Michigan · Net metering · Mid-stack program
MI Net Metering
Sets the billing terms for excess solar generation sent back to the grid by residential customers in Michigan -- see the credit rate and how it shapes payback below.
- Retail rate credit
- stated benefit
- Residential
- eligible customers
- 14.4 yr
- Michigan baseline payback
- 2
- other Michigan programs
Mid-stack program · mid directory
Michigan stacks 3 tracked programs; this net metering sits beside peer levers on a 14.4-year modeled baseline.
- Stack3 programs
- In-state #1/2
- Type #19/46
- Baseline14.4 yr
In-state directory place #1 of 2 (mid alphabet). National net metering directory #19 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
Michigan utilities offer net metering for residential systems up to 150 kW.
Program at a glance
- Program type
- Net metering
- Eligible customers
- Residential
- Stated benefit
- Retail rate credit
- State electricity rate
- 17.5¢/kWh
- Michigan solar score
- 18/100
Solar's trajectory in Michigan
The market this incentive operates in: total installed solar capacity in Michigan reported to the EIA.
Michigan's solar incentive stack
How this net metering sits among Michigan's 2 tracked programs, by type
- Tax exemption
Tax exemption
1 programs
- Net metering
Net metering
1 programs
What this shows Michigan 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 Michigan's mid-size stack
The MI Net Metering governs how Michigan 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. Michigan averages 4 kWh/m²/day of usable sunlight and residential rates of 17.5¢/kWh, producing an estimated 7,008 kWh/year and $1,226 of annual utility offset on a typical 6 kW system costing $17,700. That baseline already implies a 14.4-year simple payback and a 25-year modeled net of roughly $12,950 before this incentive - every dollar this net metering delivers compresses that payback further.
A handful of other levers are worth checking alongside this one. Michigan has 3 solar incentive programs indexed in DSIRE, including adjacent options like MI 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 Michigan 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 · Michigan solar data · ROI calculator · All incentives.