Warren Rural Electric Cooperative and solar
Warren Rural Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 61,500 homes in Kentucky. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is not worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 13.4¢4% below Kentucky average
- Typical bill
- $1771,319 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~56%Net billing (reduced export credit)
- Typical payback
- 18.7 yrs5.9 kW, cash
Export rules for Warren Rural Electric Cooperative customers
Net billing (reduced export credit) (Kentucky rule).
Kentucky requires net metering for systems up to 45 kW, but since SB 100 (2019) the PSC sets the export credit in each utility's rate case. For the big investor-owned utilities, power you send to the grid earns a bill credit of roughly 7-10 cents/kWh, well below the retail rate.
Solar for a typical Warren Rural Electric Cooperative home
| System | 5.9 kW (50% of 1,319 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $17,365 |
| First-year savings | $943 |
| Payback | 18.7 years |
| 25-year net | $7,254 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- —
- Share of customers
- —
- Residential solar capacity
- —
- Residential customers
- 61,500
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Warren Rural Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Warren Rural Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Warren Rural Electric Cooperative follows Kentucky's rules: Kentucky requires net metering for systems up to 45 kW, but since SB 100 (2019) the PSC sets the export credit in each utility's rate case. For the big investor-owned utilities, power you send to the grid earns a bill credit of roughly 7-10 cents/kWh, well below the retail rate.
How much does electricity cost with Warren Rural Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 12.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 13.4¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,319 kWh a month, a bill of about $177.
Is solar worth it with Warren Rural Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is not worth it: a 5.9 kW system costing about $17,365 pays back in about 18.7 years, with $7,254 net over 25 years.
How many Warren Rural Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
Warren Rural Electric Cooperative did not report residential net-metered solar to EIA for 2025.
Legal name: Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp (EIA ID 20130). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.