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Solar by stateSeptember 2026

Solar in Kansas: how the rules work

How Kansas credits the power solar panels send back to the grid, what homes there pay for electricity, and what to check when a home with solar is bought or sold.

Export credit
Full retail credit
Full retail
Largest utility
Evergy (Evergy Kansas Central)
Home electricity
15.2¢/kWh
Rising ~1.5%/yr over 10 years (EIA)
Typical installed price
$2.64/W
State average quote before incentives (EnergySage)

How exported power is credited

Power sent to the grid is credited at the full retail rate (kWh for kWh), at least within each billing period.

Under the Kansas Net Metering and Easy Connection Act as amended by HB 2527 (2024), Evergy's net metering tariff nets monthly. Non-TOU customers are billed on net kWh at their standard retail tariff. Monthly net excess generation is credited at 100% of the utility's monthly system average cost of energy per kWh, roughly a fuel/energy-cost level well below retail (no exact cents value found). TOU customers net by TOU period, with period excess at the same avoided-energy rate. The tariff sheet retrieved is Evergy's Kansas Metro version, effective October 22, 2024; Kansas Central is under the same statute. Fees are $100 application, $100 modification and $90 per extra inspection, and minimum monthly bills apply. HB 2527 raised the size limit to 150 kW based on historic usage, adds export-capacity limits from January 1, 2026, and raises the net metering cap from 2% toward 5% of peak by 2027. Systems operating before July 1, 2014 keep the older 1:1 kWh carry-forward with credits expiring each March 31. The 2025 Sub for HB 2149 proposed further DG changes, and its final status was not confirmed. Classified full_retail because within-month exports offset retail 1:1. Monthly net excess gets only avoided energy cost.

What changes for a home with solar

A savings estimate that counts exported power at the full retail rate matches how exports are credited here. Where only month-end surplus earns a lower rate, homes that use most of their power themselves come closest to that estimate.

Electricity here costs about 15.2¢ per kWh (2026) and has risen about 1.5% a year over the last decade. A lease or PPA escalator above that pace makes the solar payment rise faster than utility rates have.

When a home with solar is sold in Kansas

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