Alabama Power solar export rate
What Alabama Power pays for power exported from rooftop solar in Alabama, with the source and the date it was checked.
Fixed export rate
Rate PAE (up to 100 kW): tariff-option payments of 3.45¢/kWh to 5.47¢/kWh depending on option, season, and hour; Rate CPE (>100 kW AC qualifying facilities): primary-distribution avoided-cost schedule of 3.830¢/kWh to 4.638¢/kWh by period.
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This is purchase/alternate-energy compensation, not a statewide retail-rate net-metering mandate. Rate PAE credits may carry forward and amounts due may be paid by check on request or termination.
Source: alabamapower.com · alabamapower.com
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The state framework sets the default. Where Alabama Power pays something different, the utility tariff governs and is what the card above reports.
| Compensation mechanism | No statewide net-metering service is required. Alabama Power Rate PAE purchases alternate energy from eligible customer generators not more than 100 kW under time-of-day, time-advantage, or residential-demand payment options; Rate CPE covers certified qualifying facilities over 100 kW and pays the tariff's avoided-cost schedule. |
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| Export rate | Rate PAE 2026 payment options are time-of-day: 5.17¢/kWh weekday 10 a.m.–9 p.m. June–September and 3.85¢/kWh otherwise; 3.84¢/kWh weekday 7 a.m.–9 p.m. October–May and 3.66¢/kWh otherwise; time-advantage: 5.47¢/kWh, 4.02¢/kWh, 4.37¢/kWh, 3.84¢/kWh, or 3.45¢/kWh by period; residential-demand: 4.64¢/kWh or 3.83¢/kWh April–October and 4.38¢/kWh or 3.86¢/kWh November–March. Rate CPE separately publishes avoided-cost prices of 4.638¢/kWh, 3.830¢/kWh, 4.384¢/kWh, and 3.860¢/kWh at primary distribution voltage. |
| Rate effective | Rate PAE and Rate CPE both state EFFECTIVE DATE April 2026 Billings; the PAE tariff is Revision Forty-Seventh and CPE is Revision Ninth. |
| Credit rollover | Under Rate PAE, statements are monthly and if customer credits for energy delivered exceed Company charges, the account is credited and credits may be carried forward. Rate CPE pays monthly for delivered energy under its schedule rather than providing statewide net-metering credits. |
| Credit expiration | No statewide credit-expiration rule exists because the APSC did not adopt a statewide net-metering standard. Under Rate PAE, the Company provides a check for any amount due upon customer request or termination; the service term is no more than one year and renews automatically. |
| Annual true-up | No annual statewide true-up date is published. Rate PAE renders statements monthly and allows payment by check upon customer request or termination of service. |
| Aggregate program cap | No statewide aggregate net-metering cap is stated: the APSC order says the PURPA net-metering standard was not adopted. The Alabama Power purchase tariffs instead state individual facility eligibility and do not publish an aggregate enrollment ceiling. |
| Program status | There is no statewide net-metering cap to report because the APSC did not adopt the statewide net-metering standard. Rate PAE is available on any Alabama Power distribution line, subject to its individual eligibility terms. |
| Grandfathering | No statewide net-metering grandfathering rule is published because the APSC did not adopt the statewide net-metering standard. Rate PAE service instead has a one-year term that renews automatically until customer termination under the tariff. |
| Regulator | Alabama Public Service Commission regulates Alabama Power Company, the state's only electric investor-owned utility; cooperatives and municipal systems are exempt from state regulation, and APSC does not regulate TVA. |
| Governing rule | The governing statewide decision is the APSC Order in Docket 30066: the Commission adopted staff findings and ordered that the PURPA §111(d)(11) net-metering standard was not adopted. Alabama Power customer-generator compensation is governed by its APSC-filed Rate PAE and Rate CPE tariffs. |
| Pending change | No separate pending statewide net-metering change is identified in the cited APSC order or current Alabama Power tariffs. The current Rate PAE tariff is effective for April 2026 billings, while its printed approval date remains 'March __, 2026' and therefore does not publish a day-specific decision date. |
Other Alabama utilities
- TVA-served local power companies (AL)UnverifiedNo uniform Alabama retail net-metering rate is published by TVA in the cited FAQ. TVA says its