Alameda Municipal Power and solar
Alameda Municipal Power is a municipal utility serving about 32,364 homes in California. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is a close call.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 25.3¢23% below California average
- Typical bill
- $91361 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~16%Net billing (reduced export credit)
- Typical payback
- 15.7 yrs3 kW, cash
Export rules for Alameda Municipal Power customers
Net billing (reduced export credit) (California rule).
New customers of PG&E, SCE and SDG&E are on the Net Billing Tariff (often called NEM 3.0): solar you use at home saves the full retail rate, but power you send to the grid is credited at hourly 'avoided cost' values that average only about 4-5 cents/kWh (higher on summer evenings). Batteries greatly improve the economics. Municipal utilities like LADWP and SMUD set their own rules.
Solar for a typical Alameda Municipal Power home
| System | 3 kW (115% of 361 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $10,700 |
| First-year savings | $610 |
| Payback | 15.7 years |
| 25-year net | $9,611 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 1,235
- Share of customers
- 3.8%
- Residential solar capacity
- 5 MW
- Residential customers
- 32,364
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Alameda Municipal Power and solar
Does Alameda Municipal Power have net metering?
Alameda Municipal Power follows California's rules: New customers of PG&E, SCE and SDG&E are on the Net Billing Tariff (often called NEM 3.0): solar you use at home saves the full retail rate, but power you send to the grid is credited at hourly 'avoided cost' values that average only about 4-5 cents/kWh (higher on summer evenings). Batteries greatly improve the economics. Municipal utilities like LADWP and SMUD set their own rules.
How much does electricity cost with Alameda Municipal Power?
Residential customers paid an average of 24.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 25.3¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 361 kWh a month, a bill of about $91.
Is solar worth it with Alameda Municipal Power?
For a typical customer, solar is a close call: a 3 kW system costing about $10,700 pays back in about 15.7 years, with $9,611 net over 25 years.
How many Alameda Municipal Power customers have solar?
About 1,235 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 3.8% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Alameda Municipal Power (EIA ID 207). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.