Indiana
Net metering in Indiana, 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 41675 kilowatt hours. A 901 kilowatt hour month against 1,152 kilowatt hours produced leaves 0 kilowatt hours billed and 251 banked for next month, so the energy charge falls from $157.77 to $0.00 at 17.51 cents per kilowatt hour.
Indiana average household use, 901 kWh a month, at the current published residential price of 17.51¢ 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 Indiana, utility by utility
Net metering closed to new customers on 1 July 2022. Exports are now bought under Excess Distributed Generation at the prior year’s average wholesale price multiplied by 1.25, reset annually for each utility.
Credits you below retail
- AES IndianaInvestor owned/500K accountsWholesale rateWholesale plus 25%, about a quarter of retail
- Duke Energy IndianaInvestor owned/890K accountsWholesale rateWholesale plus 25%, about a quarter of retail
- NIPSCOInvestor owned/480K accountsWholesale rateWholesale plus 25%, about a quarter of retail
- Indiana Michigan PowerInvestor owned/460K accountsWholesale rateWholesale plus 25%, about a quarter of retail
- CenterPoint Energy IndianaInvestor owned/150K accountsWholesale rateWholesale plus 25%, about a quarter of retail
Indiana net metering rules
Wholesale price plus 25%, and nothing else.
- Who it binds
- All five investor owned utilities, by statute. Cooperatives and municipal systems set their own terms and some still offer better ones.
- What happens to a surplus
- Set by each utility’s Excess Distributed Generation tariff rather than by a single state rule.
- How big a system you may build
- Set by each utility’s interconnection rules.
Senate Enrolled Act 309 (2017); Excess Distributed Generation — 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 Indiana, 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 Indiana
Every company we list for at least one Indiana utility. Each profile shows the utilities it covers and what each one pays for the power you export.
Net metering in Indiana: the questions people ask
- Does Indiana have net metering?
- Net metering closed to new customers on 1 July 2022. Exports are now bought under Excess Distributed Generation at the prior year’s average wholesale price multiplied by 1.25, reset annually for each utility.
- What is the solar buyback rate in Indiana?
- It is set utility by utility, not by the state. How the 5 providers we list in Indiana credit the power you export: 5 at a rate below retail. Each one’s own page gives its figure and the date we read it.
- Is solar worth it in Indiana 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. Indiana homes use about 901 kWh a month at an average of 17.51 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 Indiana 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 Indiana 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 Indiana rule cover?
- All five investor owned utilities, by statute. Cooperatives and municipal systems set their own terms and some still offer better ones.
- What happens to credits you do not use in Indiana?
- Set by each utility’s Excess Distributed Generation tariff rather than by a single state rule.
- How big a solar system can you install in Indiana?
- Set by each utility’s interconnection rules.
- Which electricity providers does this cover in Indiana?
- We have read the published terms of 5 providers in Indiana: AES Indiana, Duke Energy Indiana, NIPSCO, Indiana Michigan Power, CenterPoint Energy Indiana. Each has its own page with the figures taken from its own tariff or from the state’s own order.
Source: Senate Enrolled Act 309 (2017); Excess Distributed Generation, checked 2026-09-05.
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