Blue Grass Energy Cooperative and solar
Blue Grass Energy Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 61,870 homes in Kentucky. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is not worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 13.4¢4% below Kentucky average
- Typical bill
- $1661,244 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~56%Net billing (reduced export credit)
- Typical payback
- 19 yrs5.6 kW, cash
Export rules for Blue Grass Energy Cooperative customers
Net billing (reduced export credit) (Kentucky rule).
Kentucky requires net metering for systems up to 45 kW, but since SB 100 (2019) the PSC sets the export credit in each utility's rate case. For the big investor-owned utilities, power you send to the grid earns a bill credit of roughly 7-10 cents/kWh, well below the retail rate.
Solar for a typical Blue Grass Energy Cooperative home
| System | 5.6 kW (50% of 1,244 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $16,660 |
| First-year savings | $891 |
| Payback | 19.0 years |
| 25-year net | $6,536 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 534
- Share of customers
- 0.9%
- Residential solar capacity
- 5 MW
- Residential customers
- 61,870
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Blue Grass Energy Cooperative and solar
Does Blue Grass Energy Cooperative have net metering?
Blue Grass Energy Cooperative follows Kentucky's rules: Kentucky requires net metering for systems up to 45 kW, but since SB 100 (2019) the PSC sets the export credit in each utility's rate case. For the big investor-owned utilities, power you send to the grid earns a bill credit of roughly 7-10 cents/kWh, well below the retail rate.
How much does electricity cost with Blue Grass Energy Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 12.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 13.4¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,244 kWh a month, a bill of about $166.
Is solar worth it with Blue Grass Energy Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is not worth it: a 5.6 kW system costing about $16,660 pays back in about 19 years, with $6,536 net over 25 years.
How many Blue Grass Energy Cooperative customers have solar?
About 534 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 0.9% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp (EIA ID 1886). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.