Mississippi solar export compensation
What Mississippi 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
6.1 cents per kWh; 8.1 cents per kWh for customers eligible for the Low-to-Moderate Income Benefits Adder, for bills rendered on and after the first billing cycle of February 2026.
Entergy Mississippi · Mississippi
The current NEM-2 schedule uses avoided cost plus the 2.5 cents/kWh Distributed Generation Value; excess credits carry to the next billing cycle and final account credits are paid when service ends.
Source: entergymississippi.com
Full Entergy Mississippi detail →Mississippi does not have one statewide export price. The Mississippi Public Service Commission's renewable net-metering rule applies to Entergy Mississippi and Mississippi Power customers; electric cooperative members must ask their own providers. Current utility tariffs compensate exported energy through utility-specific avoided-cost-based schedules plus a 2.5 cents/kWh distributed-generation adder, with an additional 2.0 cents/kWh low-to-moderate-income adder where eligible. Entergy's schedule lists 6.1 cents/kWh for bills rendered on and after the first billing cycle of February 2026, or 8.1 cents/kWh for eligible low-to-moderate-income customers. Mississippi Power's current RENM bulletin instead lists seasonal and time-of-day values. Both current tariffs retain 3% participation-cap language.
Program details
| Compensation mechanism | Exported energy is credited monthly under utility tariffs using avoided energy cost plus the 2.5 cents/kWh Distributed Generation Value; qualifying low-to-moderate-income customers may receive an additional 2.0 cents/kWh adder. Entergy calculates excess credits as Channel 2 kWh times the Value of Distributed Generation, while Mississippi Power offers seasonal Option A or time-of-day Option B. |
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| Export rate | There is no single statewide export rate. Entergy Mississippi's Attachment A lists 6.1 cents per kWh, or 8.1 cents per kWh for customers eligible for the Low-to-Moderate Income Benefits Adder, for bills rendered on and after the first billing cycle of February 2026. Mississippi Power's bulletin lists solar PV Option A RENM rates of 5.75 cents/kWh in July-October and 5.39 cents/kWh in November-June, before the low-income adder. |
| Rate effective | Entergy's 6.1 cents/kWh and 8.1 cents/kWh values apply to bills rendered on and after the first billing cycle of February 2026. Mississippi Power's RENM-3 schedule is effective May 27, 2025, and its RENM Basic Avoided Energy Cost Bulletin is dated June 4, 2025. |
| Credit rollover | Yes. Entergy carries additional excess-energy bill credit to the following billing cycle; Mississippi Power accumulates and nets credits against monthly charges. |
| Credit expiration | No routine monthly credit expiration is stated in the reviewed current tariffs. Entergy pays a check for the final account credit balance when service ends, and Mississippi Power disburses outstanding credits upon termination of service and closing of account. |
| Annual true-up | Credits are handled monthly rather than on a single annual true-up date: Mississippi Power renders statements monthly and Entergy carries credits by billing cycle, with final-account settlement when service terminates. |
| Residential system cap | Residential net-metering facilities are limited to no more than 20 kWDC and may not be sized to offset more than 110% of the customer's prior-year annual energy usage at that location. |
| Commercial system cap | Non-residential net-metering facilities are limited to no more than 2 MWDC and may not be sized to offset more than 110% of the customer's prior-year peak demand; where no peak demand is recorded, the limit is 110% of prior-year annual energy usage. |
| Aggregate program cap | The current Entergy Mississippi and Mississippi Power net-metering schedules each state a 3% participation cap based on utility system peak demand; the utility schedules do not state a statewide aggregate cap. |
| Program status | Current published Entergy Mississippi and Mississippi Power tariffs use first-come, first-served availability until net-metered capacity reaches 3% of the applicable utility system peak demand; after the cap, the tariffs direct additional customers to other purchase arrangements or utility discretion. |
| Regulator | Mississippi Public Service Commission. |
| Docket | Entergy's current NEM-2 schedule identifies Docket Number 2023-UN-16; the MPSC's November 4, 2025 utility docket lists 2025-AD-61 as a proposal to amend the Mississippi Distributed Generation Rule. |
| Governing rule | Mississippi Renewable Energy Net Metering Rule and Mississippi Distributed Generation Interconnection Rule, adopted by the Mississippi Public Service Commission in Docket No. 2011-AD-2; current tariffs also incorporate the Mississippi Distributed Generation Rule and related interconnection rules. |
| Grandfathering | The 2.5 cents/kWh Distributed Generation Value remains in place for twenty-five years from the date of installation under Mississippi Power's current RENM schedule; Entergy's current schedule likewise makes the qualifying low-to-moderate-income adder last 25 years from the date net-metering service begins. |
| Interconnection application | Entergy applicants submit the applicable Interconnection Application and Agreement through the Entergy Interconnection Portal or the forms on its net-metering page; Mississippi Power requires a valid interconnection agreement to participate in its energy-purchase programs. |
| Interconnection timeline | Entergy's interconnection agreement says residential customers must submit at least 30 business days before intended interconnection and commercial customers at least 45 business days before; for residential service, Entergy says it will use best efforts to complete its review within 14 days. |
| Pending change | The MPSC's November 4, 2025 utility docket lists Docket 2025-AD-61 as the proposal of the Mississippi Public Service Commission to amend the Mississippi Distributed Generation Rule; no final amended rule is asserted here. |
Rates by utility
State rules set the framework. Individual utilities often pay something different, and where they do the utility tariff governs.
