Macon Electric Cooperative and solar
Macon Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 10,059 homes in Missouri. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is a close call.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 16.5¢18% above Missouri average
- Typical bill
- $1741,056 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~27%Avoided-cost export credit
- Typical payback
- 12.9 yrs8.1 kW, cash
Export rules for Macon Electric Cooperative customers
Avoided-cost export credit (Missouri rule).
Missouri's net metering law nets usage and production within each monthly bill at full retail, but any net excess for the month is credited only at the utility's avoided fuel cost (a few cents/kWh), and unused credits expire after 12 months. Systems are capped at 100 kW.
Solar for a typical Macon Electric Cooperative home
| System | 8.1 kW (90% of 1,056 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $22,535 |
| First-year savings | $1,824 |
| Payback | 12.9 years |
| 25-year net | $24,034 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 72
- Share of customers
- 0.7%
- Residential solar capacity
- 1 MW
- Residential customers
- 10,059
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Macon Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Macon Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Macon Electric Cooperative follows Missouri's rules: Missouri's net metering law nets usage and production within each monthly bill at full retail, but any net excess for the month is credited only at the utility's avoided fuel cost (a few cents/kWh), and unused credits expire after 12 months. Systems are capped at 100 kW.
How much does electricity cost with Macon Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 15.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 16.5¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,056 kWh a month, a bill of about $174.
Is solar worth it with Macon Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is a close call: a 8.1 kW system costing about $22,535 pays back in about 12.9 years, with $24,034 net over 25 years.
How many Macon Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
About 72 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 0.7% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Macon Electric Coop (EIA ID 11463). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.