New-Mac Electric Cooperative and solar
New-Mac Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 19,527 homes in Missouri. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is a close call.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 14.1¢1% above Missouri average
- Typical bill
- $1891,342 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~32%Avoided-cost export credit
- Typical payback
- 14.8 yrs9.1 kW, cash
Export rules for New-Mac Electric Cooperative customers
Avoided-cost export credit (Missouri rule).
Missouri's net metering law nets usage and production within each monthly bill at full retail, but any net excess for the month is credited only at the utility's avoided fuel cost (a few cents/kWh), and unused credits expire after 12 months. Systems are capped at 100 kW.
Solar for a typical New-Mac Electric Cooperative home
| System | 9.1 kW (80% of 1,342 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $24,885 |
| First-year savings | $1,787 |
| Payback | 14.8 years |
| 25-year net | $19,547 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 366
- Share of customers
- 1.9%
- Residential solar capacity
- 4 MW
- Residential customers
- 19,527
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about New-Mac Electric Cooperative and solar
Does New-Mac Electric Cooperative have net metering?
New-Mac Electric Cooperative follows Missouri's rules: Missouri's net metering law nets usage and production within each monthly bill at full retail, but any net excess for the month is credited only at the utility's avoided fuel cost (a few cents/kWh), and unused credits expire after 12 months. Systems are capped at 100 kW.
How much does electricity cost with New-Mac Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 14.1¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,342 kWh a month, a bill of about $189.
Is solar worth it with New-Mac Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is a close call: a 9.1 kW system costing about $24,885 pays back in about 14.8 years, with $19,547 net over 25 years.
How many New-Mac Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
About 366 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 1.9% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: New-Mac Electric Coop, Inc (EIA ID 13520). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.