Residential Solar Rate

To ensure safety and reliability, all renewable systems must be equipped with proper safety features, system protection, and power quality equipment that meets the cooperative's standards.

If you want to receive credit for any excess electricity your system generates and sends back to the power grid, you must register your renewable generator with the North Carolina Utilities Commission through their NC-RETS program. Additionally, customers may be eligible to participate in NC GreenPower's renewable generation program for any excess power generated.

Renewable Generation – For purposes of this Rider, Renewable Generation shall be defined as hydroelectric or fueled by trash or methane derived from landfills, hog waste, poultry waste, nonanimal biomass, solar, or wind designed primarily to serve a single-user’s site.

Excess Energy –Member is able to utilize generation in lieu of purchasing from Wake Electric. If generation output is greater than demand, this is then defined as excess energy. The excess energy delivered to the Cooperative shall be defined as energy produced by the consumer’s generator that exceeds the energy demands of the residence at the time it is generated. This excess will be delivered to the electric grid and credited to the account at the avoided cost rate listed in the Rider. If the excess generation creates an overall credit to the account, such credit will be applied to the following month’s billing.

Excess Facilities – Excess Facilities are defined as those facilities that are in addition to those necessary for delivery of service at one point, through one meter, at one voltage, in accordance with the normally applicable rate schedule that the Cooperative must furnish, install, own, and maintain, in order to serve the Renewable Generation.