Prairie Land Electric Cooperative and solar
Prairie Land Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 13,245 homes in Kansas. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is a close call.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 15.5¢2% above Kansas average
- Typical bill
- $130839 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~19%Reduced export credit
- Typical payback
- 14.9 yrs5.5 kW, cash
Export rules for Prairie Land Electric Cooperative customers
Reduced export credit (Kansas rule).
Kansas requires Evergy and Liberty (Empire) to offer net metering. Solar you use offsets retail, and monthly excess offsets usage, but net excess at the end of a billing period is credited at the utility's average cost of energy (only a few cents/kWh) rather than retail. Co-ops and city utilities aren't required to offer it.
Solar for a typical Prairie Land Electric Cooperative home
| System | 5.5 kW (80% of 839 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $17,525 |
| First-year savings | $1,235 |
| Payback | 14.9 years |
| 25-year net | $13,264 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 33
- Share of customers
- 0.3%
- Residential solar capacity
- 0 MW
- Residential customers
- 13,245
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Prairie Land Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Prairie Land Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Prairie Land Electric Cooperative follows Kansas's rules: Kansas requires Evergy and Liberty (Empire) to offer net metering. Solar you use offsets retail, and monthly excess offsets usage, but net excess at the end of a billing period is credited at the utility's average cost of energy (only a few cents/kWh) rather than retail. Co-ops and city utilities aren't required to offer it.
How much does electricity cost with Prairie Land Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 14.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 15.5¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 839 kWh a month, a bill of about $130.
Is solar worth it with Prairie Land Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is a close call: a 5.5 kW system costing about $17,525 pays back in about 14.9 years, with $13,264 net over 25 years.
How many Prairie Land Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
About 33 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 0.3% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc (EIA ID 13799). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.