Corridor Energy Cooperative and solar
Corridor Energy Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 30,992 homes in Iowa. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is not worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 14.7¢4% above Iowa average
- Typical bill
- $130887 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- RetailFull retail net metering
- Typical payback
- 21.5 yrs3.9 kW, cash
Export rules for Corridor Energy Cooperative customers
Full retail net metering (Iowa rule).
Iowa's two investor-owned utilities (MidAmerican and Alliant) credit solar exports at the retail energy rate through net billing or inflow-outflow billing. Customers who connect before a future value-of-solar rate takes effect (by July 2027 at the latest) keep retail-rate export credit for 20 years.
Solar for a typical Corridor Energy Cooperative home
| System | 3.9 kW (50% of 887 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $16,175 |
| First-year savings | $785 |
| Payback | 21.5 years |
| 25-year net | $2,902 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 683
- Share of customers
- 2.2%
- Residential solar capacity
- 6 MW
- Residential customers
- 30,992
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Corridor Energy Cooperative and solar
Does Corridor Energy Cooperative have net metering?
Corridor Energy Cooperative follows Iowa's rules: Iowa's two investor-owned utilities (MidAmerican and Alliant) credit solar exports at the retail energy rate through net billing or inflow-outflow billing. Customers who connect before a future value-of-solar rate takes effect (by July 2027 at the latest) keep retail-rate export credit for 20 years.
How much does electricity cost with Corridor Energy Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 14.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 14.7¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 887 kWh a month, a bill of about $130.
Is solar worth it with Corridor Energy Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is not worth it: a 3.9 kW system costing about $16,175 pays back in about 21.5 years, with $2,902 net over 25 years.
How many Corridor Energy Cooperative customers have solar?
About 683 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 2.2% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Corridor Energy Cooperative (EIA ID 11053). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.