Eversource (CT) solar export rate
What Eversource (CT) pays for power exported from rooftop solar in Connecticut, with the source and the date it was checked.
No single rate — formula based
RRES Netting: currently applicable retail rate inclusive of Standard Service supply charges; 2026 REC rate $0.000/kWh; 2026 Solar Energy Adjustment $0.0402/kWh. Buy-All 2026 rate: $0.3289/kWh.
Eversource (CT) · Connecticut
Residential RRES projects are up to 25 kW AC and receive a 20-year tariff commitment; legacy net metering is closed to new enrollment.
Source: eversource.com
Full Eversource (CT) detail →Connecticut rules that apply to Eversource (CT)
The state framework sets the default. Where Eversource (CT) pays something different, the utility tariff governs and is what the card above reports.
| Compensation mechanism | Residential Renewable Energy Solutions (RRES): customer selects a 20-year Buy-All tariff or a 20-year Netting tariff. Netting nets production against consumption and credits exported monthly net excess generation on the bill; Buy-All pays a fixed total incentive for all production. |
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| Export rate | Netting export rate is a formula, not a single statewide dollar figure: the customer's currently applicable retail rate inclusive of Standard Service energy supply charges. For 2026 Netting, the REC rate is $0.000/kWh for both Eversource and UI; a $0.0402/kWh Solar Energy Adjustment applies to 2026 Netting production. |
| Rate effective | RRES Netting formula applies to projects with the applicable program-year application; the current manual is Version 2026.1 effective January 1, 2026, and the 2026 values apply to projects applying January 1 through December 31, 2026. |
| Credit rollover | Monthly excess monetary on-bill credits carry forward from month to month and may offset customer, supply, and delivery charges. |
| Credit expiration | Credits are not given a routine calendar expiration in the cited RRES manual; accrued credits may be cashed out when the customer closes the EDC account. The 20-year tariff term is separate from monthly credit carry-forward. |
| Annual true-up | No annual true-up date is specified for current RRES Netting. Customers may request a monetary on-bill credit cash-out no more than once annually, with eligibility beginning on the one-year anniversary of Approval to Operate/Approval to Interconnect; account-closing cash-out is also provided for accrued credits. |
| Aggregate program cap | No single statewide aggregate cap for current residential RRES enrollment is stated in the cited current manual. The statute separately sets annual procurement ceilings for the broader tariff/procurement categories: up to 10 MW/year for the §16-244z(a)(2)(A) category, 100 MW/year for (B), and 50 MW/year for (C) shared clean energy facilities; these are not a 25 kW residential-system cap. |
| Program status | open for 2026 RRES applications: the current manual publishes 2026 incentive values and the Eversource interconnection page provides an active application process. |
| Grandfathering | Residential systems operational under legacy net metering, and systems whose interconnection application was submitted to Eversource or UI before January 1, 2022, are grandfathered under the former net-metering program; current net-metering customers remain on that rate until the system is removed. |
| Regulator | Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA); the program is administered by Eversource Energy and The United Illuminating Company (UI). |
| Governing rule | Conn. Gen. Stat. §16-244z, implemented for RRES through Public Act 19-35 and PURA's Docket No. 20-07-01 decision; the program manual also identifies the Connecticut Class I RPS eligibility requirement. |
Other Connecticut utilities
- United Illuminating (UI)Formula basedRRES Netting: currently applicable retail rate inclusive of Standard Service supply charges; 20