Beauregard Electric Cooperative and solar
Beauregard Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 40,452 homes in Louisiana. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is not worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 13.6¢5% above Louisiana average
- Typical bill
- $1741,280 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~28%Avoided-cost export credit
- Typical payback
- 16.9 yrs5.2 kW, cash
Export rules for Beauregard Electric Cooperative customers
Avoided-cost export credit (Louisiana rule).
Outside New Orleans, new solar customers since 2020 are credited for exported power at the utility's avoided cost, about 3.6-4 cents/kWh, versus retail rates of ~11-13 cents. Customers who interconnected before 2020 were grandfathered at retail for 15 years. New Orleans (City Council-regulated) still offers retail net metering.
Solar for a typical Beauregard Electric Cooperative home
| System | 5.2 kW (50% of 1,280 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $14,680 |
| First-year savings | $845 |
| Payback | 16.9 years |
| 25-year net | $9,511 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 486
- Share of customers
- 1.2%
- Residential solar capacity
- 4 MW
- Residential customers
- 40,452
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Beauregard Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Beauregard Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Beauregard Electric Cooperative follows Louisiana's rules: Outside New Orleans, new solar customers since 2020 are credited for exported power at the utility's avoided cost, about 3.6-4 cents/kWh, versus retail rates of ~11-13 cents. Customers who interconnected before 2020 were grandfathered at retail for 15 years. New Orleans (City Council-regulated) still offers retail net metering.
How much does electricity cost with Beauregard Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 13.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 13.6¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,280 kWh a month, a bill of about $174.
Is solar worth it with Beauregard Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is not worth it: a 5.2 kW system costing about $14,680 pays back in about 16.9 years, with $9,511 net over 25 years.
How many Beauregard Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
About 486 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 1.2% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc (EIA ID 1458). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.