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What solar costs in Texas, what it saves, and the buyback rule behind the savings.
Is solar worth it in Texas?
Payback by utility now that the federal credit is gone, sun by city, and the buyback rule behind your savings.
How much solar panels cost in Texas
Texas prices per watt, system size by home size, cost by city, and what a battery adds.
How many solar panels do I need in Texas?
Panels by monthly use and city, a quick estimator, roof space and why systems stop short of 100% of use.
Best direction and angle for solar panels in Texas
Modeled output for six cities by roof direction and pitch, east vs. west, and the HOA 10% rule.
Paying for solar in Texas: cash, loan or lease?
Cash versus loan-financed prices, the hidden loan fees federal regulators found, and what leases must disclose.
Texas solar buyback plans and net metering
Why Texas has no statewide net metering, the three kinds of retail buyback plan, and what each does to a year of savings.
Texas solar incentives in 2026
What is left after the federal credit: the property tax exemption, Austin Energy's rebate and the utility programs paid through installers.
Texas solar property tax exemption
What Tax Code 11.27 exempts, how to claim it with your appraisal district, and how long it lasts.
Average electric bill in Texas
What Texas homes pay each month and by season, ten years of bills, and the averages by utility.
Why is my electric bill so high in Texas?
Summer use, expired plans, delivery charges and the fact sheet to check, with what to do about each.
Before you sign
Can you install your own solar panels in Texas?
Who may do the wiring, what Houston's permit guide requires, utility rules and the rebates a DIY system gives up.
Is my solar quote fair?
A one-minute checker: price per watt against what Texans paid, the production estimate against NREL data, and loan fees.
Solar panel permits in Texas
The two 2025 laws that changed city permits for home solar and batteries, and what Dallas, Houston and Austin require.
How long does solar take in Texas?
From contract to first credit: the cancel window, permits, the PUC's four-week hookup rule and each utility's own timeline.
When is the best time to install solar in Texas?
Monthly output for six cities, summer bills, the 14-day plan switch window, incentive deadlines, hail season and the tax calendar.
How to check a solar company in Texas
Look up a seller's state registration, read TDLR's 19-item disclosure form and spot the red flags.
How to cancel a solar contract in Texas
Your five business days, a deadline calculator, a sample notice and the other cancellation rights that may apply.
If your Texas solar company goes out of business
What keeps working, the responsible party Texas now requires, the 10% lien rule and how to get a deposit back.
Free solar panels in Texas?
What no-cost offers really are, where Texas Solar for All stands, and what Texas law now forbids sellers to claim.
Texas solar laws
The right to connect, HOA limits, the 2025 law on solar sellers and your five-day right to cancel.
Selling or buying a Texas home with solar
Owned, financed or leased panels at closing, lien filings, the property tax exemption reset and each utility's new-owner steps.
Texas HOA solar rules
What Property Code 202.010 lets an HOA require, the 10% placement rule, roof tiles and batteries, and how to appeal a denial.
Already have solar
Electric bill still high after solar?
Meter delays, buyback plans and delivery charges, plus a checker for what your panels should make in your city.
Misled or overcharged by a solar company?
Which Texas route fits: cancelling, TDLR and Attorney General complaints, a DTPA demand letter or justice court, and the deadlines.
Texas weather
Solar panels and hail in Texas
Ten years of Texas hail reports, what size hail panels survive, and how Texas home insurance handles a claim.
Solar batteries and Texas power outages
How long outages last by utility, what a battery runs, what it costs and which utilities pay battery owners.
Other ways to go solar
Community solar in Texas
The four utility programs we found, how each is priced, who can join, which are full and whether they save money.
Is it legal to live off the grid in Texas?
What state law says about off-grid power, rainwater, wells, septic permits and county building rules, and the system size it takes.
Is plug-in solar legal in Texas?
What the PUC's interconnection rules say about balcony kits, the UL 3700 safety standard, and what you can do today.
