Flint Electric Membership and solar
Flint Electric Membership is an electric cooperative serving about 85,358 homes in Georgia. 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¢9% below Georgia average
- Typical bill
- $1751,269 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~52%Reduced export credit
- Typical payback
- 17.7 yrs5.2 kW, cash
Export rules for Flint Electric Membership customers
Reduced export credit (Georgia rule).
Georgia has no full net metering for new customers. Georgia Power credits solar you use at home at retail, and pays about 7.2 cents/kWh in 2026 for power sent to the grid (its solar avoided cost plus a 4-cent adder). Its monthly net metering program is full and closed. Electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) generally pay avoided cost.
Solar for a typical Flint Electric Membership home
| System | 5.2 kW (50% of 1,269 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $15,980 |
| First-year savings | $916 |
| Payback | 17.7 years |
| 25-year net | $8,124 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 659
- Share of customers
- 0.8%
- Residential solar capacity
- 7 MW
- Residential customers
- 85,358
EIA-861, 2025.
Cities served
Questions about Flint Electric Membership and solar
Does Flint Electric Membership have net metering?
Flint Electric Membership follows Georgia's rules: Georgia has no full net metering for new customers. Georgia Power credits solar you use at home at retail, and pays about 7.2 cents/kWh in 2026 for power sent to the grid (its solar avoided cost plus a 4-cent adder). Its monthly net metering program is full and closed. Electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) generally pay avoided cost.
How much does electricity cost with Flint Electric Membership?
Residential customers paid an average of 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 13.8¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,269 kWh a month, a bill of about $175.
Is solar worth it with Flint Electric Membership?
For a typical customer, solar is not worth it: a 5.2 kW system costing about $15,980 pays back in about 17.7 years, with $8,124 net over 25 years.
How many Flint Electric Membership customers have solar?
About 659 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 0.8% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Flint Electric Membership Corp (EIA ID 6411). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.