.
Evergy Kansas Central · Kansas
Investor-owned utility subject to Kansas net-metering mandate; KCC identifies compliance docket 12-WSEE-699-CPL.
Source: kslegislature.gov
Full Evergy Kansas Central detail →Kansas has no single statewide net-metering tariff or export price: the Net Metering and Easy Connection Act requires investor-owned utilities such as Evergy and Liberty to offer net metering, while cooperatives and municipal utilities are not required to offer it. For systems operating under an interconnect agreement on or after July 1, 2014, monthly net excess generation is credited at no less than 100% of the utility's monthly system average cost of energy per kWh; older systems retain one-to-one monthly credits until the statutory transition date. Kansas also offers a separate parallel-generation option, generally paid at a utility's avoided-cost-based rate.
Program details
| Compensation mechanism | Kansas permits either net metering or parallel generation. Net metering nets delivered and exported energy during the billing period; for post-July 1, 2014 systems, remaining net excess generation is credited at at least 100% of the utility's monthly system average cost of energy per kWh. Parallel generation uses separate meters and an avoided-cost-based purchase rate. |
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| Export rate | There is no single statewide dollar rate. For systems operating under an interconnect agreement on or after July 1, 2014, monthly net excess generation is credited at no less than 100% of the utility's monthly system average cost of energy per kWh; parallel-generation renewable systems of 200 kW or less receive no less than 150% of avoided cost. |
| Rate effective | The current post-July 1, 2014 net-excess-generation credit rule is in K.S.A. 66-1266(b); the statute history identifies the 2024 amendment as L. 2024, ch. 60, § 7, effective July 1. |
| Credit rollover | For systems operating before July 1, 2014, net excess generation carries forward month to month at a one-to-one kWh ratio. For systems operating on or after July 1, 2014, excess generation is credited at the statutory monthly system-average-cost rate, with any net credit under an optional time-varying rate applied to the next billing period. |
| Credit expiration | For pre-July 1, 2014 systems, any net-metering credit remaining on March 31 of each year expires. The reviewed statute does not state an annual expiration date for the post-July 1, 2014 monthly system-average-cost credit; it is credited at the end of each billing period. |
| Annual true-up | March 31 annually for pre-July 1, 2014 net-metering systems; the statute says any remaining credit expires on that date. |
| Residential system cap | Residential systems operating before July 1, 2014 may export up to 25 kW under net metering. Systems beginning operation after July 1, 2014 may export up to 150 kW AC, subject to the statute's load-sizing rules and, for systems operating on or after January 1, 2026, the 50% generation-capacity-over-export-capacity limit. |
| Commercial system cap | Commercial, industrial, school, government, agricultural and institutional systems operating before July 1, 2014 may export up to 200 kW. Systems beginning operation after July 1, 2014 may export up to 150 kW AC under the statute's load-sizing rules. |
| Aggregate program cap | For investor-owned utilities, the aggregate net-metering capacity limit is 4% of the utility's peak demand during the previous year beginning July 1, 2026; it rises to 5% of historic highest annual peak demand since 2014 beginning July 1, 2027 and thereafter. |
| Program status | The investor-owned-utility net-metering program is open on a first-come, first-served basis until the statutory aggregate capacity limit is reached; Kansas cooperatives and municipal providers are not mandated by statute to offer net metering. |
| Regulator | Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC), which adopted K.A.R. 82-17-1 through 82-17-5 to implement the statutory net-metering standards and regulates the retail rates of the affected investor-owned utilities. |
| Docket | The principal statewide distributed-generation rate-design proceeding reviewed was KCC Docket No. 16-GIME-403-GIE. KCC also identifies net-metering compliance dockets 12-WSEE-699-CPL (Evergy Kansas Central), 12-KCPE-665-CPL (Evergy Kansas Metro), and 12-EPDE-689-CPL (Liberty Utilities). |
| Governing rule | K.S.A. 66-1263 through 66-1271 (Net Metering and Easy Connection Act), implemented by K.A.R. 82-17-1 through 82-17-5; parallel generation is governed in part by K.S.A. 66-1,184 and utility tariffs. |
| Grandfathering | Yes. Systems operating under an interconnect agreement before July 1, 2014 retain one-to-one monthly netting and transferable agreements/credits through January 1, 2030; the statute also preserves qualifying additions to a pre-2014 installation under the older treatment. |
| Interconnection application | The customer must choose net metering or parallel generation in writing and file that choice with the utility. Interconnection requires a utility interconnect agreement; utility-specific applications and technical requirements apply. |
| Interconnection timeline | Not yet verified |
| 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.
