Does Clay Electric Cooperative pay for excess solar power?

Power you use on site saves the full retail rate; power you export is credited at about 4.00¢ per kWh, well below retail, and credits offset energy charges only.

How big a solar system can I net-meter with Clay Electric Cooperative?

Systems up to 1000 kW AC qualify for net metering.

Does Clay Electric Cooperative have a demand charge?

Clay Electric Cooperative has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.

What would solar cost and save for a typical Clay Electric Cooperative home?

For a electrically heated home using about 1100 kWh a month, a net-zero system is about 9.1 kW, costs roughly $19,599 to $23,954 installed, saves $694 to $790 in the first year, and pays back in 20 to 26 years at 2.7% a year rate growth. Your address gives a real figure in about a minute.

What federal incentives apply in 2026?

Florida exempts solar equipment from sales tax and keeps the value it adds off your property-tax bill, and both are already in these figures. Business-owned systems, including rental property, qualify for the 30% federal investment credit (Section 48E) and bonus depreciation when placed in service by the end of 2027; tax-exempt owners receive the 30% as cash. Not tax advice.

Where do these numbers come from?

The rate figures are read from Clay Electric Cooperative's own published schedule and net-metering policy (linked under Sources), last checked November 1, 2026. The worked example runs the same engine as the estimator, using a production reference for Gainesville and Florida installed-cost data. If you spot an error, email us and we will correct it.

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Solar with Clay Electric Cooperative

Clay Electric Cooperative members pay 9.30¢ per kWh and no demand charge; a typical home's solar pays back in about 23 years.

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Energy rate

9.30¢/kWh

tiered by monthly use

Fixed charge

$37/mo

$37 minimum bill

Demand charge

None

every offset kWh saves the full rate

Net-metering limit

1000 kW AC

exports paid at wholesale

Residential schedule effective June 1, 2025; checked November 1, 2026. Sources.

What this means for solar

Power you use on site saves the full retail rate; power you export is credited at about 4.00¢ per kWh, well below retail, and credits offset energy charges only.
Clay Electric Cooperative has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.
Systems up to 1000 kW AC qualify for net metering; above that, capacity would run without export credit.

A typical home: 1100 kWh a month, electric heat

Net-zero system

9.1 kW

1453 kWh per kW per year

Installed cost

as low as$19,599

up to $23,954

First-year savings

up to$790

at least $694

Payback

as low as20 yrs

20–26 yrs at 2.7%/yr

Best-case figures with the range shown; Florida's tax exemptions included. Production reference: Gainesville. Your roof, usage and heating change every number, which is what the estimate is for.

Full schedule and net-metering rules

Fixed charge: $37 per month; minimum bill $37
Energy: 8.20¢ up to 1,000 kWh; 9.30¢ above that
Net metering: Systems interconnected on/after 5/1/2022 are on '2-Register Avoided Cost Net Billing': exports 'instantly bought back at current wholesale base rates' as a bill credit (rate not published). Pre-5/1/2022 systems grandfathered on banked-kWh net metering to 2037; any change forfeits status. RGS >=20 kW needs pre-approval; <=90% of service rating; 'reasonable non-refundable processing fee' may apply. The 4c export credit is an estimate of the unpublished wholesale avoided cost (Seminole and PowerSouth members have published 3 to 5c).
Notes: Energy rates EXCLUDE the monthly Power Cost Adjustment, which Clay does not post online ('contact your district office'). Last public data points: PCA $8/1,000 kWh Oct-2023, +$3/1,000 kWh June-2025.
Effective: June 1, 2025; checked November 1, 2026

Questions members ask

Does Clay Electric Cooperative pay for excess solar power?: Power you use on site saves the full retail rate; power you export is credited at about 4.00¢ per kWh, well below retail, and credits offset energy charges only.
How big a solar system can I net-meter with Clay Electric Cooperative?: Systems up to 1000 kW AC qualify for net metering.
Does Clay Electric Cooperative have a demand charge?: Clay Electric Cooperative has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.
What would solar cost and save for a typical Clay Electric Cooperative home?: For a electrically heated home using about 1100 kWh a month, a net-zero system is about 9.1 kW, costs roughly $19,599 to $23,954 installed, saves $694 to $790 in the first year, and pays back in 20 to 26 years at 2.7% a year rate growth. Your address gives a real figure in about a minute.
What federal incentives apply in 2026?: Florida exempts solar equipment from sales tax and keeps the value it adds off your property-tax bill, and both are already in these figures. Business-owned systems, including rental property, qualify for the 30% federal investment credit (Section 48E) and bonus depreciation when placed in service by the end of 2027; tax-exempt owners receive the 30% as cash. Not tax advice.
Where do these numbers come from?: The rate figures are read from Clay Electric Cooperative's own published schedule and net-metering policy (linked under Sources), last checked November 1, 2026. The worked example runs the same engine as the estimator, using a production reference for Gainesville and Florida installed-cost data. If you spot an error, email us and we will correct it.

Service area

Clay Electric Cooperative's service territory (highlighted). Hover a region to see its utility.

Other Florida co-ops: Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative (WREC), SECO Energy (Sumter Electric Cooperative), Peace River Electric Cooperative (PRECO), Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC), Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC), Talquin Electric Cooperative. All 34 utilities.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from the documents below. We print the schedule’s effective date and the date we last read it; when a utility publishes nothing, we say so instead of guessing quietly.

Residential rate schedule: fixed charge, energy rate
Clay Rate Book (Sheet 11.0, 24th Revised, eff. 6/1/2025; book updated 5/2026) and Summary of Rate Schedules; base energy only
Effective June 1, 2025 · Checked November 1, 2026 · Read from the primary source
Net-metering / distributed-generation policy
Systems interconnected on/after 5/1/2022 are on '2-Register Avoided Cost Net Billing': exports 'instantly bought back at current wholesale base rates' as a bill credit (rate not published). Pre-5/1/2022 systems grandfathered on banked-kWh net metering to 2037; any change forfeits status. RGS >=20 kW needs pre-approval; <=90% of service rating; 'reasonable non-refundable processing fee' may apply. The 4c export credit is an estimate of the unpublished wholesale avoided cost (Seminole and PowerSouth members have published 3 to 5c).
Checked November 1, 2026 · Not verified: placeholder figures
Service territory on the map
HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (U.S. DHS / Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Florida subset, 2020 vintage; boundaries are coarse at town edges
Checked November 1, 2026 · Read from the primary source
Worked example: production, installed cost, savings and payback
Florida Solar Estimate engine: PVGIS-ERA5-based production reference for Gainesville (1453 kWh per kW per year after shading and soiling and orientation), installed-cost ladder (Florida cash-price range, Oct 2026), 2.7%/yr rate escalation and 0.5%/yr panel degradation
Checked November 1, 2026 · Read from the primary source

Clay Electric Cooperative's net-metering terms are not published; the common Florida co-op pattern is assumed until confirmed.

Spot an error or a rate change? Email mtsolarestimate@gmail.com. How the estimate itself is built: methodology.

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