Related upgrades
EV charger rebates in Texas
The federal charger credit ended June 30, 2026. What Austin Energy, CPS Energy, Entergy and SWEPCO still pay.
By region
Sun, outages, hail and the utilities in each part of the state.
Solar in Dallas-Fort Worth
Payback for Oncor-area plans, CoServ, Tri-County and TNMP, hail in the Texas counties with the most reports, outages and Dallas permit fees.
Solar in Houston
CenterPoint, TNMP and Entergy Texas payback, outage hours since 2020, Houston sun by month and the city's permit rules.
Solar in Austin and Central Texas
Austin Energy's Value of Solar and rebate, PEC and Bluebonnet credits, Oncor-area plans and Austin's permit rules.
Solar in San Antonio and the Hill Country
CPS Energy and NBU netting, GVEC's full-price buyback, PEC, payback by utility, sun, hail and outages.
Solar in South Texas
Corpus Christi, Laredo and the Valley: AEP Texas Central plans, Magic Valley's netting, sun in three cities.
Solar in West Texas
El Paso, Midland-Odessa, Abilene and San Angelo: the strongest sun in Texas, four different deals, hail and outages.
Solar in Amarillo, Lubbock and the Panhandle
Xcel Energy's three metering options, Lubbock's retail plans, strong sun and frequent hail.
Solar in East Texas
SWEPCO, Oncor, Entergy Texas and co-ops: payback, the long outages on co-op lines, sun and hail.
By utility
How each Texas utility bills a solar home and pays for the power you send back.
Solar for Oncor customers
Who pays for the power you send back in the Oncor area, Oncor's 2026 solar incentive, and how hookup works.
Solar for CenterPoint customers
Solar on CenterPoint's lines around Houston: buyback plans, the five steps to turn a system on, and savings by bill.
Solar for AEP Texas customers
Central and North areas compared, AEP Texas delivery charges, the SMART Source incentive and savings by plan.
Solar for TNMP customers
The highest delivery charge of the Texas wires companies, TNMP's 2026 Solar+ incentive, hookup steps and payback in its four areas.
Solar for Austin Energy customers
The Value of Solar credit on every kWh your panels make, the $4,000 rebate, and what a system saves.
Solar for CPS Energy customers
Monthly netting at the full rate, the small credit for leftovers, CPS's programs and the steps to connect.
Solar for Pedernales (PEC) members
The 7.19 cent Sustainable Power Credit, its base power ceiling, the time-of-use option and PEC's fees.
Solar for CoServ members
Buyback of every exported kWh at CoServ's avoided cost, the $25 solar customer charge and the 2023 change.
Solar for Entergy Texas customers
Exports credited at under 4 cents, the October 2026 bill line by line, and why self-use decides savings.
Solar for El Paso Electric customers
The Distributed Generation Rate's demand charge, who is grandfathered, and the break-even math.
Solar for GVEC members
Exports bought at the same per-kWh price you pay, the $150 fee, the 120-day rule and SunHub community solar.
Solar for Bluebonnet members
The 6.6962 cent production credit, Bluebonnet's own sample bill, hookup steps and payback by bill.
Solar for NBU customers
New Braunfels Utilities' $3,000 rebate tiers by roof direction, its 1:1 kWh credit, the per-kW solar charge and payback.
Solar for SWEPCO customers
SWEPCO's Texas solar credit at its avoided cost, the $9.42 solar fee, the rate case settlement and sizing for a low buyback.
Solar for Tri-County Electric members
TCEC's monthly buyback rate since 2023, the $30 minimum, the $500 application and payback for Fort Worth-area co-op homes.
Solar for BTU customers
Bryan Texas Utilities' 2026 switch to a power-cost export credit, the transition by install year, rates and payback.
Solar for Magic Valley members
Monthly netting at the full rate with month-end surplus lost, how that changes system size, fees and payback.
Solar for Xcel Energy customers
Xcel's three Texas metering options, why the $20 second meter rarely pays, and sizing when exports earn nothing.
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