Mississippi
Net metering in Mississippi, 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 41603 kilowatt hours. A 1,156 kilowatt hour month against 1,479 kilowatt hours produced leaves 0 kilowatt hours billed and 323 banked for next month, so the energy charge falls from $172.01 to $0.00 at 14.88 cents per kilowatt hour.
Mississippi average household use, 1,156 kWh a month, at the current published residential price of 14.88¢ 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 Mississippi, utility by utility
The Commission credits exports at the utility’s avoided cost of wholesale power plus a benefits adder, and an extra adder for lower income households. It is a real, rule-based credit, and it is well below the retail rate.
Mississippi net metering rules
Avoided cost, plus adders, minus the expiry.
- Who it binds
- The electric utilities within the meaning of Miss. Code Ann. § 77-3-3(d)(i), which is the investor owned utilities the Commission regulates. Cooperatives and municipal systems are outside it.
- What happens to a surplus
- Excess energy is measured and credited within the monthly billing period the rule defines.
- How big a system you may build
- Systems of 20 kW or less that are inverter based and use certified equipment qualify for the Commission’s Level 1 interconnection review, which is the fast path.
Mississippi PSC Distributed Generator Interconnection and 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 Mississippi, 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 Mississippi
Every company we list for at least one Mississippi utility. Each profile shows the utilities it covers and what each one pays for the power you export.
Net metering in Mississippi: the questions people ask
- Does Mississippi have net metering?
- The Commission credits exports at the utility’s avoided cost of wholesale power plus a benefits adder, and an extra adder for lower income households. It is a real, rule-based credit, and it is well below the retail rate.
- What is the solar buyback rate in Mississippi?
- It is set utility by utility, not by the state. How the 2 providers we list in Mississippi 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 Mississippi 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. Mississippi homes use about 1,156 kWh a month at an average of 14.88 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 Mississippi 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 Mississippi 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 Mississippi rule cover?
- The electric utilities within the meaning of Miss. Code Ann. § 77-3-3(d)(i), which is the investor owned utilities the Commission regulates. Cooperatives and municipal systems are outside it.
- What happens to credits you do not use in Mississippi?
- Excess energy is measured and credited within the monthly billing period the rule defines.
- How big a solar system can you install in Mississippi?
- Systems of 20 kW or less that are inverter based and use certified equipment qualify for the Commission’s Level 1 interconnection review, which is the fast path.
- Which electricity providers does this cover in Mississippi?
- We have read the published terms of 2 providers in Mississippi: Entergy Mississippi, Mississippi Power. Each has its own page with the figures taken from its own tariff or from the state’s own order.
Source: Mississippi PSC Distributed Generator Interconnection and Net Metering Rules, checked 2026-09-05.
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