Navopache Electric Cooperative and solar
Navopache Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 42,295 homes in Arizona, New Mexico. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is not worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 13.7¢11% below Arizona average
- Typical bill
- $81594 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~41%Net billing (reduced export credit)
- Typical payback
- 17.1 yrs3 kW, cash
Export rules for Navopache 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 Navopache Electric Cooperative home
| System | 3 kW (74% of 594 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $9,800, $8,800 after incentives |
| First-year savings | $536 |
| Payback | 17.1 years |
| 25-year net | $4,853 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 573
- Share of customers
- 1.4%
- Residential solar capacity
- 4 MW
- Residential customers
- 42,295
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Navopache Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Navopache Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Navopache 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 Navopache Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 13.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 13.7¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 594 kWh a month, a bill of about $81.
Is solar worth it with Navopache Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is not worth it: a 3 kW system costing about $8,800 pays back in about 17.1 years, with $4,853 net over 25 years.
How many Navopache Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
About 573 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 1.4% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Navopache Electric Coop, Inc (EIA ID 13318). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.