Met-Ed (FirstEnergy) solar export rate
What Met-Ed (FirstEnergy) pays for power exported from rooftop solar in Pennsylvania, with the source and the date it was checked.
No single rate — formula based
Full retail rate for monthly netting; annual excess settled under the tariff's full-retail-value rule
Met-Ed (FirstEnergy) · Pennsylvania
FirstEnergy provides a Pennsylvania interconnection portal and Level 1/2-4 application paths.
Source: firstenergycorp.com
Full Met-Ed (FirstEnergy) detail →Pennsylvania rules that apply to Met-Ed (FirstEnergy)
The state framework sets the default. Where Met-Ed (FirstEnergy) pays something different, the utility tariff governs and is what the card above reports.
| Compensation mechanism | Net metering: EDCs credit qualifying customer-generators for exports against usage at the full retail kilowatt-hour rate; remaining annual excess is settled by the DSP at its Price to Compare. |
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| Export rate | No single statewide dollar rate: full retail kWh rate for monthly offsetting, including generation, transmission and distribution; remaining annual excess is paid at the DSP's Price to Compare. |
| Rate effective | The current Chapter 75 net-metering provisions cited here were adopted effective November 19, 2016; utility Price to Compare values change by utility and service period. No 2024 statewide net-crediting effective date was found. |
| Credit rollover | Excess kWh carry forward and are credited against usage in subsequent billing periods at the full retail rate; credits continue to accumulate until year-end. |
| Credit expiration | At the end of the year, remaining EDC/DSP excess kWh are settled in cash at the DSP Price to Compare rather than carried indefinitely. For EGS customers, remaining unbundled distribution credits are zeroed out at year-end and do not carry into the next year. |
| Annual true-up | The annual reporting/planning year ends May 31 (June 1 through May 31); annual excess-credit settlement occurs at the end of that year. |
| Aggregate program cap | No statewide aggregate program-wide capacity cap is stated in current 52 Pa. Code § 75.13; EDC net metering is offered on a first-come, first-served basis subject to the rule and tariff conditions. |
| Program status | Open statewide under the first-come, first-served rule; individual utility interconnection remains subject to engineering and tariff review. |
| Grandfathering | No separate statewide grandfathering schedule was identified in current § 75.13; existing customer-generators remain governed by the applicable Chapter 75 rules and their EDC tariff, while switching suppliers triggers treatment as year-end. |
| Regulator | Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC); the PUC administers the Chapter 75 net-metering and interconnection rules for EDCs. |
| Governing rule | 52 Pa. Code §§ 75.11-75.17 (Net Metering), especially § 75.13; interconnection standards are in §§ 75.21 et seq. |
| Pending change | Approved as a notice of proposed rulemaking, not yet an effective replacement for net metering: PUC docket L-2023-3044115 proposes Chapter 57 rules for DER aggregation/wholesale-market participation. Separately, a December 2025 PUC motion proposed a future modernization of interconnection regulations. |
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