Utah solar export compensation
What Utah 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
Schedule 137: 4.855 cents/kWh June–September; 4.033 cents/kWh October–May. Legacy customers may be on Schedule 135 or 136.
Rocky Mountain Power (Utah) · Utah
Schedule 137 is net billing with seasonal export credits; credits carry over during the annualized billing period and expire at its conclusion.
Source: pscdocs.utah.gov · rockymountainpower.net
Full Rocky Mountain Power (Utah) detail →Utah does not have one statewide export price for every utility. For Rocky Mountain Power, new customer generation is served under Schedule 137 net billing: exports are credited at 4.855 cents/kWh in June–September and 4.033 cents/kWh in October–May, effective March 1, 2026; legacy Schedule 135 net-metering and Schedule 136 transition customers remain on their respective tariffs.
Program details
| Compensation mechanism | Rocky Mountain Power Schedule 137 net billing: customer consumption is billed under the applicable standard tariff and exported energy receives a seasonal export credit. |
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| Export rate | Schedule 137: 4.855 cents/kWh for exports in June through September; 4.033 cents/kWh for exports in October through May. |
| Rate effective | March 1, 2026. |
| Credit rollover | Excess Schedule 137 credits carry over to the next monthly bill during the Annualized Billing Period. |
| Credit expiration | Unused credits expire at the regularly scheduled meter reading at the conclusion of the Annualized Billing Period. |
| Annual true-up | For most Schedule 137 customers, the Annualized Billing Period ends at the regularly scheduled March meter reading; Schedule 10 customers use the October meter reading. |
| Residential system cap | 25 kW maximum for a residential facility under Schedule 137. |
| Commercial system cap | 2 MW maximum for a non-residential facility under Schedule 137. |
| Aggregate program cap | No program-wide aggregate capacity cap is stated in current Schedule 137. |
| Program status | open for Schedule 137 applications, subject to the stated system-size limits and interconnection requirements; the legacy Schedules 135 and 136 are closed to new applications. |
| Regulator | Public Service Commission of Utah. |
| Docket | 26-035-T03 (Schedule 137 revision approved effective March 1, 2026); the annual ECR input notice was docket 25-035-64. The underlying ECR orders are in 17-035-61. |
| Governing rule | Utah Code Ann. §§ 54-15-101 to 54-15-106 and PSC rule R746-312 are cited in Rocky Mountain Power's Schedule 135 tariff; Schedule 137 is the current net-billing tariff for new customers. |
| Grandfathering | Existing customers remain on their enrollment tariff: Schedule 135 is closed to new service and Schedule 136 is closed to applications as of October 31, 2020; Schedule 136 service terminates December 31, 2032 and Schedule 135 service terminates December 31, 2035. |
| Interconnection application | Apply to Rocky Mountain Power for Schedule 137 service and execute an Interconnection Agreement for Net Billing Service; the facility must satisfy the tariff's location, inverter, and interconnection conditions. |
| Interconnection timeline | The tariff specifies Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 interconnection review requests and fees, but the cited tariff does not state a review deadline; no specific timeline was verified. |
| Pending change | None identified: the 2026 Schedule 137 revision was approved effective March 1, 2026. |
Rates by utility
State rules set the framework. Individual utilities often pay something different, and where they do the utility tariff governs.
| Rocky Mountain Power (PacifiCorp) | Schedule 137: 4.855 cents/kWh June–September; 4.033 cents/kWh October–May. Legacy customers may be on Schedule 135 or 136. March 1, 2026 for the current Schedule 137 rates Schedule 137 is net billing with seasonal export credits; credits carry over during the annualized billing period and expire at its conclusion. |
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