Kentucky Power (AEP) solar export rate
What Kentucky Power (AEP) pays for power exported from rooftop solar in Kentucky, with the source and the date it was checked.
Fixed export rate
$0.09746 per kWh residential; $0.09657 per kWh commercial under NMS II
Kentucky Power (AEP) · Kentucky
NMS II dollar-denominated avoided-cost export rates; NMS I legacy customers retain the prior one-to-one credit under the statute.
Source: psc.ky.gov
Full Kentucky Power (AEP) detail →Kentucky rules that apply to Kentucky Power (AEP)
The state framework sets the default. Where Kentucky Power (AEP) pays something different, the utility tariff governs and is what the card above reports.
| Compensation mechanism | Utility-specific net metering with dollar-denominated bill credits for exported generation under KRS 278.465-.468; the PSC sets the compensation rate in a utility-initiated ratemaking proceeding. |
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| Export rate | There is no single statewide export rate. Current published utility examples are LG&E $0.07089/kWh residential, KU $0.07534/kWh residential, Duke Energy Kentucky $0.065427/kWh for both residential and non-residential customers, and Kentucky Power $0.09746/kWh residential and $0.09657/kWh commercial under NMS II. |
| Rate effective | Rates are utility- and tariff-specific. LG&E/KU's 2023-00404 NMS-2 rates were ordered August 30, 2024; Duke Energy Kentucky's current single ACEGC rate was ordered June 1, 2026; Kentucky Power's NMS II rates were set in the May 14, 2021 order. |
| Credit rollover | Yes. Excess dollar-denominated bill credits carry forward to the customer's next bill, subject to the utility tariff; they are not transferable between customers or premises. |
| Credit expiration | There is no annual statewide expiration date stated. If the customer closes the account, accumulated credits end with the account and no cash refund is paid; utility tariffs also state credits are not transferable between customers or locations. |
| Annual true-up | No annual true-up date is prescribed in the statewide statute; compensation and netting occur each billing period, with unused credits carried to the next bill. |
| Aggregate program cap | 1% of each retail electric supplier's single-hour peak load during a calendar year; once reached, the supplier has no further obligation to offer net metering to new customer-generators, subject to the statute and PSC-approved tariff implementation. |
| Program status | Utility-specific and threshold-based, not a single statewide closed program. The current LG&E/KU tariff states the companies cease offering NMS-2 to new customer-generators after the combined NMS-1/NMS-2 capacity reaches 1% of single-hour peak load and PSC approval is received; Duke's tariff framework uses the same 1% supplier threshold. |
| Grandfathering | Yes. For an eligible facility in service before the effective date of the initial PSC net-metering order, the tariff provisions in place when service began, including the one-to-one kWh credit, remain at the premises for 25 years, subject to the statutory conditions and the utility tariff. |
| Regulator | Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC), which has jurisdiction over the retail suppliers' net-metering tariffs and sets utility-specific compensation through ratemaking proceedings. |
| Governing rule | KRS 278.465 through KRS 278.468, as amended effective January 1, 2020, plus each utility's PSC-approved net-metering and interconnection tariff. |
| Pending change | Yes. KU and LG&E filed a joint petition for reconsideration of the February 16, 2026 rate-case orders in Cases 2025-00113 and 2025-00114; the filing seeks changes to several issues while identifying the NMS-2 rates as retained at their current levels in the final orders. |
Other Kentucky utilities
- LG&EFixed rate$0.07089 per kWh residential under NMS-2
- KU (Kentucky Utilities)Fixed rate$0.07534 per kWh residential under NMS-2
- Duke Energy KentuckyFixed rate$0.065427 per kWh for residential and non-residential Rider NM-II customers