Utilities · Solar in Pennsylvania

PPL Electric Utilities: how it credits the solar power you send to the grid

Full retail net metering today, but a 2026 settlement with PPL could lower credit values for its customers.

Checked November 12, 2026. Utilities change these rules; check the current tariff before you sign.

How it works

Exported power earns the full retail price, kWh for kWh.

PPL serves much of central and eastern Pennsylvania, including Allentown, Harrisburg and Scranton.

A 2026 rate settlement could reduce the value of net metering credits for PPL customers; ask whether a quote assumes today's rules.

If you buy supply from a competing company, check how that company credits exports.

A rate case or settlement doesn't usually change terms for systems already connected, but ask PPL how it applies to you.

What it means for a typical Pennsylvania home

With full credit, a typical 6.5 kW system in Pennsylvania (about $16,705 at the 2026 median price) pays for itself in about 10 years and saves about $35,043 over 25 years after its price, paid in cash with no federal credit. It doesn't matter much whether you use the power as it's made or send it out, so a battery adds backup, not savings. Payback by system size in Pennsylvania.

Also in Pennsylvania: PECO (full retail credit).

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Sources: Solar Energy Nerds: net metering by state, 2026; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), final 2025 data: Annual State Historical Spreadsheets (Form EIA-861, released October 7, 2026) and Electric Power Annual (October 21, 2026); EnergySage: median quoted price, first half of 2026.