Rate Plans & Net Billing

Net metering, net billing, export credits, time-of-use windows, and demand charges — the tariff that decides what your exported kWh is worth.

Rate Plans & Net Billing August 22, 2026 Net Metering, Net Billing, Buy-All: What Exports Pay One 8,000 kWh array on one Arizona tariff is worth $1,189, $763, or $778 a year depending only on which export structure the meter is wired for. Find yours. 10 min read

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Three quotes for the same roof came back with three different payback figures — seven years, nine, and fourteen. Priya Raghunathan rebuilt all three in a spreadsheet to find where they diverged, and the spreadsheet turned into this site. She does not work in the energy industry and has never sold, financed, or installed a system. Every number here is traced to a utility tariff sheet, a regulator's decision, or a published standard, and the arithmetic is written out so you can redo it on your own bill.

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