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Pacific Power net metering in Washington

Parts of central and southern Washington, including Yakima and Walla Walla. A PacifiCorp utility, with net metering under its Washington Schedule 135.

Type
Investor owned
Accounts
140K

What they credit you

One for one in kWh, granted to Pacific Power each March

Published terms

Under Schedule 135, a month of net use is billed at the Energy Charge of your standard schedule. When you send more than you buy, you pay the monthly charges and the net energy becomes a kilowatt hour credit on the next bill.

Month to month
Kilowatt hour credits carry from month to month through the March billing period.
Once a year
Any unused kilowatt hour credit accumulated through the March billing period each year is granted to Pacific Power without compensation.

Published terms · checked 2026-10-07 · source

Installers serving Pacific Power customers

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What this looks like on a Pacific Power bill

An average Washington household, against a system sized to cover its year. The energy charge is the part that goes to zero. The fixed monthly charge underneath it is the part that never does, and it is the number that decides whether a system pays for itself.

Meter readingkWh
Energy charge$142.39
$142.39
We have read this provider’s own tariff. What it still bills you at zero is set out below, with the sheet it came from. The energy line above uses the statewide average. See what they still bill
DirectionReading…

Meter reading falling from 41926 to 41660 kilowatt hours. A 955 kilowatt hour month against 1,221 kilowatt hours produced leaves 0 kilowatt hours billed and 266 banked for next month, so the energy charge falls from $142.39 to $0.00 at 14.91 cents per kilowatt hour.

Washington average household use, 955 kWh a month, at the current published residential price of 14.91¢ 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.

What your installer should be telling you

Schedule 135 is first come, first served until the earliest of 30 June 2029, the date net metered capacity reaches 4% of Pacific Power’s 1996 peak demand, or 37.2 megawatts. An aggregated meter carries its own extra basic charge.

What Pacific Power bills you anyway

In a month when your production covers everything you use, the energy charge can reach zero. This does not. It is the floor under every bill, and it is the number that decides whether a system pays for itself.

The charge
$12.29 a month for a house, once the $3.79 low-income surcharge is added
How it is set
Schedule 16 prices the Basic Charge by dwelling and by phase — $8.50 for a single-phase single-family home, $6.75 for a single-phase multi-family home, $16.50 and $14.75 on three phase — and then a second fixed item is billed beside it. Rider Schedule 91, the Surcharge to Fund the Low Income Bill Assistance Program, is $3.79 a month and is not applicable only to customers who qualify for and elect Schedule 17. So an ordinary single-family home pays $12.29 a month before a kilowatt hour moves, and quoting the Basic Charge alone understates it by nearly a third. Energy above it is 14.311 cents a kilowatt hour all in, and a separate Rider Schedule 98 credit of 1.217 cents applies to customers eligible for the Pacific Northwest power benefit but not to all. The same Schedule 17 that exempts you from the $3.79 is the reason it exists: qualifying households receive discounts on Schedule 16 of between 14 and 85 percent depending on their qualification level.

Pacific Power Washington Price Summary, effective 1 September 2026, base rates effective 1 January 2026 per WUTC Docket UE-250224; Schedule 16 Residential Service and Rider Schedule 91 · checked 2026-10-01 · source

Applying to Pacific Power

What Pacific Power itself requires, as distinct from what the state rule requires. Read from its own published guidelines on the date shown.

One for one, in kilowatt hours
Under RCW 80.60.030(3), when the system sends more than the house takes in a billing period, you pay the customer charges and the excess kilowatt hours are credited on the next bill, to offset what you use later.
On 31 March the leftover is granted to the utility
RCW 80.60.030(5): any remaining unused kilowatt hour credits accumulated during the previous year "shall be granted to the electric utility, without any compensation to the customer-generator".
Net metering has an end date
RCW 80.60.020(1)(a) requires a utility to offer net metering only until the earlier of 30 June 2029 or the date net metered capacity reaches 4% of its 1996 peak demand. After that, each utility may adopt its own tariff for new customers.
100 kW, and one extra meter
A net metering system may be up to 100 kW AC. On request, credits can be shared with one additional meter on the same or a contiguous parcel, billed to the same customer.
The rule reaches public utility districts too
Chapter 80.60 RCW applies to the public utility districts and city light departments as well as the investor owned utilities.

From Pacific Power’s published guidelines · checked 2026-10-07 · source

Pacific Power net metering questions

Does Pacific Power offer one for one net metering?
Yes. Under Schedule 135, a month of net use is billed at the Energy Charge of your standard schedule. When you send more than you buy, you pay the monthly charges and the net energy becomes a kilowatt hour credit on the next bill. Kilowatt hour credits carry from month to month through the March billing period.
What does Pacific Power pay for power sent back to the grid?
One for one in kWh, granted to Pacific Power each March. Any unused kilowatt hour credit accumulated through the March billing period each year is granted to Pacific Power without compensation.
Do I need a battery with Pacific Power?
Not for the economics. Pacific Power credits exports at the retail rate, so power you send out during the day comes back at the same value after dark without storage. A battery is still worth considering for outages during hurricane season, but it is an upgrade here rather than a requirement.
How do I find my Pacific Power bill?
Sign in at pacificpower.net. Open My Account, then Billing. Open the latest bill and save the PDF. Or screenshot the summary page. If you cannot get to it, a rough guess at your average monthly amount is enough to start.
What is the catch with Pacific Power?
Schedule 135 is first come, first served until the earliest of 30 June 2029, the date net metered capacity reaches 4% of Pacific Power’s 1996 peak demand, or 37.2 megawatts. An aggregated meter carries its own extra basic charge.