Oklahoma solar export compensation
What Oklahoma 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?
No single rate — formula based
NEBO: net excess is credited or paid at OG&E's Avoided Energy Cost; the tariff calculates 30-day rolling average on-peak and off-peak rates from SPP IM day-ahead LMPs at the OKGE_LA node.
OG&E · Oklahoma
NEBO is for producers of 300 kW or less; OG&E's tariff limits eligible systems to no greater than 125% of customer peak load and permits a one-time payment after more than 24 months or over $100 of credit.
Source: oge.com
Full OG&E detail →Oklahoma's distributed-generation rules use net energy billing: customer generation offsets on-site consumption at the applicable retail tariff during the billing period, while net excess is paid or credited at the utility's avoided energy cost in the next billing period. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission identifies 17 O.S. § 156 and OAC 165:40:9 as the governing framework, with participation generally limited to facilities of 300 kW or less and systems no larger than 125% of the customer's peak load. OG&E and PSO publish utility-specific NEBO tariffs; electric cooperatives likewise use utility-specific tariffs and purchase agreements.
Program details
| Compensation mechanism | Net energy billing: generation offsets on-site consumption at the applicable retail rate during the billing period; net excess is paid or credited at the utility's avoided energy cost in the next billing period. |
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| Export rate | There is no single statewide dollar export rate. Net excess is credited or paid at the utility's avoided energy cost, while generation up to on-site consumption is netted at the applicable retail energy rate. |
| Rate effective | The statewide rule text was amended effective July 25, 2019. Current utility tariffs read for this record show OG&E NEBO effective January 1, 2025 and PSO NEBO effective January 2, 2024; PSO's separate QF purchase schedule is effective April 30, 2026. |
| Credit rollover | Credits are handled by monthly billing: net excess is credited or paid in the next billing period. OG&E and PSO both state that credits can carry forward, subject to their one-time-payment provisions after more than 24 consecutive months or when the credit exceeds $100. |
| Credit expiration | No annual expiration is stated in the reviewed statewide rule. OG&E and PSO instead provide a one-time payment option when a credit carries forward longer than 24 consecutive months or exceeds $100, rather than describing an automatic annual forfeiture. |
| Annual true-up | No statewide annual true-up date is stated. The rule defines the billing period as the monthly bill period and requires net excess treatment in the next billing period; utility tariffs govern any account-closing payment. |
| Residential system cap | No separate residential threshold is stated in the statewide rule; the general DG/net-energy eligibility limit is 300 kW or less, and the facility may not exceed 125% of the customer's peak load. |
| Commercial system cap | The general DG/net-energy eligibility limit is 300 kW or less; a system greater than 125% of the customer's peak load may be excluded from net metering and paid under a qualifying-facility or small-power-producer tariff. |
| Aggregate program cap | No statewide aggregate MW cap is stated in the reviewed OAC 165:40:9 text. The rule sets a per-facility 300 kW eligibility limit, while utility tariffs may limit installations on an individual distribution circuit or substation. |
| Program status | The statewide optional net-energy-billing rule is effective in all territories served; participation remains subject to the 300 kW/125%-of-peak-load eligibility rules and utility circuit or substation limits. |
| Regulator | Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Public Utility Division. |
| Docket | The reviewed utility tariffs identify OG&E NEBO Cause/Docket PUD 2023-000087 (Order 745601) and PSO NEBO Case/Docket PUD 2022-000093 (Order 738571). |
| Governing rule | 17 O.S. § 156; OAC 165:40:9 (Optional Net Energy Billing Purchase Rate). |
| Grandfathering | PSO's NEBO tariff says customers who were on a Residential or Commercial Net Metering rate before NEBO's effective date are placed on the applicable NEBO TOD schedule and are not required to sign a new purchase agreement; no broader statewide grandfathering rule was identified. |
| Interconnection application | Interconnection is utility-specific. OG&E requires a completed application, technical screening, appropriate metering, and a signed purchase agreement under its DER standards; PSO requires a completed Interconnection Application submitted to its designated personnel and a purchase agreement for NEBO participation. |
| Interconnection timeline | No single statewide completion deadline was identified in the reviewed sources. OG&E describes automatic approval for qualifying inverter-based units of 10 kW or less and expedited review for installations up to 1 MW; PSO describes automated review for qualifying inverter-based units of 25 kW or less. |
| 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.
| Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) | NEBO: net excess is credited or paid at OG&E's Avoided Energy Cost; the tariff calculates 30-day rolling average on-peak and off-peak rates from SPP IM day-ahead LMPs at the OKGE_LA node. January 1, 2025 NEBO is for producers of 300 kW or less; OG&E's tariff limits eligible systems to no greater than 125% of customer peak load and permits a one-time payment after more than 24 months or over $100 of credit. |
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| Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO, an AEP company) | NEBO: monthly on-peak and off-peak average Avoided Energy Cost based on SPP IM day-ahead LMP energy prices; the separate QF schedule pays $0.04171/kWh firm or $0.03187/kWh non-firm for producers of 300 kW or less. NEBO effective January 2, 2024; QF Standard Purchase Schedule effective April 30, 2026 NEBO credits or pays net excess in the next billing period; the QF figures are a separate purchase schedule and require the applicable purchase agreement. |
| Oklahoma electric cooperatives | Utility-specific: OAC 165:40-9 requires net excess to be credited or paid in dollars in the next billing period at the utility's avoided energy cost; there is no single statewide cooperative export rate. OAC 165:40-9 text effective July 25, 2019; individual cooperative tariffs may differ The rule requires a compatible line segment and a purchase agreement; confirm the serving cooperative's filed tariff. |
Sources read for this record
- oklahoma.gov/occ/divisions/public-utility/energy/electric-utility/netmetering.html
- oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/occ/documents/ajls/jls-courts/rules/archive-2019-onl
- oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os17.pdf
- oge.com/documents/d/portal/70-10-nebo-stamped-approved-pdf
- oge.com/documents/d/portal/og-e-der-interconnection-standards
- psoklahoma.com/lib/docs/ratesandtariffs/Oklahoma/PSOPrivateGenerationOperatinginParal
- qa.psoklahoma.com/lib/docs/business/builders/PSO-CompleteGuidetoInterconnection2023.pdf
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- Hawaii — Hawaiian Electric Smart Renewable Energy Export rates for 2024-2026, i
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- 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
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- 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
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- New Hampshire — There is no single statewide dollar-per-kWh rate: for small customer-g
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