Newberry Electric Cooperative and solar
Newberry Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 13,215 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.)
- 17.6¢13% above South Carolina average
- Typical bill
- $1781,010 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~17%Net billing (reduced export credit)
- Typical payback
- 10.4 yrs7.5 kW, cash
Export rules for Newberry 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 Newberry Electric Cooperative home
| System | 7.5 kW (90% of 1,010 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $21,875, $18,375 after incentives |
| First-year savings | $1,846 |
| Payback | 10.4 years |
| 25-year net | $30,492 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 90
- Share of customers
- 0.7%
- Residential solar capacity
- 2 MW
- Residential customers
- 13,215
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Newberry Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Newberry Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Newberry 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 Newberry Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 17.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 17.6¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,010 kWh a month, a bill of about $178.
Is solar worth it with Newberry Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is worth it: a 7.5 kW system costing about $18,375 pays back in about 10.4 years, with $30,492 net over 25 years.
How many Newberry Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
About 90 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 0.7% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Newberry Electric Coop, Inc (EIA ID 13524). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.