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Solar with Talquin Electric Cooperative
Talquin Electric Cooperative members pay 15.5¢ per kWh and no demand charge; a typical home's solar pays back in about 11 years.
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At a glance
Residential schedule effective October 1, 2026; checked November 1, 2026. Sources.
What this means for solar
- Excess power is credited at the full retail rate within the month, but credits zero out on the first of every month, so summer surplus is lost rather than banked for winter.
- Talquin 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
Best-case figures with the range shown; Florida's tax exemptions included. Production reference: Tallahassee. Your roof, usage and heating change every number, which is what the estimate is for.
Full schedule and net-metering rules
- Fixed charge
- $45 per month; minimum bill $45
- Energy
- 12.47¢ up to 1,000 kWh; 15.47¢ above that
- Net metering
- NM-2 (systems interconnected after 12/31/2020): within a billing period, if consumption exceeds generation 'all electricity generated... shall be deemed to have been used by the Member' (full retail offset); if generation exceeds consumption the net excess is credited at Seminole Electric's QF-1 as-available (avoided-cost) rate (not published) and the dollar credit rolls to the next bill. Pre-2021 NM-1 members bank kWh for up to 12 months with a year-end QF-1 payout, until 1/1/2036. Member pays interconnection/load-study costs; <=90% of service rating.
- Notes
- WPCA reset from $0.0130 to $0.00333 on 10/1/2026; Storm Cost Recovery Surcharge inactive since 6/1/2026. Three-phase access charge $60. Minimum bill $45 + WPCA.
- Effective
- October 1, 2026; checked November 1, 2026
Questions members ask
- Does Talquin Electric Cooperative pay for excess solar power?
- Excess power is credited at the full retail rate within the month, but credits zero out on the first of every month, so summer surplus is lost rather than banked for winter.
- How big a solar system can I net-meter with Talquin Electric Cooperative?
- Systems up to 1000 kW AC qualify for net metering.
- Does Talquin Electric Cooperative have a demand charge?
- Talquin 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 Talquin Electric Cooperative home?
- For a electrically heated home using about 1100 kWh a month, a net-zero system is about 8.8 kW, costs roughly $19,135 to $23,387 installed, saves $1,597 to $1,814 in the first year, and pays back in 9.6 to 12.8 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 Talquin 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 Tallahassee and Florida installed-cost data. If you spot an error, email us and we will correct it.
Service area
Other Florida co-ops: Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative (WREC), Clay Electric Cooperative, SECO Energy (Sumter Electric Cooperative), Peace River Electric Cooperative (PRECO), Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC), Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC). 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 rateEffective October 1, 2026 · Checked November 1, 2026 · Read from the primary source
- Net-metering / distributed-generation policyChecked November 1, 2026 · Read from the primary source
- Service territory on the mapChecked November 1, 2026 · Read from the primary source
- Worked example: production, installed cost, savings and paybackChecked November 1, 2026 · Read from the primary source
Spot an error or a rate change? Email mtsolarestimate@gmail.com. How the estimate itself is built: methodology.
Your address, your numbers
Roof, usage and heating change everything above. The estimate takes about a minute and asks for no contact details.