West Virginia solar export compensation
What West Virginia pays for exported rooftop solar power, with the source and the date each figure was checked.
Record verified 2026-09-16 · 14 of 17 fields sourced
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Appalachian Power (WV) · West Virginia
Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power filed successor net-metering tariff sheets in Case No. 24-0854-E-42T setting per-kWh Metered Output credit rates, but the published tariff PDF is no longer retrievable, so no current Appalachian Power export rate is reported here. Grandfathered customers keep full-retail carry-forward credits.
Source: appalachianpower.com
Full Appalachian Power (WV) detail →West Virginia requires investor-owned utilities to offer net metering under W.Va. Code §24-2F-8, subject to a 3% of prior-year single-hour peak-load limit with 0.5% reserved for residential customer-generators. The current utility tariffs distinguish grandfathered customers from new customers. Appalachian Power/Wheeling Power's tariff protects existing customer-generators and materially complete applications submitted by March 1, 2026 (with completion deadlines of September 1, 2026 for residential and March 1, 2027 for commercial) for 25 years at full-retail carry-forward credits; new customers receive class-specific avoided-cost-component credits, including $0.1241/kWh for RS Secondary. Mon Power's tariff protects existing customers as of December 31, 2024 and qualifying 2024 applications for 25 years; new customers receive $0.09343/kWh for Schedules A, B, C, CSH and Lighting, $0.09146/kWh for Schedule D, or $0.08910/kWh for Schedules K and AGS through December 31, 2026.
Program details
| Compensation mechanism | West Virginia uses utility net-metering tariffs. Grandfathered Appalachian Power/Wheeling Power customers receive full-retail carry-forward credits; non-grandfathered customers have Metered Input and Metered Output separately measured, with output credited at tariffed avoided-cost-component rates. Mon Power likewise separately measures Metered Input and Metered Output for customers not served under its Grandfathering Provision. |
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| Export rate | Mon Power lists $0.09343 per kWh for Schedules A, B, C, CSH and Lighting, $0.09146 for Schedule D, and $0.08910 for Schedules K and AGS. |
| Rate effective | Mon Power’s listed Metered Output credit rates remain in effect through December 31, 2026. |
| Credit rollover | Yes for grandfathered customers: Appalachian Power/Wheeling Power says excess kWh are carried forward and credited in subsequent billing periods at the full retail rate; Mon Power says excess kWh are carried forward and credited in subsequent billing periods at the full retail rate. The reviewed new-customer provisions separately measure Metered Output rather than describing a full-retail rollover. |
| Credit expiration | Not yet verified |
| Annual true-up | Not yet verified |
| Residential system cap | 25 kW is the residential net-metering generation-capacity limit identified by FirstEnergy's West Virginia interconnection page; Appalachian Power/Wheeling Power's tariff also limits the aggregate tariff capacity but does not state a separate residential nameplate cap in the cited tariff sheet. |
| Commercial system cap | 500 kW is the commercial net-metering generation-capacity limit identified by FirstEnergy's West Virginia interconnection page. |
| Aggregate program cap | The statewide statute permits an electric utility to offer net metering so long as total customer-generator capacity is no greater than three percent (3%) of the utility's aggregate customer peak demand in the state during the previous year, with no less than one-half percent (0.5%) reserved for residential customer-generators. |
| Program status | The Appalachian Power/Wheeling Power tariff repeats a three percent (3%) Company single-hour peak-load limit, with one-half percent (0.5%) reserved for residential Customer-generators. Mon Power's tariff repeats the same three percent (3%) limit and one-half percent (0.5%) residential reservation. |
| Regulator | Public Service Commission of West Virginia. |
| Docket | Appalachian Power/Wheeling Power tariff: Case No. 24-0854-E-42T. Mon Power tariff: Case Nos. 23-0460-E-42T, 23-0735-E-ENEC, and 23-0030-E-D. |
| Governing rule | West Virginia Code §24-2F-8 and Title 150, Series 33, Rules Governing Electric Utility Net Metering Arrangements and Interconnections. |
| Grandfathering | Not yet verified |
| Interconnection application | Appalachian Power/Wheeling Power requires a completed interconnection application and one-line diagram; the interconnection agreement must be executed before interconnection. FirstEnergy says applicants submit an Interconnection Application, application fee, proof of insurance, and a diagram, and an Interconnection Agreement must be executed before connection. |
| Interconnection timeline | Appalachian Power's 2026 guide says the Company reviews submitted test results and documentation within 10 business days and, after acceptance, installs or reprograms a bi-directional meter within 10 business days. FirstEnergy states that after Approval to Operate it automatically replaces the meter, and timing may take several weeks. |
| Pending change | Future changes to Mon Power’s credit rates for Metered Output are subject to Commission approval. |
Rates by utility
State rules set the framework. Individual utilities often pay something different, and where they do the utility tariff governs.
| Appalachian Power (West Virginia) | No published export rate Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power filed successor net-metering tariff sheets in Case No. 24-0854-E-42T setting per-kWh Metered Output credit rates, but the published tariff PDF is no longer retrievable, so no current Appalachian Power export rate is reported here. Grandfathered customers keep full-retail carry-forward credits. |
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| Monongahela Power Company (Mon Power) | $0.09343 per kWh for Schedules A, B, C, CSH and Lighting; $0.09146 for Schedule D; $0.08910 for Schedules K and AGS. Grandfathered customers receive full-retail carry-forward credits. Effective March 27, 2024; listed Metered Output rates remain in effect through December 31, 2026. The tariff's Grandfathering Provision covers existing Customer-generators as of December 31, 2024 and qualifying applications submitted on or before December 31, 2024 with the applicable completion certificate deadline. |
Sources read for this record
- firstenergycorp.com/content/dam/customer/Customer%20Choice/Files/west-virginia/tariffs/WVM
- firstenergycorp.com/feconnect/westvirginia.html
- firstenergycorp.com/content/dam/customer/billinserts/2025-10%20WV%20Net%20Metering.pdf
- appalachianpower.com/lib/docs/business/builders/WVNetMeteringGuide-2026.pdf
- code.wvlegislature.gov/24-2F-8/
- apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/ruleview.aspx?document=16946
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- Georgia — 3.2188¢/kWh solar avoided cost for 2026, plus 4¢/kWh adder for RNR-Ins
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- Iowa — There is no single statewide dollar rate. Under the current inflow-out
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- 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
- Mississippi — There is no single statewide export rate. Entergy Mississippi's Attach
- 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
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- 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
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- Tennessee — NESolar Connect publishes seasonal base rates of $0.07363/kWh summer,
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- 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
- Wyoming — No single statewide dollar-per-kWh export rate exists. Energy exported