APS (Arizona Public Service) solar export rate
What APS (Arizona Public Service) pays for power exported from rooftop solar in Arizona, with the source and the date it was checked.
Fixed export rate
$0.05554/kWh
APS (Arizona Public Service) · Arizona
Tranche 2026 RCP under ACC Decision No. 82122. Down 10% from $0.06171 the prior tranche, the maximum annual reduction the framework allows.
Source: aps.com
Full APS (Arizona Public Service) detail →Arizona rules that apply to APS (Arizona Public Service)
The state framework sets the default. Where APS (Arizona Public Service) pays something different, the utility tariff governs and is what the card above reports.
| Compensation mechanism | Net billing. Exported energy is purchased at the RCP export rate; there is no netting of imports against exports. Retail-rate net metering is closed to new residential solar customers. |
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| Export rate | Set per utility, not statewide. APS: $0.05554/kWh. TEP: $0.0513/kWh, with $0.0462/kWh pending for October 1, 2026. The rate a customer receives is the tranche in effect when they applied to interconnect, locked for 10 years. |
| Rate effective | APS: September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027 (Tranche 2026). TEP: October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, with the next rate effective October 1, 2026. |
| Credit rollover | Yes. A bill credit larger than the customer's monthly bill is applied to the next monthly bill, and to subsequent bills if necessary. |
| Credit expiration | Balances are settled annually rather than forfeited. APS: after the December bill, credits over $25 are refunded by check; smaller balances carry forward to the following year. TEP: on the October bill (September usage), balances over $10 are paid out; smaller balances carry forward. |
| Annual true-up | APS: annual settlement after the December bill. TEP: annual settlement on the October bill, covering September usage. |
| Aggregate program cap | No statewide aggregate program cap; APS Rate Rider RCP and TEP Rider-14 establish utility-specific customer eligibility and annual RCP export-rate tranches, not a statewide enrollment limit. |
| Program status | Open to new applicants. Rate Rider RCP and TEP Rider-14 set no enrollment cap or aggregate program limit; the annual tranche step-down is the mechanism that reduces compensation over time. |
| Grandfathering | Customers who took service before the RCP replaced net metering keep retail-rate netting for 20 years from the date their system was interconnected. Moving from a grandfathered net metering rider to the RCP rider is permitted but one-way: the customer cannot switch back. Increasing system capacity by 10% or 1 kW-ac, whichever is greater, ends the locked RCP rate. |
| Regulator | Arizona Corporation Commission for APS, Tucson Electric Power, and UniSource Energy Services. Salt River Project is not ACC-regulated and sets its own solar price plans. |
| Governing rule | FPA tariff filings rather than statute: APS Rate Rider RCP (A.C.C. No. 6248, Revision No. 11) and TEP Rider-14 (RCP-PRS). Generators must also meet the Arizona Administrative Code Distributed Generation Interconnection Requirements. |
| Pending change | TEP's next RCP of $0.0462/kWh is listed as Pending in TEP's Statement of Charges, effective October 1, 2026, subject to ACC approval. TEP applied on May 1, 2026; the Utilities Division filed a Memorandum and Proposed Order on August 27, 2026 and the matter appeared on the ACC's September 10, 2026 Open Meeting agenda. |
Other Arizona utilities
- TEP (Tucson Electric Power)Fixed rate$0.0513/kWh
- UNS (UniSource Energy Services)UnverifiedNot yet verified for the 2026 tranche
- SRP (Salt River Project)Fixed rate$0.0345/kWh fixed, on the Time-of-Use Export plan