Kenergy and solar
Kenergy is an electric cooperative serving about 47,514 homes in Kentucky. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is a close call.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 17.3¢24% above Kentucky average
- Typical bill
- $2121,229 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~43%Net billing (reduced export credit)
- Typical payback
- 15.1 yrs5.5 kW, cash
Export rules for Kenergy 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 Kenergy home
| System | 5.5 kW (50% of 1,229 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $16,425 |
| First-year savings | $1,091 |
| Payback | 15.1 years |
| 25-year net | $13,592 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 459
- Share of customers
- 1.0%
- Residential solar capacity
- 5 MW
- Residential customers
- 47,514
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Kenergy and solar
Does Kenergy have net metering?
Kenergy 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 Kenergy?
Residential customers paid an average of 16.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 17.3¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,229 kWh a month, a bill of about $212.
Is solar worth it with Kenergy?
For a typical customer, solar is a close call: a 5.5 kW system costing about $16,425 pays back in about 15.1 years, with $13,592 net over 25 years.
How many Kenergy customers have solar?
About 459 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 1.0% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Kenergy Corp (EIA ID 9964). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.