Missouri
Net metering in Missouri, 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 41647 kilowatt hours. A 1,001 kilowatt hour month against 1,280 kilowatt hours produced leaves 0 kilowatt hours billed and 279 banked for next month, so the energy charge falls from $162.36 to $0.00 at 16.22 cents per kilowatt hour.
Missouri average household use, 1,001 kWh a month, at the current published residential price of 16.22¢ 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 Missouri, utility by utility
Utilities must offer net metering to systems up to 100 kW, with excess monthly generation credited at least at avoided fuel cost. Credits expire after twelve months.
Missouri net metering rules
Net metering up to 100 kW, credits expire at twelve months.
- Who it binds
- The electric utilities covered by the Net Metering and Easy Connection Act.
- What happens to a surplus
- Credits carry month to month and expire after twelve months.
- How big a system you may build
- Qualified net metering units are 100 kW or less.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 386.890, Net Metering and Easy Connection Act — 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 Missouri, 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 Missouri
Every company we list for at least one Missouri utility. Each profile shows the utilities it covers and what each one pays for the power you export.
Net metering in Missouri: the questions people ask
- Does Missouri have net metering?
- Utilities must offer net metering to systems up to 100 kW, with excess monthly generation credited at least at avoided fuel cost. Credits expire after twelve months.
- What is the solar buyback rate in Missouri?
- It is set utility by utility, not by the state. How the 2 providers we list in Missouri credit the power you export: 2 at a rate below retail. Each one’s own page gives its figure and the date we read it.
- Is solar worth it in Missouri 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. Missouri homes use about 1,001 kWh a month at an average of 16.22 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 Missouri 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 Missouri 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 Missouri rule cover?
- The electric utilities covered by the Net Metering and Easy Connection Act.
- What happens to credits you do not use in Missouri?
- Credits carry month to month and expire after twelve months. None. Unused credit simply lapses at twelve months rather than being paid.
- How big a solar system can you install in Missouri?
- Qualified net metering units are 100 kW or less.
- Which electricity providers does this cover in Missouri?
- We have read the published terms of 2 providers in Missouri: Ameren Missouri, Evergy Missouri. Each has its own page with the figures taken from its own tariff or from the state’s own order.
Source: Mo. Rev. Stat. § 386.890, Net Metering and Easy Connection Act, checked 2026-09-05.
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