Snapping Shoals El Member and solar
Snapping Shoals El Member is an electric cooperative serving about 106,304 homes in Georgia. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is not worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 13.3¢12% below Georgia average
- Typical bill
- $1711,287 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~54%Reduced export credit
- Typical payback
- 18.6 yrs5.4 kW, cash
Export rules for Snapping Shoals El Member customers
Reduced export credit (Georgia rule).
Georgia has no full net metering for new customers. Georgia Power credits solar you use at home at retail, and pays about 7.2 cents/kWh in 2026 for power sent to the grid (its solar avoided cost plus a 4-cent adder). Its monthly net metering program is full and closed. Electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) generally pay avoided cost.
Solar for a typical Snapping Shoals El Member home
| System | 5.4 kW (50% of 1,287 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $16,460 |
| First-year savings | $900 |
| Payback | 18.6 years |
| 25-year net | $6,959 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- —
- Share of customers
- —
- Residential solar capacity
- —
- Residential customers
- 106,304
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Snapping Shoals El Member and solar
Does Snapping Shoals El Member have net metering?
Snapping Shoals El Member follows Georgia's rules: Georgia has no full net metering for new customers. Georgia Power credits solar you use at home at retail, and pays about 7.2 cents/kWh in 2026 for power sent to the grid (its solar avoided cost plus a 4-cent adder). Its monthly net metering program is full and closed. Electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) generally pay avoided cost.
How much does electricity cost with Snapping Shoals El Member?
Residential customers paid an average of 13.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 13.3¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,287 kWh a month, a bill of about $171.
Is solar worth it with Snapping Shoals El Member?
For a typical customer, solar is not worth it: a 5.4 kW system costing about $16,460 pays back in about 18.6 years, with $6,959 net over 25 years.
How many Snapping Shoals El Member customers have solar?
Snapping Shoals El Member did not report residential net-metered solar to EIA for 2025.
Legal name: Snapping Shoals El Member Corp (EIA ID 17832). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.