Residential Rooftop Solar
We offer a Solar Adviser tool that will ask you a series of questions to help you decide if a solar installation could be a good option for you. You will need your Georgia Power account number to complete this tool with the option to be contacted about installing solar. With your Georgia Power account number handy, please select "View Tool" below, to visit our Solar Advisor Tool and determine if solar is a viable option for your home.
System installation costs vary based on the size of your home, available mounting roof space, complexity of the roof design and budget. The amount of energy produced is based on several factors like: tilt angle, orientation, and shading conditions. The Solar Advisor Tool will help you estimate what a solar installation could cost as shown here.
Neither Georgia Power nor the State of Georgia currently offer any incentives or rebates for residential solar installations. However, there is a federal investment tax credit available for 30%. We would recommend speaking with an accountant or CPA to ensure you can take advantage of it when you file your taxes the next year. For more information, please visit the EnergyStar website.
Solar panels are warrantied for 25 years and typically last 30–35 years and generate electricity in the form of direct current (DC). There is another piece of equipment needed for the installation called the inverter, included with the system. The inverter converts the electricity from direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC). The inverter typically lasts 15–20 years; you may have to replace the inverter at some point during the life span of the solar panels, and that replacement cost is not included. Lastly, the inverter is wired directly into the breaker panel box. The installer would need to check the panel box to see if space is available.
The Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Owner may choose to install their own step-up or step-down transformer to match the renewables equipment voltage with the service voltage. For three-phase inverter-based DER interconnections, the DER-Owner transformer must have grounded-wye windings on the Company side and grounded-wye windings on the DER side, with no delta tertiary windings.
No. Since your system would be grid-tied, for safety reasons, if there is a power outage your solar system will automatically shut off when the power goes out. If you have a solar battery system added to your solar PV system, your power will continue to work. Solar batteries can add as much as 30% to the cost of a solar system presently.
We typically recommend our customers begin by contacting a certified installer to perform an onsite evaluation of current conditions at your facility and to provide you with a proposal for a solar installation. It is best to obtain 2–3 proposals as solar installers may offer competitive pricing and financing.
The interconnection fee covers the costs associated with processing and managing the application, Witness Testing, and reprogramming the meter for projects <250kW AC. Projects >250kW AC will also have an additional Witness Testing fee. Please reference the following table for a current schedule of fees:
Project Size: ≤ 250 kW ACProgram: RNR or Energy Offset OnlyInterconnection Fee: $100Project Size: >250 kW AC *Program: Energy Offset OnlyWitness Test Fee: $3,900 (weekday)—$4,400 (weekend)*Projects>250 will have an Interconnection & Witness Test fee
For projects less than or equal to 250kW AC, the interconnection fee is added as a line item on the customer''s bill after the interconnection process is completed. Any projects that are greater than 250kW AC will also be charged a witness test fee billed to the customer through a Non-Electric Service Business (NESB). At this time, fees are charged to customers only.
Renewable systems connected to standard distribution feeder resulting in >250kWAC in aggregate on the feeder
Detailed Impact Study to identify and prevent any future issues negatively affecting the reliable and safe operation of the grid. Includes detailed load flow study.
As applicable. Determined during Distribution Impact Study (Typically for systems >1MWAC)
Impact Study to identify and prevent any future issues negatively affecting the reliable and safe operation of the grid. Operational limitations to prevent export to the grid will be determined.
All renewable systems connected to NUG: Network Underground. Network Underground is commonly found in large metropolitan areas (downtown), but may apply to isolated large DER served underground.
Impact Study to identify and prevent any future issues negatively affecting the reliable and safe operation of the grid. May also include renewables equipment, energy storage, and DER Owner equipment operation review.
As applicable. Additional to other Impact Study Fees.
Impact Study Fee:≥$220
The Impact Study fee will be charged to the customer through a Non-Electric Service Business (NESB). At this time, fees are charged to customers only.
Residential customers may install a system with a peak generating capacity of less than or equal to 10 kW AC. For more information, please review the RNR-11 Tariff.
RNR-Instantaneous Netting
In the RNR-Instantaneous Netting program, excess energy generated by a customer''s solar panels are credited at the annual Solar Avoided Cost Rate per kilowatt hour (kWh), which is 4.4487¢/kWh for the year 2024. During the 2022 rate case, the Public Service Commission approved an additional 4¢/kWh that will be added to the annual solar avoided cost. The excess solar generation is summed monthly and will be used to reduce the customer''s total monthly bill. This program is currently open for participation as further detailed in the RNR-11 Tariff.
More information about the solar avoided cost projects can be found on the Public Service Commission''s website, dockets 4822 and 16573.
Subscription to RNR-Instantaneous netting will be available to all eligible customers on a first come, first served basis until the cumulative generating capacity of all renewable sources equals to 0.2 percent (0.2%) of the Company''s annual peak demand in the previous year.
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