Guernsey-Muskingum El Cooperative and solar
Guernsey-Muskingum El Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 15,349 homes in Ohio. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 19.7¢8% above Ohio average
- Typical bill
- $192975 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~41%Reduced export credit
- Typical payback
- 11.9 yrs8.2 kW, cash
Export rules for Guernsey-Muskingum El Cooperative customers
Reduced export credit (Ohio rule).
Ohio's investor-owned utilities must offer net metering. Within a month, solar offsets your usage at full retail; any extra energy beyond your monthly use is credited only at the generation (energy supply) price, roughly half of the retail rate.
Solar for a typical Guernsey-Muskingum El Cooperative home
| System | 8.2 kW (90% of 975 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $24,000 |
| First-year savings | $1,945 |
| Payback | 11.9 years |
| 25-year net | $35,087 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 84
- Share of customers
- 0.6%
- Residential solar capacity
- 1 MW
- Residential customers
- 15,349
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Guernsey-Muskingum El Cooperative and solar
Does Guernsey-Muskingum El Cooperative have net metering?
Guernsey-Muskingum El Cooperative follows Ohio's rules: Ohio's investor-owned utilities must offer net metering. Within a month, solar offsets your usage at full retail; any extra energy beyond your monthly use is credited only at the generation (energy supply) price, roughly half of the retail rate.
How much does electricity cost with Guernsey-Muskingum El Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 18.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 19.7¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 975 kWh a month, a bill of about $192.
Is solar worth it with Guernsey-Muskingum El Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is worth it: a 8.2 kW system costing about $24,000 pays back in about 11.9 years, with $35,087 net over 25 years.
How many Guernsey-Muskingum El Cooperative customers have solar?
About 84 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 0.6% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Guernsey-Muskingum El Coop Inc (EIA ID 7891). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.