Boone Electric Cooperative and solar
Boone Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 34,098 homes in Missouri. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is a close call.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 14.2¢2% above Missouri average
- Typical bill
- $1551,091 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~32%Avoided-cost export credit
- Typical payback
- 15.2 yrs7.5 kW, cash
Export rules for Boone Electric Cooperative customers
Avoided-cost export credit (Missouri rule).
Missouri's net metering law nets usage and production within each monthly bill at full retail, but any net excess for the month is credited only at the utility's avoided fuel cost (a few cents/kWh), and unused credits expire after 12 months. Systems are capped at 100 kW.
Solar for a typical Boone Electric Cooperative home
| System | 7.5 kW (80% of 1,091 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $21,125 |
| First-year savings | $1,471 |
| Payback | 15.2 years |
| 25-year net | $15,424 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 386
- Share of customers
- 1.1%
- Residential solar capacity
- 4 MW
- Residential customers
- 34,098
EIA-861, 2025.
Cities served
Questions about Boone Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Boone Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Boone Electric Cooperative follows Missouri's rules: Missouri's net metering law nets usage and production within each monthly bill at full retail, but any net excess for the month is credited only at the utility's avoided fuel cost (a few cents/kWh), and unused credits expire after 12 months. Systems are capped at 100 kW.
How much does electricity cost with Boone Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 13.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 14.2¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,091 kWh a month, a bill of about $155.
Is solar worth it with Boone Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is a close call: a 7.5 kW system costing about $21,125 pays back in about 15.2 years, with $15,424 net over 25 years.
How many Boone Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
About 386 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 1.1% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Boone Electric Coop (EIA ID 2001). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.