Kansas · Net metering · Mid-stack program
KS Net Metering
Sets the billing terms for excess solar generation sent back to the grid by residential customers in Kansas -- see the credit rate and how it shapes payback below.
- Retail rate credit
- stated benefit
- Residential
- eligible customers
- 13.7 yr
- Kansas baseline payback
- 2
- other Kansas programs
Mid-stack program · mid directory
Kansas stacks 3 tracked programs; this net metering sits beside peer levers on a 13.7-year modeled baseline.
- Stack3 programs
- In-state #1/2
- Type #13/46
- Baseline13.7 yr
In-state directory place #1 of 2 (mid alphabet). National net metering directory #13 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
Kansas utilities offer net metering for systems up to 25 kW.
Program at a glance
- Program type
- Net metering
- Eligible customers
- Residential
- Stated benefit
- Retail rate credit
- State electricity rate
- 13.2¢/kWh
- Kansas solar score
- 32/100
Solar's trajectory in Kansas
The market this incentive operates in: total installed solar capacity in Kansas reported to the EIA.
Kansas's solar incentive stack
How this net metering sits among Kansas's 2 tracked programs, by type
- Tax exemption
Tax exemption
1 programs
- Net metering
Net metering
1 programs
What this shows Kansas 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 Kansas's mid-size stack
The KS Net Metering governs how Kansas 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 Retail rate credit. 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. Kansas averages 5.2 kWh/m²/day of usable sunlight and residential rates of 13.2¢/kWh, producing an estimated 9,110 kWh/year and $1,203 of annual utility offset on a typical 6 kW system costing $16,500. That baseline already implies a 13.7-year simple payback and a 25-year modeled net of roughly $13,575 before this incentive - every dollar this net metering delivers compresses that payback further.
A handful of other levers are worth checking alongside this one. Kansas has 3 solar incentive programs indexed in DSIRE, including adjacent options like KS Renewable Energy Property Tax Exemption. The state's net-metering policy is classified as full, which governs how excess generation is credited and often decides whether a given program is worth claiming for a specific household.
Other Kansas incentives
Frequently asked questions
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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 · Kansas solar data · ROI calculator · All incentives.