Compare utility solar billing and export rules

Your electricity provider determines how grid imports are charged, solar exports are credited and a system is approved to connect. Matching annual solar production to annual use does not by itself establish your bill.

Reviewed utility coverage

This directory covers 14 reviewed utilities in 10 states, not every US provider. Confirm the service account, tariff, enrollment date and eligibility with your actual utility.

Export compensation: How electricity sent to the grid is measured and credited.
Billing: How imports, credits, remaining charges and settlement appear on the account.
Interconnection: The application, inspection and authorization needed to connect a system.

Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) solar billing guide
PG&E electric service territory in Northern and Central California.
New solar customers use PG&E's Solar Billing Plan, also called the Net Billing Tariff. Exported energy earns hourly credits, not an automatic one-for-one retail credit.
Sources reviewed: 2026-09-11
Florida Power & Light (FPL) solar billing guide
FPL electric service territory in Florida. Northwest Florida customers should use FPL's Northwest Florida program materials.
FPL describes net metering as a way for approved customer generation to offset electricity use. Excess solar generation is credited under its customer-owned-generation program.
Sources reviewed: 2026-09-11
Arizona Public Service (APS) solar billing guide
APS electric service territory in Arizona.
APS compensates qualifying residential exported solar energy through its Resource Comparison Proxy rider. The rider describes an export bill credit tied to the interconnection application.
Sources reviewed: 2026-09-11
Salt River Project (SRP) solar billing guide
SRP electric service territory in the Phoenix metropolitan area and central Arizona.
SRP offers more than one customer-generation option. Its solar price-plan materials distinguish export-price plans from customer-generation plans, so export treatment depends on the selected plan.
Sources reviewed: 2026-09-11
Dominion Energy Virginia solar billing guide
Dominion Energy Virginia electric service territory in Virginia.
Dominion Energy Virginia's net-metering program lets eligible customer-owned renewable generation offset electricity use. Excess generation delivered to the grid receives treatment under the current net-metering arrangement.
Sources reviewed: 2026-09-11
Southern California Edison (SCE) solar billing guide
Southern California Edison electric service territory in California.
SCE's Solar Billing Plan gives eligible customers Energy Export Credits for electricity sent to the grid. Credit values vary under the current program structure, rather than using an automatic one-to-one retail credit.
Sources reviewed: 2026-09-11
Austin Energy solar billing guide
Austin Energy electric service territory in Texas.
Austin Energy's Value of Solar billing credits qualifying residential solar production measured by the solar meter, rather than treating only exported energy as the credited quantity.
Sources reviewed: 2026-09-11
Con Edison solar billing guide
Con Edison electric service territory in New York.
Con Edison describes customer solar systems exporting excess energy to the grid. For systems on Value Stack treatment, exported energy becomes a monetary credit whose value can vary by location and time, while older net-metering arrangements can differ.
Sources reviewed: 2026-09-11
PSE&G New Jersey solar billing guide
PSE&G electric service territory in New Jersey.
PSE&G's net-metering materials describe excess electricity exported to the grid being tracked by the net meter and credited to the customer's account under the current program.
Sources reviewed: 2026-09-11
Xcel Energy Colorado solar billing guide
Xcel Energy electric service territory in Colorado.
Xcel Energy's Colorado solar materials describe net-metering choices for handling excess generation, including a continuous rollover credit option and an option to waive credit treatment. The account's selected treatment matters.
Sources reviewed: 2026-09-11
NV Energy solar billing guide
NV Energy service territory in Northern and Southern Nevada.
NV Energy's current net-metering materials describe credits for excess energy produced by a qualifying renewable-energy system. The applicable plan and current participation tier affect the account treatment.
Sources reviewed: 2026-09-11
Duke Energy Carolinas solar billing guide
Duke Energy Carolinas residential service territory in North Carolina.
Duke Energy Carolinas' Residential Solar Choice rider describes current treatment for customer electricity delivered to the grid under the rider's net-excess-energy credit structure.
Sources reviewed: 2026-09-11
Tampa Electric solar billing guide
Residential accounts served by Tampa Electric in Florida. Confirm the utility on the actual electric bill; a Florida address alone does not establish Tampa Electric service or program eligibility.
Tampa Electric's reviewed net-metering explanation describes electricity delivered from the grid and excess solar electricity received from the customer. It calculates net energy for the billing period from those grid exchanges. When received energy exceeds delivered energy, the surplus kWh is carried to a later billing period under the described program. Direct solar use inside the home is not an export and should not be confused with the inverter's total generation. Confirm the current rate schedule and signed interconnection agreement for the account rather than assuming every Florida utility uses identical rules.
Sources reviewed: 2026-10-06
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) solar billing guide
Residential accounts served by Sacramento Municipal Utility District in California. Verify SMUD service on the account rather than substituting a PG&E or Southern California Edison export model.
SMUD's Solar and Storage Rate (SSR) describes compensation for excess electricity not used on site or stored in a battery. SSR is an additional component alongside the customer's applicable electric rate; it does not turn every exported kWh into an identical retail-priced import credit. The official page distinguishes SSR from the legacy Net Energy Metering program, and enrollment and system-change circumstances can affect which terms apply. Use the current published export schedule and the account's confirmed program when modeling savings. This summary deliberately does not quote a rate that could be mistaken for a permanent value.
Sources reviewed: 2026-10-06