Victory Electric Cooperative Association and solar
Victory Electric Cooperative Association is an electric cooperative serving about 14,374 homes in Kansas. 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¢14% below Kansas average
- Typical bill
- $108838 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~23%Reduced export credit
- Typical payback
- 16.7 yrs5 kW, cash
Export rules for Victory Electric Cooperative Association 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 Victory Electric Cooperative Association home
| System | 5 kW (80% of 838 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $16,250 |
| First-year savings | $1,028 |
| Payback | 16.7 years |
| 25-year net | $9,030 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 99
- Share of customers
- 0.7%
- Residential solar capacity
- 1 MW
- Residential customers
- 14,374
EIA-861, 2025.
Cities served
Questions about Victory Electric Cooperative Association and solar
Does Victory Electric Cooperative Association have net metering?
Victory Electric Cooperative Association 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 Victory Electric Cooperative Association?
Residential customers paid an average of 12.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 12.9¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 838 kWh a month, a bill of about $108.
Is solar worth it with Victory Electric Cooperative Association?
For a typical customer, solar is not worth it: a 5 kW system costing about $16,250 pays back in about 16.7 years, with $9,030 net over 25 years.
How many Victory Electric Cooperative Association customers have solar?
About 99 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 0.7% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Victory Electric Coop Assn Inc (EIA ID 19820). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.