Net Metering by State

What your electric utility actually pays for exported solar power.

Alaska Power Company (APC) solar export rate

What Alaska Power Company (APC) pays for power exported from rooftop solar in Alaska, with the source and the date it was checked.

No single rate — formula based

Alaska Power Company (APC) · Alaska

Effective February 13, 2026 tariff-sheet effective date recommended in TA924-2

RCA's TA924-2 memo identifies APC's separate net-metering schedules for rate groups 1, 2, and 4 and recommends approval of the filed tariff sheets effective February 13, 2026; the memo does not provide one APC-wide export rate.

Source: rca.alaska.gov

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Alaska rules that apply to Alaska Power Company (APC)

The state framework sets the default. Where Alaska Power Company (APC) pays something different, the utility tariff governs and is what the card above reports.

Compensation mechanismMonthly net exports are credited at the utility tariff's non-firm power rate, unless a different non-firm power rate has been established in a commission-approved contract.
Export rateThere is no single statewide dollar export rate: the applicable rate is the non-firm power rate in each utility's currently effective tariff, unless a different commission-approved contract rate applies.
Rate effectiveThe rate is applied for each monthly billing period under the utility's currently effective tariff.
Credit rolloverYes. Dollar credits are used to reduce amounts owed in subsequent monthly billing periods.
Credit expirationCredits do not expire or otherwise revert to the electric utility.
Annual true-upNo annual true-up date is specified in the statewide rule; the rule measures net energy during each monthly billing period and applies credits in subsequent monthly billing periods.
Program statusThe net metering requirements set out in 3 AAC 50.900 – 3 AAC 50.949 apply to an electric utility that is subject to economic regulation, with listed exceptions for certain independent systems and system-stability constraints.
RegulatorThe Regulatory Commission of Alaska’s net metering regulations became effective in 2010.
Governing rule3 AAC 50.900-3 AAC 50.949, Alaska's Net Metering Standards.
Pending changeBill SB 150; Short Title NET METERING PROGRAM & FUND.

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