| Entergy Mississippi, LLC | 6.1 cents per kWh; 8.1 cents per kWh for customers eligible for the Low-to-Moderate Income Benefits Adder, for bills rendered on and after the first billing cycle of February 2026. First billing cycle of February 2026 The current NEM-2 schedule uses avoided cost plus the 2.5 cents/kWh Distributed Generation Value; excess credits carry to the next billing cycle and final account credits are paid when service ends. |
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| Mississippi Power Company | Solar PV RENM Option A: 5.75 cents/kWh in July-October and 5.39 cents/kWh in November-June; eligible low-income values are 7.75 and 7.39 cents/kWh respectively. Option B time-of-day rates also apply. RENM-3 effective May 27, 2025; bulletin issued June 4, 2025 The utility tariff offers seasonal Option A or time-of-day Option B and limits service under RENM to 3% of the company's system peak demand. |
| Mississippi electric cooperatives and municipal utilities | No published export rate The cited Mississippi consumer guide says the Commission rule applies to Entergy Mississippi and Mississippi Power customers only and tells electric cooperative members to contact their own providers. No single statewide cooperative or municipal export rate is asserted. |
Sources read for this record
- psc.ms.gov/sites/default/files/Documents/Net%20Meeting%20and%20Interconnection%20
- psc.ms.gov/sites/default/files/Solar%20Consumer%20Guide%20AGO%20October%202021.pd
- entergymississippi.com/wp-content/uploads/eml_nem.pdf
- entergymississippi.com/net-metering
- entergymississippi.com/wp-content/uploads/EML-2011-AD-2-ORDER-49.pdf
- entergymississippi.com/wp-content/uploads/Interconnection_App_and_Agreement_Level_1.pdf
- mississippipower.com/content/dam/mississippi-power/business/pricing-and-rates/2025/special-
- mississippipower.com/residential/products-and-services/renewable-energy-programs.html
- psc.ms.gov/sites/default/files/2025-10/11-2025-UTILITY-DOCKET.pdf
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- Alabama — Rate PAE 2026 payment options are time-of-day: 5.17¢/kWh weekday 10 a.
- Alaska — There is no single statewide dollar export rate: the applicable rate i
- Arizona — Set per utility, not statewide. APS: $0.05554/kWh. TEP: $0.0513/kWh, w
- Arkansas — There is no single statewide export number. Non-legacy exports are cre
- California — No single statewide export rate. Compensation is set by the CPUC Avoid
- 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
- Delaware — There is no single statewide dollar-per-kWh export rate: the monthly e
- District of Columbia — Monthly excess generation is credited at the applicable full retail ra
- 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
- Idaho — Idaho Power Schedule 6 lists Export Credit Rate, per kWh: Summer On-Pe
- 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
- Kansas — There is no single statewide dollar rate. For systems operating under
- 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
- Montana — No single statewide dollar-per-kWh export rate is stated in the review
- Nebraska — There is no single statewide dollar export rate in the reviewed source
- 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
- North Dakota — No single statewide dollar export rate is stated. For energy provided
- 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
- South Dakota — There is no single statewide export rate. The PUC says South Dakota do
- 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
- West Virginia — Mon Power lists $0.09343 per kWh for Schedules A, B, C, CSH and Lighti
- Wisconsin — Utility-specific. 2026 examples are WEPCO CGS-NM residential/secondary
- Wyoming — No single statewide dollar-per-kWh export rate exists. Energy exported