Webster Electric Cooperative and solar
Webster Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 19,050 homes in Missouri. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is not worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 10.9¢22% below Missouri average
- Typical bill
- $1531,406 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~41%Avoided-cost export credit
- Typical payback
- 20.8 yrs6 kW, cash
Export rules for Webster Electric Cooperative customers
Avoided-cost export credit (Missouri rule).
Missouri's net metering law nets usage and production within each monthly bill at full retail, but any net excess for the month is credited only at the utility's avoided fuel cost (a few cents/kWh), and unused credits expire after 12 months. Systems are capped at 100 kW.
Solar for a typical Webster Electric Cooperative home
| System | 6 kW (50% of 1,406 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $17,600 |
| First-year savings | $920 |
| Payback | 20.8 years |
| 25-year net | $3,939 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 141
- Share of customers
- 0.7%
- Residential solar capacity
- 2 MW
- Residential customers
- 19,050
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Webster Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Webster Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Webster Electric Cooperative follows Missouri's rules: Missouri's net metering law nets usage and production within each monthly bill at full retail, but any net excess for the month is credited only at the utility's avoided fuel cost (a few cents/kWh), and unused credits expire after 12 months. Systems are capped at 100 kW.
How much does electricity cost with Webster Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 10.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 10.9¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,406 kWh a month, a bill of about $153.
Is solar worth it with Webster Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is not worth it: a 6 kW system costing about $17,600 pays back in about 20.8 years, with $3,939 net over 25 years.
How many Webster Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
About 141 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 0.7% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Webster Electric Coop (EIA ID 20318). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.