Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative and solar
Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 86,656 homes in Virginia. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is a close call.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 15.6¢5% below Virginia average
- Typical bill
- $1881,200 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- RetailFull retail net metering
- Typical payback
- 13.6 yrs11.2 kW, cash
Export rules for Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative customers
Full retail net metering (Virginia rule).
Virginia keeps 1:1 net metering with annual netting for Dominion and Appalachian Power. Solar offsets your usage at retail and credits roll over for 12 months; only surplus left at year end is paid at a low rate (Dominion ~5.8 c/kWh under the 2026 'NEM 2.0').
Solar for a typical Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative home
| System | 11.2 kW (100% of 1,200 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $30,940 |
| First-year savings | $2,165 |
| Payback | 13.6 years |
| 25-year net | $35,697 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 1,484
- Share of customers
- 1.7%
- Residential solar capacity
- 12 MW
- Residential customers
- 86,656
EIA-861, 2025.
Cities served
Questions about Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative follows Virginia's rules: Virginia keeps 1:1 net metering with annual netting for Dominion and Appalachian Power. Solar offsets your usage at retail and credits roll over for 12 months; only surplus left at year end is paid at a low rate (Dominion ~5.8 c/kWh under the 2026 'NEM 2.0').
How much does electricity cost with Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 14.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 15.6¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,200 kWh a month, a bill of about $188.
Is solar worth it with Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is a close call: a 11.2 kW system costing about $30,940 pays back in about 13.6 years, with $35,697 net over 25 years.
How many Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
About 1,484 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 1.7% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop (EIA ID 17066). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.