Chickasaw Electric Cooperative and solar
Chickasaw Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 19,723 homes in Tennessee. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is not worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 12.1¢11% below Tennessee average
- Typical bill
- $1731,429 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~22%No statewide net metering
- Typical payback
- Never6.3 kW, cash
Export rules for Chickasaw Electric Cooperative customers
No statewide net metering (Tennessee rule).
Tennessee has no net metering law; almost all homes are served by TVA-supplied local power companies. Solar offsets your own usage, but exported power is typically bought at TVA's low wholesale avoided-cost rate (about 2.7 c/kWh in late 2026) or a local utility's own rate.
Solar for a typical Chickasaw Electric Cooperative home
| System | 6.3 kW (50% of 1,429 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $23,030 |
| First-year savings | $834 |
| Payback | never within 25 years |
| 25-year net | −$1,258 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- —
- Share of customers
- —
- Residential solar capacity
- —
- Residential customers
- 19,723
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Chickasaw Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Chickasaw Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Chickasaw Electric Cooperative follows Tennessee's rules: Tennessee has no net metering law; almost all homes are served by TVA-supplied local power companies. Solar offsets your own usage, but exported power is typically bought at TVA's low wholesale avoided-cost rate (about 2.7 c/kWh in late 2026) or a local utility's own rate.
How much does electricity cost with Chickasaw Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 11.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 12.1¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,429 kWh a month, a bill of about $173.
Is solar worth it with Chickasaw Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is not worth it: a 6.3 kW system costing about $23,030 does not pay back within 25 years, with −$1,258 net over 25 years.
How many Chickasaw Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
Chickasaw Electric Cooperative did not report residential net-metered solar to EIA for 2025.
Legal name: Chickasaw Electric Coop, Inc (EIA ID 40166). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.