Wyoming · Net metering
WY Net Metering
Sets the billing terms for excess solar generation sent back to the grid by residential customers in Wyoming -- see the credit rate and how it shapes payback below.
- Avoided cost rate
- stated benefit
- Residential
- eligible customers
- 15.3 yr
- Wyoming baseline payback
- 1
- other Wyoming programs
What it means
In Wyoming, a 6 kW system already pays back in about 15.3 years on ~$1,079/year of modeled savings, and the WY Net Metering stacks on top of that, on top of any federal credit.
- Avoided cost r…
- stated benefit
- 15.3 yr
- baseline payback (pre-incentive)
- 2
- Wyoming programs that stack
- full
- 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
Wyoming utilities offer net metering for residential systems.
Program at a glance
- Program type
- Net metering
- Eligible customers
- Residential
- Stated benefit
- Avoided cost rate
- State electricity rate
- 11.2¢/kWh
- Wyoming solar score
- 28/100
How Wyoming compares to the U.S. average
Why this incentive matters more (or less) here - Wyoming'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 Wyoming
The market this incentive operates in: total installed solar capacity in Wyoming reported to the EIA.
How this incentive fits Wyoming's solar picture
The WY Net Metering governs how Wyoming 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. Wyoming averages 5.5 kWh/m²/day of usable sunlight and residential rates of 11.2¢/kWh, producing an estimated 9,636 kWh/year and $1,079 of annual utility offset on a typical 6 kW system costing $16,500. That baseline already implies a 15.3-year simple payback and a 25-year modeled net of roughly $10,475 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 Wyoming solar buyers. Wyoming has 2 solar incentive programs indexed in DSIRE. 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.
Your next step
- See Wyoming's full solar profile, score, irradiance, rates, payback, and every program you can claim. Wyoming 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.