LES solar export rate
What LES pays for power exported from rooftop solar in Nebraska, with the source and the date it was checked.
No single rate — formula based
Formula, not a single fixed dollar figure: LES purchases net energy delivered at the applicable Renewable Net Metering Rider Energy Payment rate, based on the Energy Charge Tier in effect when the bidirectional meter is set; the Tier remains for 10 years.
LES · Nebraska
LES publishes monthly rollover, calendar-year payout, a 25 kW AC net-metering limit, and a 1% utility capacity threshold. No unsupported current dollar export figure is inserted.
Source: les.com
Full LES detail →Nebraska rules that apply to LES
The state framework sets the default. Where LES pays something different, the utility tariff governs and is what the card above reports.
| Compensation mechanism | Nebraska compensation is utility-specific: net metering offsets the customer's retail consumption, while net excess generation is credited at the local distribution utility's avoided cost; OPPD, LES, and NPPD publish their own riders or program terms. |
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| Export rate | There is no single statewide dollar export rate in the reviewed sources. Nebraska law specifies that net excess generation is credited at the local distribution utility's avoided cost; OPPD directs customers to Rate 483, LES uses its Renewable Net Metering Rider Energy Payment rate, and NPPD publishes separate prices by generation type and season. |
| Rate effective | Utility schedules control the effective rate: LES publishes its Renewable Net Metering Rider as effective with services provided after December 31, 2025, and OPPD's rate manual states Effective 01/01/2026. |
| Credit rollover | Yes. Monetary credits are carried forward from billing period to billing period and credited against subsequent retail electric bills; LES also says credits exceeding billing-period charges roll over to the following billing period. |
| Credit expiration | The statute does not state a general expiration date for carried-forward monetary credits; it requires excess monetary credits to be paid out at the final bill at the end of each annualized period or within 60 days after service termination. |
| Annual true-up | Excess monetary credits are paid out to coincide with the final bill at the end of each annualized period, or within 60 days after the customer-generator terminates retail service. |
| Aggregate program cap | A local distribution utility is not required to provide net metering to additional customer-generators after its net-metered capacity reaches or exceeds 1% of the capacity needed to meet its average aggregate customer monthly peak-demand forecast for that calendar year. |
| Program status | The 1% threshold is utility-specific and is measured against each local distribution utility's average aggregate customer monthly peak-demand forecast for the calendar year. |
| Grandfathering | No separate statewide grandfathering provision was identified in the reviewed current statute or utility pages; LES states that an interconnection-date tier remains fixed for 10 years. |
| Regulator | Nebraska's public-power utilities publish and administer their own service rules and rates; the Nebraska Power Review Board receives annual net-metering reports from local distribution utilities. |
| Governing rule | Nebraska has no statewide utility-commission tariff; terms are set utility by utility under the local-distribution-utility framework. The Nebraska Legislature's net-metering provisions are in sections 70-2001 to 70-2005, including section 70-2003. |
Other Nebraska utilities
- OPPDFormula basedNo single dollar rate is reproduced on the reviewed program page; OPPD says excess is compensat
- NPPDFormula basedFormula/seasonal program: NPPD says net excess generation prices depend on generation type, wit