Midwest Energy and solar
Midwest Energy is an electric cooperative serving about 29,779 homes in Kansas. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is not worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 12.6¢17% below Kansas average
- Typical bill
- $112894 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~24%Reduced export credit
- Typical payback
- 20.4 yrs3.6 kW, cash
Export rules for Midwest Energy customers
Reduced export credit (Kansas rule).
Kansas requires Evergy and Liberty (Empire) to offer net metering. Solar you use offsets retail, and monthly excess offsets usage, but net excess at the end of a billing period is credited at the utility's average cost of energy (only a few cents/kWh) rather than retail. Co-ops and city utilities aren't required to offer it.
Solar for a typical Midwest Energy home
| System | 3.6 kW (49% of 894 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $12,680 |
| First-year savings | $665 |
| Payback | 20.4 years |
| 25-year net | $3,185 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- —
- Share of customers
- —
- Residential solar capacity
- —
- Residential customers
- 29,779
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Midwest Energy and solar
Does Midwest Energy have net metering?
Midwest Energy follows Kansas's rules: Kansas requires Evergy and Liberty (Empire) to offer net metering. Solar you use offsets retail, and monthly excess offsets usage, but net excess at the end of a billing period is credited at the utility's average cost of energy (only a few cents/kWh) rather than retail. Co-ops and city utilities aren't required to offer it.
How much does electricity cost with Midwest Energy?
Residential customers paid an average of 12.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 12.6¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 894 kWh a month, a bill of about $112.
Is solar worth it with Midwest Energy?
For a typical customer, solar is not worth it: a 3.6 kW system costing about $12,680 pays back in about 20.4 years, with $3,185 net over 25 years.
How many Midwest Energy customers have solar?
Midwest Energy did not report residential net-metered solar to EIA for 2025.
Legal name: Midwest Energy Inc - (KS) (EIA ID 12524). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.