Does Tri-County Electric Cooperative (Madison) 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.

Does Tri-County Electric Cooperative (Madison) have a demand charge?

Tri-County Electric Cooperative (Madison) has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.

What would solar cost and save for a typical Tri-County Electric Cooperative (Madison) 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 $860 to $982 in the first year, and pays back in 16.7 to 22 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 Tri-County Electric Cooperative (Madison)'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 Live Oak and Florida installed-cost data. If you spot an error, email us and we will correct it.

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Solar with Tri-County Electric Cooperative (Madison)

Tri-County Electric Cooperative (Madison) members pay 13.8¢ per kWh and no demand charge; a typical home's solar pays back in about 19 years.

Not yet verified. Tri-County Electric Cooperative (Madison) does not publish a rate schedule online. The figures here are estimates pending the schedule; call the utility or upload a bill for your real price.

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Energy rate

13.8¢/kWh

tiered by monthly use

Fixed charge

$28/mo

$28 minimum bill

Demand charge

None

every offset kWh saves the full rate

Net-metering limit

No stated cap

exports paid at wholesale

Residential schedule effective January 1, 2018; 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.
Tri-County Electric Cooperative (Madison) has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.
The policy states no size cap; above that, capacity would run without export credit.

A typical home: 1100 kWh a month, electric heat

Net-zero system

9.1 kW

1451 kWh per kW per year

Installed cost

as low as$19,599

up to $23,954

First-year savings

up to$982

at least $860

Payback

as low as16.7 yrs

16.7–22 yrs at 2.7%/yr

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

Full schedule and net-metering rules

Fixed charge: $28 per month; minimum bill $28
Energy: 11.40¢ up to 1,000 kWh; 13.80¢ above that
Net metering: Single bi-directional meter; monthly generation 'credit is reflected on your monthly bill towards your usage that month'; if a member produces more than used over the year TCEC buys the excess 'at Seminole Electric Cooperative's avoided costs' (rate not published). >10 kW needs higher insurance; 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: Sheet is dated 2018 and may be stale (TCEC filed only fee changes with FPSC in 2025). Excludes WPCA (+/- $0.0001 per 0.1 mill vs 86.0-mill base; current value not published).
Effective: January 1, 2018; checked November 1, 2026

Questions members ask

Does Tri-County Electric Cooperative (Madison) 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 Tri-County Electric Cooperative (Madison)?: The policy states no size cap.
Does Tri-County Electric Cooperative (Madison) have a demand charge?: Tri-County Electric Cooperative (Madison) has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.
What would solar cost and save for a typical Tri-County Electric Cooperative (Madison) 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 $860 to $982 in the first year, and pays back in 16.7 to 22 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 Tri-County Electric Cooperative (Madison)'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 Live Oak and Florida installed-cost data. If you spot an error, email us and we will correct it.

Service area

Tri-County Electric Cooperative (Madison)'s service territory (highlighted). Hover a region to see its utility.

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 rate
TCEC '2018RATES' sheet linked from tcec.com/rates (the only schedule TCEC publishes); base energy only
Effective January 1, 2018 · Checked November 1, 2026 · Not verified: placeholder figures
Net-metering / distributed-generation policy
Single bi-directional meter; monthly generation 'credit is reflected on your monthly bill towards your usage that month'; if a member produces more than used over the year TCEC buys the excess 'at Seminole Electric Cooperative's avoided costs' (rate not published). >10 kW needs higher insurance; 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 Live Oak (1451 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

Tri-County Electric Cooperative (Madison) does not publish a rate schedule online. The figures here are estimates pending the schedule; call the utility or upload a bill for your real price.
Tri-County Electric Cooperative (Madison)'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.

Your address, your numbers

Roof, usage and heating change everything above. The estimate takes about a minute and asks for no contact details.