Mon Power
Northern West Virginia, including Morgantown, Fairmont, Clarksburg and Parkersburg. A FirstEnergy company. Its net metering uses avoided cost compensation rather than the retail rate.
- Type
- Investor owned
- Accounts
- 400K
What they credit you
Avoided cost, around three cents
Published termsMon Power credits exported energy at avoided cost rather than at the retail rate. Reported export compensation for the FirstEnergy companies in West Virginia is around three cents per kWh.
Published terms · checked 2026-09-05 · source
Battery backup is mandatory
in Mon Power territory.
Mon Power does not credit the power you send back at the rate it charges you to take it.
That does not make solar a bad idea in Mon Power territory. It changes what you should build. When exports are worth a fraction of retail the credit stops being the return, and the job becomes using more of your own production inside the house, which usually means a larger array than a one for one utility would need.
Sizing is where that gets decided, so ask about it directly. West Virginia’s two utility families pay very differently, and Appalachian Power’s better rate closed to new applications in March 2026, so the design question here starts with which company and which application date. Mon Power sets its own limits. Ask Mon Power what it allows before you accept that a bigger system is off the table.
A battery then does two separate jobs. It moves daytime production into the evening so you use it instead of selling it, and it keeps the house running when the grid goes down. That second job is not a bonus. Panels on their own shut off in an outage, by design, so a roof full of them powers nothing during a storm. That is the part we will not refer around.
So we treat it as a requirement, not an upgrade. We will not refer you for a panels-only system in Mon Power territory, and you should be skeptical of anyone who quotes you one without raising storage first.
Our referral policy, not a legal or utility requirement
What your installer should be telling you
Ask Mon Power for the current avoided cost figure in writing. At around three cents against a retail rate several times that, the return here comes from self consumption rather than export.
Mon Power net metering questions
- Does Mon Power offer one for one net metering?
- No. Mon Power credits exported energy at avoided cost rather than at the retail rate. Reported export compensation for the FirstEnergy companies in West Virginia is around three cents per kWh.
- What does Mon Power pay for power sent back to the grid?
- Avoided cost, around three cents.
- Do I need a battery with Mon Power?
- Yes, and we treat it as mandatory. Because Mon Power does not credit exports one for one, the return has to come from using your own production rather than selling it, which after dark means storage and usually a larger array than a one for one utility would need. The other half is backup: panels alone shut off in an outage, so a battery is what keeps the house running in a storm. We do not refer panels-only systems in Mon Power territory. This is our referral policy, not a legal or utility requirement.
- How do I find my Mon Power bill?
- Sign in at firstenergycorp.com. 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 Mon Power?
- Ask Mon Power for the current avoided cost figure in writing. At around three cents against a retail rate several times that, the return here comes from self consumption rather than export.
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