SOLAR BUYBACK RATE HISTORY

Residential customers in Texas who have solar panels installed can earn solar buyback credits each month when surplus generation is returned to the grid. The amount of the buyback credits vary based on the time the power is returned to the grid, the wholesale price for power, and by load zone

Below are the average buyback rates our Solar Buyback customers received for each load zone. Buyback rates for individual customers will vary from these averages based on the quantity and timing of their excess generation.

Date Houston North South West
February 2024 0.95¢ 0.92¢ 0.92¢ 1.07¢
January 2024 1.20¢ 1.13¢ 1.21¢ 1.16¢
December 2023 1.57¢ 1.56¢ 1.62¢ 1.47¢
November 2023 2.65¢ 2.75¢ 3.27¢ 2.65¢
October 2023 3.69¢ 3.60¢ 4.52¢ 4.05¢
September 2023 11.27¢ 10.54¢ 12.93¢ 12.60¢
August 2023 9.38¢ 8.05¢ 7.93¢ 8.95¢
July 2023 5.17¢ 4.56¢ 5.12¢ 4.42¢
June 2023 3.60¢ 3.42¢ 4.00¢ 3.73¢
May 2023 2.58¢ 2.05¢ 2.34¢ 2.17¢
April 2023 1.78¢ 1.82¢ 2.36¢ 1.32¢
March 2023 1.79¢ 1.34¢ 2.38¢ 1.39¢
February 2023 1.50¢ 1.35¢ 1.73¢ 1.66¢
January 2023 1.89¢ 1.79¢ 1.95¢ 2.20¢
December 2022 3.61¢ 3.01¢ 3.66¢ 2.42¢
November 2022 3.73¢ 3.11¢ 3.48¢ 2.53¢
October 2022 4.69¢ 4.60¢ 5.24¢ 4.70¢
September 2022 7.82¢ 7.59¢ 8.06¢ 8.12¢
August 2022 11.22¢ 11.12¢ 10.61¢ 12.15¢
July 2022 12.71¢ 12.23¢ 14.01¢ 13.89¢
June 2022 11.39¢ 6.72¢ 8.34¢ 5.30¢
May 2022 12.81¢ 5.89¢ 7.80¢ 4.67¢
April 2022 4.49¢ 3.13¢ 4.29¢ 2.25¢
March 2022 2.80¢ 1.98¢ 2.24¢ 1.68¢
February 2022 2.08¢ 1.99¢ 1.99¢ 1.60¢
January 2022 2.09¢ 1.93¢ 2.12¢ 1.51¢
December 2021 2.71¢ 2.33¢ 2.67¢ 1.51¢
November 2021 3.68¢ 3.21¢ 4.29¢ 3.07¢
October 2021 4.77¢ 3.83¢ 5.01¢ 4.36¢