Cotton Electric Cooperative and solar
Cotton Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 19,906 homes in Oklahoma. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is a close call.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 13.2¢4% below Oklahoma average
- Typical bill
- $1701,285 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~19%Avoided-cost export credit
- Typical payback
- 14.6 yrs9.2 kW, cash
Export rules for Cotton Electric Cooperative customers
Avoided-cost export credit (Oklahoma rule).
Oklahoma requires net metering, but only your same-month usage is offset at retail. Any excess left at the end of the billing period is bought at the utility's avoided cost, typically just a few cents per kWh.
Solar for a typical Cotton Electric Cooperative home
| System | 9.2 kW (90% of 1,285 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $26,500 |
| First-year savings | $1,791 |
| Payback | 14.6 years |
| 25-year net | $24,750 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 208
- Share of customers
- 1.0%
- Residential solar capacity
- 2 MW
- Residential customers
- 19,906
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Cotton Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Cotton Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Cotton Electric Cooperative follows Oklahoma's rules: Oklahoma requires net metering, but only your same-month usage is offset at retail. Any excess left at the end of the billing period is bought at the utility's avoided cost, typically just a few cents per kWh.
How much does electricity cost with Cotton Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 12.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 13.2¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,285 kWh a month, a bill of about $170.
Is solar worth it with Cotton Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is a close call: a 9.2 kW system costing about $26,500 pays back in about 14.6 years, with $24,750 net over 25 years.
How many Cotton Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
About 208 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 1.0% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Cotton Electric Coop, Inc (EIA ID 4401). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.