Louisiana
Net metering in Louisiana, 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 41591 kilowatt hours. A 1,202 kilowatt hour month against 1,537 kilowatt hours produced leaves 0 kilowatt hours billed and 335 banked for next month, so the energy charge falls from $162.15 to $0.00 at 13.49 cents per kilowatt hour.
Louisiana average household use, 1,202 kWh a month, at the current published residential price of 13.49¢ 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 Louisiana, utility by utility
The Commission ended one for one net metering in September 2019. From 1 January 2020 exports are compensated at avoided cost, measured instantaneously, under four cents per kWh on the tariffs we have read.
Credits you the full retail rate
Credits you below retail
Louisiana net metering rules
Avoided cost since 2020, netted instantaneously.
- Who it binds
- The investor owned utilities the Commission regulates, including Entergy Louisiana, Cleco and SWEPCO. Entergy New Orleans answers to the City Council and still nets kilowatt hour for kilowatt hour. Cooperatives and municipal systems set their own terms.
- What happens to a surplus
- Instantaneous netting, so there is very little to roll over.
- How big a system you may build
- Set by each utility’s interconnection rules.
Louisiana PSC net metering order, 11 September 2019 — 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 Louisiana, 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 Louisiana
Every company we list for at least one Louisiana utility. Each profile shows the utilities it covers and what each one pays for the power you export.
Net metering in Louisiana: the questions people ask
- Does Louisiana have net metering?
- The Commission ended one for one net metering in September 2019. From 1 January 2020 exports are compensated at avoided cost, measured instantaneously, under four cents per kWh on the tariffs we have read.
- What is the solar buyback rate in Louisiana?
- It is set utility by utility, not by the state. How the 4 providers we list in Louisiana credit the power you export: 1 at the full retail rate; 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 Louisiana 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. Louisiana homes use about 1,202 kWh a month at an average of 13.49 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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana rule cover?
- The investor owned utilities the Commission regulates, including Entergy Louisiana, Cleco and SWEPCO. Entergy New Orleans answers to the City Council and still nets kilowatt hour for kilowatt hour. Cooperatives and municipal systems set their own terms.
- What happens to credits you do not use in Louisiana?
- Instantaneous netting, so there is very little to roll over.
- How big a solar system can you install in Louisiana?
- Set by each utility’s interconnection rules.
- Which electricity providers does this cover in Louisiana?
- We have read the published terms of 4 providers in Louisiana: Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, Cleco Power, SWEPCO. Each has its own page with the figures taken from its own tariff or from the state’s own order.
Source: Louisiana PSC net metering order, 11 September 2019, checked 2026-09-05.
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