Maquoketa Valley Rrl Electric Cooperative and solar
Maquoketa Valley Rrl Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 11,161 homes in Iowa. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is not worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 14.3¢1% above Iowa average
- Typical bill
- $1591,112 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- RetailFull retail net metering
- Typical payback
- 21.2 yrs4.9 kW, cash
Export rules for Maquoketa Valley Rrl Electric Cooperative customers
Full retail net metering (Iowa rule).
Iowa's two investor-owned utilities (MidAmerican and Alliant) credit solar exports at the retail energy rate through net billing or inflow-outflow billing. Customers who connect before a future value-of-solar rate takes effect (by July 2027 at the latest) keep retail-rate export credit for 20 years.
Solar for a typical Maquoketa Valley Rrl Electric Cooperative home
| System | 4.9 kW (50% of 1,112 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $19,425 |
| First-year savings | $961 |
| Payback | 21.2 years |
| 25-year net | $3,797 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- —
- Share of customers
- —
- Residential solar capacity
- —
- Residential customers
- 11,161
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Maquoketa Valley Rrl Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Maquoketa Valley Rrl Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Maquoketa Valley Rrl Electric Cooperative follows Iowa's rules: Iowa's two investor-owned utilities (MidAmerican and Alliant) credit solar exports at the retail energy rate through net billing or inflow-outflow billing. Customers who connect before a future value-of-solar rate takes effect (by July 2027 at the latest) keep retail-rate export credit for 20 years.
How much does electricity cost with Maquoketa Valley Rrl Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 13.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 14.3¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,112 kWh a month, a bill of about $159.
Is solar worth it with Maquoketa Valley Rrl Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is not worth it: a 4.9 kW system costing about $19,425 pays back in about 21.2 years, with $3,797 net over 25 years.
How many Maquoketa Valley Rrl Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
Maquoketa Valley Rrl Electric Cooperative did not report residential net-metered solar to EIA for 2025.
Legal name: Maquoketa Valley Rrl Elec Coop (EIA ID 12642). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.