| Evergy Kansas Central (Westar legacy) | For post-July 1, 2014 net-metering systems, net excess generation is credited at no less than 100% of the utility's monthly system average cost of energy per kWh; pre-July 1, 2014 systems receive one-to-one monthly netting. Statutory post-July 1, 2014 treatment; 2024 amendment effective July 1 Investor-owned utility subject to Kansas net-metering mandate; KCC identifies compliance docket 12-WSEE-699-CPL. |
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| Evergy Kansas Metro (KCP&L legacy) | For post-July 1, 2014 net-metering systems, net excess generation is credited at no less than 100% of the utility's monthly system average cost of energy per kWh; pre-July 1, 2014 systems receive one-to-one monthly netting. Statutory post-July 1, 2014 treatment; 2024 amendment effective July 1 Investor-owned utility subject to Kansas net-metering mandate; KCC identifies compliance docket 12-KCPE-665-CPL. KCC Docket 21-EKME-436-TAR addressed Metro's residential DG rate design. |
| Midwest Energy | Net metering: full retail value for kWh generated and used in the same month; excess at the end of the billing period reverts to Midwest Energy. Parallel generation: the Company's avoided cost of purchased energy, using the locational marginal price corresponding to when energy was delivered. Current renewable-interconnection page and rider checked 2026-09-16 Midwest offers both a KCC-approved net-metering option and a parallel-generation arrangement; its page lists a 2025 average parallel-generation buyback rate of 3.205 cents/kWh, but that historical average is not a universal current tariff rate. |
| Kansas electric cooperatives and municipal utilities | Parallel generation: renewable generators of 200 kW or less are compensated at no less than 150% of the utility's avoided cost; net metering is not mandated by the statewide statute. Current KCC parallel-generation guidance checked 2026-09-16 Individual cooperative and municipal boards may offer their own net-metering programs and tariffs; terms vary by provider. |
Sources read for this record
- kcc.ks.gov/electric/net-metering
- kcc.ks.gov/electric/parallel-generation-in-kansas
- kcc.ks.gov/images/PDFs/electric/net_metering_faq.pdf
- kslegislature.gov/b2023_24/laws/066_000_0000_chapter/066_012_0000_article/066_012_0065_s
- kslegislature.gov/b2023_24/laws/066_000_0000_chapter/066_012_0000_article/066_012_0066_s
- kslegislature.gov/b2023_24/laws/066_000_0000_chapter/066_012_0000_article/066_012_0067_s
- kcc.ks.gov/commission_meetings_files/minutes_20160712.pdf
- mwenergy.com/environmental/renewable-energy/renewable-interconnection
- mwenergy.com/assets/documents/Index_280_-_Parallel_Generation_Rider_-_Renewable.pdf
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- Colorado — No single statewide dollar export rate. Under ordinary net metering, m
- Connecticut — Netting export rate is a formula, not a single statewide dollar figure
- Florida — No single statewide dollar-per-kWh export rate. Monthly net exports ar
- Georgia — 3.2188¢/kWh solar avoided cost for 2026, plus 4¢/kWh adder for RNR-Ins
- Hawaii — Hawaiian Electric Smart Renewable Energy Export rates for 2024-2026, i
- Illinois — No single statewide dollar-per-kWh rate. For new residential and small
- Indiana — Utility-specific EDG rates, not one statewide rate; the verified utili
- Iowa — There is no single statewide dollar rate. Under the current inflow-out
- Kentucky — There is no single statewide export rate. Current published utility ex
- Louisiana — Avoided-cost export rates effective in 2026 are $0.0386407/kWh for Ent
- Maine — There is no single statewide export price. The kWh Credit Program prov
- Maryland — No single statewide export price: for the annual-accrual option, net e
- Massachusetts — No single statewide dollar-per-kWh rate. For ordinary qualifying solar
- Michigan — Utility- and rate-schedule-specific, not one statewide flat rate. DTE'
- Minnesota — There is no single statewide dollar export rate. Xcel's latest posted
- Missouri — Utility-specific avoided-fuel-cost/cogeneration rate, not a single sta
- Nevada — Tier 4 exports are credited at 75% of the applicable retail rate; Nort
- New Hampshire — There is no single statewide dollar-per-kWh rate: for small customer-g
- New Jersey — One-for-one retail-rate credit against delivered electricity during th
- New Mexico — There is no single statewide fixed export number in the cited rule. Ex
- New York — No single statewide $/kWh rate. The Value Stack is calculated from uti
- North Carolina — No single statewide export rate exists. For the current DEC NMB and RS
- Ohio — No single statewide dollar rate. Under the standard utility tariff, ex
- Oklahoma — There is no single statewide dollar export rate. Net excess is credite
- 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
- Rhode Island — There is no single statewide dollar headline rate. Renewable net-meter
- South Carolina — No single statewide export rate exists. Santee Cooper's DG-25 rider li
- Tennessee — NESolar Connect publishes seasonal base rates of $0.07363/kWh summer,
- Texas — No statewide rate. Published municipal examples include Austin Energy
- Utah — Schedule 137: 4.855 cents/kWh for exports in June through September; 4
- Vermont — The statewide blended residential base credit is $0.2071/kWh effective
- 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