WV Net Metering

The WV Net Metering governs how West Virginia 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. West Virginia averages 4.2 kWh/m²/day of usable sunlight and residential rates of 12¢/kWh, producing an estimated 7,358 kWh/year and $883 of annual utility offset on a typical 6 kW system costing $17,100. That baseline already implies a 19.4-year simple payback and a 25-year modeled net of roughly $4,975 before this incentive - every dollar this net metering delivers compresses that payback further.

A handful of other levers are worth checking alongside this one. West Virginia has 3 solar incentive programs indexed in DSIRE, including adjacent options like WV Solar Property Tax Exemption. The state's net-metering policy is classified as none, which governs how excess generation is credited and often decides whether a given program is worth claiming for a specific household.