Mississippi · Net metering
MS Net Metering
Sets the billing terms for excess solar generation sent back to the grid by residential customers in Mississippi -- see the credit rate and how it shapes payback below.
- Retail rate credit
- stated benefit
- Residential
- eligible customers
- 15.7 yr
- Mississippi baseline payback
- 1
- other Mississippi programs
What it means
In Mississippi, a 6 kW system already pays back in about 15.7 years on ~$1,051/year of modeled savings, and the MS Net Metering stacks on top of that, on top of any federal credit.
- Retail rate cr…
- stated benefit
- 15.7 yr
- baseline payback (pre-incentive)
- 2
- Mississippi programs that stack
- partial
- net-metering policy
Payback and savings are modeled from public NREL/EIA data; the program benefit is summarized from DSIRE and may change.
Program description
Mississippi utilities offer net metering for residential systems up to 20 kW.
Program at a glance
- Program type
- Net metering
- Eligible customers
- Residential
- Stated benefit
- Retail rate credit
- State electricity rate
- 12¢/kWh
- Mississippi solar score
- 23/100
How Mississippi compares to the U.S. average
Why this incentive matters more (or less) here - Mississippi's solar fundamentals against the national average.
Source: NREL irradiance and U.S. EIA rates; payback modeled by PlainSolarData. Bars are scaled to the larger of the two values per metric.
Solar's trajectory in Mississippi
The market this incentive operates in: total installed solar capacity in Mississippi reported to the EIA.
How this incentive fits Mississippi's solar picture
The MS Net Metering governs how Mississippi 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. Mississippi averages 5 kWh/m²/day of usable sunlight and residential rates of 12¢/kWh, producing an estimated 8,760 kWh/year and $1,051 of annual utility offset on a typical 6 kW system costing $16,500. That baseline already implies a 15.7-year simple payback and a 25-year modeled net of roughly $9,775 before this incentive - every dollar this net metering delivers compresses that payback further.
Few other programs are tracked here, so this incentive carries most of the weight for Mississippi solar buyers. Mississippi has 2 solar incentive programs indexed in DSIRE. 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.
Your next step
- See Mississippi's full solar profile, score, irradiance, rates, payback, and every program you can claim. Mississippi solar data
- Run the savings calculator with your real bill to see how this incentive changes your own payback. ROI calculator
- See how net-metering credits are valued state by state. Net-metering guide
Estimates here are modeled from public data and are not financial advice; confirm program terms and your own eligibility before relying on a dollar figure.
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.