Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative and solar
Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 23,845 homes in Kentucky. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is not worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 13.8¢1% below Kentucky average
- Typical bill
- $1491,079 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~54%Net billing (reduced export credit)
- Typical payback
- 18.9 yrs4.8 kW, cash
Export rules for Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative customers
Net billing (reduced export credit) (Kentucky rule).
Kentucky requires net metering for systems up to 45 kW, but since SB 100 (2019) the PSC sets the export credit in each utility's rate case. For the big investor-owned utilities, power you send to the grid earns a bill credit of roughly 7-10 cents/kWh, well below the retail rate.
Solar for a typical Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative home
| System | 4.8 kW (50% of 1,079 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $14,780 |
| First-year savings | $787 |
| Payback | 18.9 years |
| 25-year net | $5,906 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 92
- Share of customers
- 0.4%
- Residential solar capacity
- 1 MW
- Residential customers
- 23,845
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative and solar
Does Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative have net metering?
Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative follows Kentucky's rules: Kentucky requires net metering for systems up to 45 kW, but since SB 100 (2019) the PSC sets the export credit in each utility's rate case. For the big investor-owned utilities, power you send to the grid earns a bill credit of roughly 7-10 cents/kWh, well below the retail rate.
How much does electricity cost with Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 13.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 13.8¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,079 kWh a month, a bill of about $149.
Is solar worth it with Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is not worth it: a 4.8 kW system costing about $14,780 pays back in about 18.9 years, with $5,906 net over 25 years.
How many Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative customers have solar?
About 92 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 0.4% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Fleming-Mason Energy Coop Inc (EIA ID 6442). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.