Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative and solar
Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 57,067 homes in South Carolina. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 17.4¢11% above South Carolina average
- Typical bill
- $2021,158 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~17%Net billing (reduced export credit)
- Typical payback
- 10.5 yrs8.6 kW, cash
Export rules for Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative customers
Net billing (reduced export credit) (South Carolina rule).
Since June 2021 new solar customers of Duke Energy and Dominion Energy SC are on 'Solar Choice' tariffs: you're billed on time-of-use rates, solar offsets usage within the same period, and monthly excess is credited at the low avoided-cost rate (~2-4 c/kWh). Duke has a $30 minimum bill.
Solar for a typical Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative home
| System | 8.6 kW (90% of 1,158 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $24,570, $21,070 after incentives |
| First-year savings | $2,089 |
| Payback | 10.5 years |
| 25-year net | $34,105 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- —
- Share of customers
- —
- Residential solar capacity
- —
- Residential customers
- 57,067
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative follows South Carolina's rules: Since June 2021 new solar customers of Duke Energy and Dominion Energy SC are on 'Solar Choice' tariffs: you're billed on time-of-use rates, solar offsets usage within the same period, and monthly excess is credited at the low avoided-cost rate (~2-4 c/kWh). Duke has a $30 minimum bill.
How much does electricity cost with Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 16.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 17.4¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,158 kWh a month, a bill of about $202.
Is solar worth it with Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is worth it: a 8.6 kW system costing about $21,070 pays back in about 10.5 years, with $34,105 net over 25 years.
How many Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative did not report residential net-metered solar to EIA for 2025.
Legal name: Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc (EIA ID 12462). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.