Georgia · Net metering · Mid-stack program
Georgia Power Advanced Solar Initiative
Sets the billing terms for excess solar generation sent back to the grid by residential customers in Georgia -- see the credit rate and how it shapes payback below.
- Avoided cost rate
- stated benefit
- Residential
- eligible customers
- 14.5 yr
- Georgia baseline payback
- 2
- other Georgia programs
Mid-stack program · late directory
Georgia stacks 3 tracked programs; this net metering sits beside peer levers on a 14.5-year modeled baseline.
- Stack3 programs
- In-state #2/2
- Type #8/46
- Baseline14.5 yr
In-state directory place #2 of 2 (late alphabet). National net metering directory #8 of 46. Amounts and eligibility change; verify with the official program page before relying on a dollar figure. Informational only - not financial advice. See our disclaimer.
Program description
Georgia Power purchases excess generation from residential solar at avoided cost rate.
Program at a glance
- Program type
- Net metering
- Eligible customers
- Residential
- Stated benefit
- Avoided cost rate
- State electricity rate
- 12.5¢/kWh
- Georgia solar score
- 31/100
Solar's trajectory in Georgia
The market this incentive operates in: total installed solar capacity in Georgia reported to the EIA.
Georgia's solar incentive stack
How this net metering sits among Georgia's 2 tracked programs, by type
- Tax exemption
Tax exemption
1 programs
- Net metering
Net metering
1 programs
What this shows Georgia tracks 2 incentive types; net metering (1 program) governs the billing side, while the state's other tracked types handle upfront cost or ongoing payments.
Where this net metering sits in Georgia's mid-size stack
The Georgia Power Advanced Solar Initiative governs how Georgia credits excess solar generation sent back to the grid, one of the state's DSIRE-tracked solar policies. Eligibility is scoped to residential customers, with a stated benefit of Avoided cost rate. DSIRE lists no scheduled sunset, though enabling legislation and appropriations can still be revised year to year.
That baseline is slower than most states, which raises the stakes for every incentive on the table. Georgia averages 5.3 kWh/m²/day of usable sunlight and residential rates of 12.5¢/kWh, producing an estimated 9,286 kWh/year and $1,161 of annual utility offset on a typical 6 kW system costing $16,800. That baseline already implies a 14.5-year simple payback and a 25-year modeled net of roughly $12,225 before this incentive - every dollar this net metering delivers compresses that payback further.
A handful of other levers are worth checking alongside this one. Georgia has 3 solar incentive programs indexed in DSIRE, including adjacent options like GA Renewable Energy Property Tax Exemption. The state's net-metering policy is classified as partial, which governs how excess generation is credited and often decides whether a given program is worth claiming for a specific household.
Other Georgia incentives
Frequently asked questions
What is the Georgia Power Advanced Solar Initiative among Georgia's mid-size programs?
How does the Georgia Power Advanced Solar Initiative work?
Who qualifies, and what does a late in-state directory place mean?
How does this incentive affect solar ROI in Georgia?
Are there other solar incentives in Georgia?
Incentive data from the DSIRE (Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency); state solar economics from NREL and the U.S. EIA. See our methodology · Georgia solar data · ROI calculator · All incentives.