West Penn Power solar export rate
What West Penn Power 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
West Penn Power · Pennsylvania
FirstEnergy's Pennsylvania interconnection process applies; distribution credits do not carry into the next year.
Source: firstenergycorp.com
Full West Penn Power detail →Pennsylvania rules that apply to West Penn Power
The state framework sets the default. Where West Penn Power 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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