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Solar quotes in Provo, UT.

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8 kW
Average system size: $2.65/W
Average cost (USD): 11 yrs
Average payback: 130+
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Why solar in Provo

Nearly everything written about Utah solar describes Rocky Mountain Power, and Provo is not on Rocky Mountain Power. Provo City Power is a municipal utility, outside Schedule 137, setting its own export compensation, system size limits and interconnection process. The net billing rates, the March recalculation and the seasonal export credit that dominate Utah solar coverage are terms of somebody else tariff.

A municipal utility is a different regulatory world

Rocky Mountain Power supplies more than 80 percent of Utah electricity and is regulated by the Public Service Commission, which is where Schedule 137 Net Billing and its annually recalculated export credit come from.

Municipal utilities such as Provo City Power are governed differently. They set their own rates and their own rules for customer generation, and are not bound by the Schedule 137 terms.

That can cut either way. A municipal utility may compensate exports more generously than Rocky Mountain Power or less, may cap system sizes differently, and may charge different interconnection fees.

What it always means is that a quote built from a statewide Utah template is describing terms that do not apply to your address. Check the utility name on a recent bill before reading any figure in a proposal.

The questions to put to your own utility

Ask how exported electricity is compensated, at what rate, and whether netting happens instantaneously, monthly or annually. That difference matters more than most equipment choices.

Ask whether the rate is fixed for a term or reset periodically, and if reset, whether existing customers move to the new rate. That is precisely where Rocky Mountain Power customers are exposed, and your utility may differ.

Ask what system size limits apply, what the interconnection application involves and costs, and how long approval typically takes.

Ask whether there is a programme cap or a queue, and whether any solar-specific charge applies. Get these in writing from the utility rather than from a sales conversation.

Reconciling the quote with the answers

With those answers in hand, check the quote against them. Does the projection use your utility export rate or a Rocky Mountain Power one? Does it use your actual retail rate?

Ask what self-consumption share the model assumed. Under any instantaneous or near-instantaneous netting arrangement that assumption drives the savings figure more than the hardware does.

Ask whether the installer has completed projects on your specific utility recently. Interconnection practice differs between utilities and recent local experience is what actually moves a project along.

If the quote cannot be reconciled with what your utility told you, that is the most useful information you have obtained. Ask for it to be rebuilt rather than explained away.

Rebuilding the estimate from current figures

The 30 percent federal Residential Clean Energy Credit under Section 25D expired for property placed in service after December 31, 2025, and the Utah residential solar tax credit reached zero for systems installed from 2024 onward. Those two apply regardless of which utility serves you.

Section 48E survives at 30 percent for third-party owners under leases and power purchase agreements, so ask what a provider claims and what reaches you in the rate.

Everything else comes from your own utility: the retail rate, the export compensation, the netting method, the size limits and the interconnection process.

Ask Provo City Power directly, then ask your installer to rebuild the projection from those answers rather than from a Rocky Mountain Power template.

Incentives & rebates

Net metering: Schedule 137 Net Billing, instantaneous, annually reset

Utah no longer offers net metering to new residential solar customers on Rocky Mountain Power. Anyone who applied for interconnection after October 30, 2020 is on Schedule 137 Net Billing Service. Net billing differs from net metering in a way that changes how a system should be designed: generation is netted against household consumption instantaneously rather than across a billing period, so electricity you are using at the moment it is generated displaces the full retail rate, while anything beyond your instantaneous demand is exported and earns the export credit rate instead. As of March 1, 2026 that credit was approximately 4.855 cents per kWh for summer exports, defined as June through September, and 4.033 cents per kWh for winter exports from October through May, against a Utah residential retail rate around 12 to 13 cents. So an exported kilowatt hour is worth roughly a third of a self-consumed one. The second feature matters as much as the first. The export credit is recalculated annually and takes effect each March 1, and the revised rate applies to existing customers as well as new ones. Customers do not lock in a rate at installation, and the figure has fallen across successive recalculations. Utah municipal utilities such as Provo City Power and Murray City Power are outside Schedule 137 and set their own terms.

Related Utah resources

Utah solar incentives & rebates Full breakdown of federal, provincial, and utility programs.

How payback works in Utah

System cost: $21,200
Estimated net cost: $21,200
Estimated payback: ~13.1 years
25-year net savings: ~$19,300

These figures are illustrative; your actual quote reflects your roof, sun exposure, and local utility rates.

Frequently asked questions

Does Schedule 137 net billing apply in Provo?

No. Provo City Power is a municipal utility outside Schedule 137, setting its own export compensation, size limits and interconnection process. The net billing rates and March recalculation that dominate Utah solar coverage are Rocky Mountain Power terms.

What should I ask my municipal utility?

How exports are compensated and at what rate, whether netting is instantaneous, monthly or annual, whether the rate is fixed or reset and whether existing customers move to a new rate, what size limits apply, and what interconnection costs and takes.

Is a municipal utility better or worse for solar?

It varies. A municipal utility may compensate exports more generously than Rocky Mountain Power or less, and may set different size limits and fees. The only reliable answer comes from the utility itself, in writing.

What if my quote used Rocky Mountain Power figures?

Ask for it to be rebuilt on your utility actual terms. A quote that cannot be reconciled with what your utility told you is describing someone else tariff, and that discrepancy is worth resolving before anything else.