Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative and solar
Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 28,185 homes in New Mexico. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 16.3¢6% above New Mexico average
- Typical bill
- $93570 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~25%Varies by utility
- Typical payback
- 12.6 yrs3.8 kW, cash
Export rules for Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative customers
Varies by utility (New Mexico rule).
For systems up to 10 kW, New Mexico utilities either carry forward excess kWh credits or pay for them at avoided cost; most small residential systems effectively get retail offset for self-use and monthly netting. Larger systems get avoided cost for excess.
Solar for a typical Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative home
| System | 3.8 kW (99% of 570 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $12,620 |
| First-year savings | $1,029 |
| Payback | 12.6 years |
| 25-year net | $14,592 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 641
- Share of customers
- 2.3%
- Residential solar capacity
- 4 MW
- Residential customers
- 28,185
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative follows New Mexico's rules: For systems up to 10 kW, New Mexico utilities either carry forward excess kWh credits or pay for them at avoided cost; most small residential systems effectively get retail offset for self-use and monthly netting. Larger systems get avoided cost for excess.
How much does electricity cost with Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 15.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 16.3¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 570 kWh a month, a bill of about $93.
Is solar worth it with Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is worth it: a 3.8 kW system costing about $12,620 pays back in about 12.6 years, with $14,592 net over 25 years.
How many Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
About 641 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 2.3% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc (EIA ID 9699). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.