Wheatland Electric Cooperative and solar
Wheatland Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving about 20,138 homes in Kansas, Colorado. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is a close call.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 15.7¢4% above Kansas average
- Typical bill
- $136869 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- ~19%Reduced export credit
- Typical payback
- 14.6 yrs6.4 kW, cash
Export rules for Wheatland Electric Cooperative 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 Wheatland Electric Cooperative home
| System | 6.4 kW (90% of 869 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $19,820 |
| First-year savings | $1,429 |
| Payback | 14.6 years |
| 25-year net | $15,948 |
Uses the utility's average price.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 58
- Share of customers
- 0.3%
- Residential solar capacity
- 1 MW
- Residential customers
- 20,138
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about Wheatland Electric Cooperative and solar
Does Wheatland Electric Cooperative have net metering?
Wheatland Electric Cooperative 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 Wheatland Electric Cooperative?
Residential customers paid an average of 15.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 15.7¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 869 kWh a month, a bill of about $136.
Is solar worth it with Wheatland Electric Cooperative?
For a typical customer, solar is a close call: a 6.4 kW system costing about $19,820 pays back in about 14.6 years, with $15,948 net over 25 years.
How many Wheatland Electric Cooperative customers have solar?
About 58 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 0.3% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc (EIA ID 20510). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026.