Mohave Electric Cooperative and solar
Mohave Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 41,741 homes in Arizona. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is not worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 11.4¢26% below Arizona average
- Typical bill
- $104913 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~49%Net billing (reduced export credit)
- Typical payback
- 17.4 yrs3.1 kW, cash
Export rules for Mohave Electric Cooperative customers
Net billing (reduced export credit) (Arizona rule).
For APS, TEP and UNS customers, electricity you use directly saves you the full retail rate, but power you send to the grid is credited at a lower 'export rate' that is locked for 10 years from when you connect. The export rate drops up to 10% each year for new customers; it is about 5.55 cents for APS (Sept 2026 tranche) and 4.62 cents for TEP (Oct 2026 tranche). SRP, a public utility, has its own solar price plans.
Solar for a typical Mohave Electric Cooperative home
| System | 3.1 kW (50% of 913 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $10,010, $9,010 after incentives |
| First-year savings | $536 |
| Payback | 17.4 years |
| 25-year net | $4,785 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 2,332
- Share of customers
- 5.6%
- Residential solar capacity
- 26 MW
- Residential customers
- 41,741
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Mohave Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Mohave Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Mohave Electric Cooperative follows Arizona's rules: For APS, TEP and UNS customers, electricity you use directly saves you the full retail rate, but power you send to the grid is credited at a lower 'export rate' that is locked for 10 years from when you connect. The export rate drops up to 10% each year for new customers; it is about 5.55 cents for APS (Sept 2026 tranche) and 4.62 cents for TEP (Oct 2026 tranche). SRP, a public utility, has its own solar price plans.
How much does electricity cost with Mohave Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 11.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 11.4¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 913 kWh a month, a bill of about $104.
Is solar worth it with Mohave Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is not worth it: a 3.1 kW system costing about $9,010 pays back in about 17.4 years, with $4,785 net over 25 years.
How many Mohave Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
About 2,332 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 5.6% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Mohave Electric Cooperative, Inc. (EIA ID 21538). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.