Rural Electric Cooperative and solar
Rural Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 9,157 homes in Oklahoma. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is a close call.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 12.4¢10% below Oklahoma average
- Typical bill
- $1431,155 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~20%Avoided-cost export credit
- Typical payback
- 15.7 yrs7.3 kW, cash
Export rules for Rural Electric Cooperative customers
Avoided-cost export credit (Oklahoma rule).
Oklahoma requires net metering, but only your same-month usage is offset at retail. Any excess left at the end of the billing period is bought at the utility's avoided cost, typically just a few cents per kWh.
Solar for a typical Rural Electric Cooperative home
| System | 7.3 kW (80% of 1,155 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $21,750 |
| First-year savings | $1,354 |
| Payback | 15.7 years |
| 25-year net | $16,641 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 81
- Share of customers
- 0.9%
- Residential solar capacity
- 1 MW
- Residential customers
- 9,157
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Rural Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Rural Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Rural Electric Cooperative follows Oklahoma's rules: Oklahoma requires net metering, but only your same-month usage is offset at retail. Any excess left at the end of the billing period is bought at the utility's avoided cost, typically just a few cents per kWh.
How much does electricity cost with Rural Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 11.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 12.4¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,155 kWh a month, a bill of about $143.
Is solar worth it with Rural Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is a close call: a 7.3 kW system costing about $21,750 pays back in about 15.7 years, with $16,641 net over 25 years.
How many Rural Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
About 81 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 0.9% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Rural Electric Coop, Inc - (OK) (EIA ID 16382). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.