Ozark Border Electric Cooperative and solar
Ozark Border Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 33,262 homes in Missouri. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is not worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 12.9¢8% below Missouri average
- Typical bill
- $1751,360 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~35%Avoided-cost export credit
- Typical payback
- 16.6 yrs7.5 kW, cash
Export rules for Ozark Border 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 Ozark Border Electric Cooperative home
| System | 7.5 kW (65% of 1,360 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $21,125 |
| First-year savings | $1,363 |
| Payback | 16.6 years |
| 25-year net | $11,998 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 122
- Share of customers
- 0.4%
- Residential solar capacity
- 2 MW
- Residential customers
- 33,262
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Ozark Border Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Ozark Border Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Ozark Border 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 Ozark Border Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 12.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 12.9¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,360 kWh a month, a bill of about $175.
Is solar worth it with Ozark Border Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is not worth it: a 7.5 kW system costing about $21,125 pays back in about 16.6 years, with $11,998 net over 25 years.
How many Ozark Border Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
About 122 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 0.4% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Ozark Border Electric Coop (EIA ID 14285). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.