Solar savings depend on more than just sunshine. Local electricity rates, utility policies, available incentives, and household energy use all affect the numbers. Understanding these factors can help homeowners make a more informed decision before choosing a solar installer.
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Tennessee has no retail net metering and will not pretend otherwise. The Tennessee Valley Authority supplies every local power company in the state, and surplus rooftop solar is compensated near TVA’s avoided cost, roughly 3 to 6¢/kWh depending on program and utility, while the retail power you avoid buying costs 11 to 12¢.
Run that on a real roof: a 10 kW Murfreesboro system exporting 1,500 kWh a year earns about $52 in credits. The same exports under a true retail net-metering state would return roughly $172. Nobody gets rich selling power back in Tennessee.
Which is exactly why the state is clarifying: the only number that matters is how much of your own consumption the system displaces. Sized to daytime usage, Tennessee solar pays back on avoided retail power and decent regional install pricing. Sized to impress, it manufactures 4¢ exports.
EcoGen America models the self-consumption case honestly and matches you with installers who build to it.
Every installer we list is registered with the PA Attorney General under HICPA, with the registration number on the contract.
Built-in checks for hidden dealer fees, the missing sales tax line, and quotes still modeling the expired federal 30% credit.
Our models price exports at TVA-era avoided cost, a few cents, so the payback you see is the one you get.
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