Bedford Rural Electric Cooperative and solar
Bedford Rural Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 8,849 homes in Pennsylvania. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 18.0¢13% below Pennsylvania average
- Typical bill
- $175975 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- RetailFull retail net metering
- Typical payback
- 11 yrs9 kW, cash
Export rules for Bedford Rural Electric Cooperative customers
Full retail net metering (Pennsylvania rule).
Pennsylvania's electric distribution utilities offer full retail net metering for home systems up to 50 kW. Excess kWh roll over each month, and any surplus left at the end of the June-May year is paid at the 'price to compare' (generation + transmission), which is lower than retail.
Solar for a typical Bedford Rural Electric Cooperative home
| System | 9 kW (100% of 975 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $26,000 |
| First-year savings | $2,005 |
| Payback | 11.0 years |
| 25-year net | $44,743 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 26
- Share of customers
- 0.3%
- Residential solar capacity
- 0 MW
- Residential customers
- 8,849
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Bedford Rural Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Bedford Rural Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Bedford Rural Electric Cooperative follows Pennsylvania's rules: Pennsylvania's electric distribution utilities offer full retail net metering for home systems up to 50 kW. Excess kWh roll over each month, and any surplus left at the end of the June-May year is paid at the 'price to compare' (generation + transmission), which is lower than retail.
How much does electricity cost with Bedford Rural Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 16.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 18.0¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 975 kWh a month, a bill of about $175.
Is solar worth it with Bedford Rural Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is worth it: a 9 kW system costing about $26,000 pays back in about 11 years, with $44,743 net over 25 years.
How many Bedford Rural Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
About 26 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 0.3% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Bedford Rural Elec Coop, Inc (EIA ID 40221). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.