Callaway Electric Cooperative and solar
Callaway Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 12,767 homes in Missouri. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 17.6¢26% above Missouri average
- Typical bill
- $2131,209 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~26%Avoided-cost export credit
- Typical payback
- 11.9 yrs9.3 kW, cash
Export rules for Callaway 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 Callaway Electric Cooperative home
| System | 9.3 kW (90% of 1,209 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $25,355 |
| First-year savings | $2,225 |
| Payback | 11.9 years |
| 25-year net | $31,993 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 150
- Share of customers
- 1.2%
- Residential solar capacity
- 2 MW
- Residential customers
- 12,767
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Callaway Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Callaway Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Callaway 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 Callaway Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 16.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 17.6¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,209 kWh a month, a bill of about $213.
Is solar worth it with Callaway Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is worth it: a 9.3 kW system costing about $25,355 pays back in about 11.9 years, with $31,993 net over 25 years.
How many Callaway Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
About 150 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 1.2% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Callaway Electric Cooperative (EIA ID 4160). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.