Utah
Net metering in Utah, 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 41710 kilowatt hours. A 774 kilowatt hour month against 990 kilowatt hours produced leaves 0 kilowatt hours billed and 216 banked for next month, so the energy charge falls from $103.48 to $0.00 at 13.37 cents per kilowatt hour.
Utah average household use, 774 kWh a month, at the current published residential price of 13.37¢ 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 Utah, utility by utility
Net metering closed to new customers years ago. New systems take Net Billing Service, under which exports are bought at a published seasonal export credit rate of roughly four to five cents.
Utah net metering rules
Net billing at about four cents.
- Who it binds
- Rocky Mountain Power, the state’s investor owned utility, under schedules approved by the Public Service Commission. The municipal systems set their own terms.
- What happens to a surplus
- Export credits, in dollars, are applied against the power and energy charges and carry from month to month until the annual period ends with the March meter reading, when any unused credit expires.
- How big a system you may build
- Set by the utility’s interconnection schedules rather than by statute.
Rocky Mountain Power Electric Service Schedule No. 137, Net Billing Service — 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 Utah, 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 Utah
Every company we list for at least one Utah utility. Each profile shows the utilities it covers and what each one pays for the power you export.
Net metering in Utah: the questions people ask
- Does Utah have net metering?
- Net metering closed to new customers years ago. New systems take Net Billing Service, under which exports are bought at a published seasonal export credit rate of roughly four to five cents.
- What is the solar buyback rate in Utah?
- Utah has one provider on our list, Rocky Mountain Power, and it credits the power you export at a rate below retail. Its own page gives the figure and the date we read it.
- Is solar worth it in Utah 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. Utah homes use about 774 kWh a month at an average of 13.37 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 Utah 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 Utah 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 Utah rule cover?
- Rocky Mountain Power, the state’s investor owned utility, under schedules approved by the Public Service Commission. The municipal systems set their own terms.
- What happens to credits you do not use in Utah?
- Export credits, in dollars, are applied against the power and energy charges and carry from month to month until the annual period ends with the March meter reading, when any unused credit expires.
- How big a solar system can you install in Utah?
- Set by the utility’s interconnection schedules rather than by statute.
- Which electricity providers does this cover in Utah?
- We have read the published terms of the one provider in Utah: Rocky Mountain Power. It has its own page with the figures taken from its own tariff or from the state’s own order.
Source: Rocky Mountain Power Electric Service Schedule No. 137, Net Billing Service, checked 2026-09-05.
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