Arkansas
Net metering in Arkansas, provider by provider.
Every provider in the state, and every figure below read from the published tariff or interconnection document rather than a comparison site. Some credit you the full retail rate for the power you send back. Most do not, and that difference is the whole reason this page exists.
Meter reading falling from 41926 to 41634 kilowatt hours. A 1,048 kilowatt hour month against 1,340 kilowatt hours produced leaves 0 kilowatt hours billed and 292 banked for next month, so the energy charge falls from $147.98 to $0.00 at 14.12 cents per kilowatt hour.
Arkansas average household use, 1,048 kWh a month, at the current published residential price of 14.12¢ per kWh. Your utility still bills a fixed monthly customer charge that no system offsets, so this is the energy part of the bill, which is the part that goes away.
Solar buyback rates in Arkansas, utility by utility
Act 278 of 2023 replaced one-to-one net metering with net energy billing at avoided cost. Systems whose interconnection agreement was submitted before 30 September 2024 keep one-to-one crediting until 1 June 2040.
Arkansas net metering rules
Net energy billing, unless you got in by September 2024.
- Who it binds
- The utilities regulated by the Arkansas Public Service Commission.
- What happens to a surplus
- Set by each utility’s net energy billing tariff.
- How big a system you may build
- Set by the Commission’s net-metering rules.
Act 278 of 2023; Arkansas PSC net-metering rules — checked 2026-09-05
What actually happens after you pick
Most sites in this business hand your number to a sales team and disappear. We do the preparation first, so the company that turns up already knows your situation.
You see your real terms
Your provider page shows what that specific utility credits you, when it trues up, and where the catch is. Sourced and dated, not a sales page.
You choose the company
Companies serving your territory in Arkansas, with the reviews, years trading and BBB grade we found for each. You pick. Not a call center, not an auction.
We set the whole thing up
We call you, go through your bill and your last twelve months of use, work out what your utility owes you, and get the program paperwork in order.
They arrive prepared
The company you chose turns up to a job that is already understood, with your figures in hand. No cold pitch on your doorstep.
Solar installers in Arkansas
Every company we list for at least one Arkansas utility. Each profile shows the utilities it covers and what each one pays for the power you export.
Net metering in Arkansas: the questions people ask
- Does Arkansas have net metering?
- Act 278 of 2023 replaced one-to-one net metering with net energy billing at avoided cost. Systems whose interconnection agreement was submitted before 30 September 2024 keep one-to-one crediting until 1 June 2040.
- What is the solar buyback rate in Arkansas?
- It is set utility by utility, not by the state. How the 3 providers we list in Arkansas credit the power you export: 3 at a rate below retail. Each one’s own page gives its figure and the date we read it.
- Is solar worth it in Arkansas in 2026?
- It depends mostly on what your utility pays for the power you export, because the 30% federal credit ended for systems completed after 31 December 2025. Arkansas homes use about 1,048 kWh a month at an average of 14.12 cents per kWh, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Where exports are credited at the full retail rate, each kilowatt hour your panels send back is worth about that much; where they are credited below retail, size the system to what you use while the sun is up. Check your own utility on this page before you get a quote for solar panels.
- Is there a solar tax credit in Arkansas in 2026?
- Not a federal one. The 30% federal credit, IRC Section 25D, ended for systems completed after 31 December 2025, and a deposit paid in 2025 does not preserve it. Anyone still quoting it is working from an old script. Any incentive left in Arkansas comes from the state or your utility, and what your utility pays for exported power is now most of the financial case.
- Which providers does the Arkansas rule cover?
- The utilities regulated by the Arkansas Public Service Commission.
- What happens to credits you do not use in Arkansas?
- Set by each utility’s net energy billing tariff.
- How big a solar system can you install in Arkansas?
- Set by the Commission’s net-metering rules.
- Which electricity providers does this cover in Arkansas?
- We have read the published terms of 3 providers in Arkansas: Entergy Arkansas, SWEPCO, Oklahoma Gas and Electric. Each has its own page with the figures taken from its own tariff or from the state’s own order.
Source: Act 278 of 2023; Arkansas PSC net-metering rules, checked 2026-09-05.
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