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Solar in Georgia

Across Georgia, homeowners pay about 11.5¢/kWh and a typical 6 kW system pays back in roughly 12.8 years after the 30% federal tax credit.

State avg rate 11.5¢/kWh
Typical payback 12.8yrs
Best Solar Value Fair

Counties in Georgia

Montgomery County
13.4¢/kWh · 9,054 kWh/yr
$1,212/yr 10.4 yr payback
Treutlen County
13.4¢/kWh · 9,042 kWh/yr
$1,211/yr 10.4 yr payback
Toombs County
13.4¢/kWh · 8,982 kWh/yr
$1,203/yr 10.5 yr payback
Ben Hill County
12.9¢/kWh · 8,988 kWh/yr
$1,162/yr 10.8 yr payback
Irwin County
12.9¢/kWh · 9,048 kWh/yr
$1,170/yr 10.8 yr payback
Turner County
12.9¢/kWh · 9,066 kWh/yr
$1,172/yr 10.8 yr payback
Telfair County
12.9¢/kWh · 8,934 kWh/yr
$1,151/yr 10.9 yr payback
Wheeler County
12.9¢/kWh · 8,946 kWh/yr
$1,152/yr 10.9 yr payback
Laurens County
12.9¢/kWh · 8,772 kWh/yr
$1,130/yr 11.2 yr payback
Seminole County
12.2¢/kWh · 9,186 kWh/yr
$1,124/yr 11.2 yr payback
Early County
12.2¢/kWh · 8,994 kWh/yr
$1,101/yr 11.4 yr payback
Jefferson County
12.4¢/kWh · 8,892 kWh/yr
$1,103/yr 11.4 yr payback
Taliaferro County
13.2¢/kWh · 8,394 kWh/yr
$1,104/yr 11.4 yr payback
Baker County
12.0¢/kWh · 9,144 kWh/yr
$1,095/yr 11.5 yr payback
Grady County
12.2¢/kWh · 8,970 kWh/yr
$1,091/yr 11.5 yr payback
Greene County
13.2¢/kWh · 8,268 kWh/yr
$1,087/yr 11.6 yr payback
Lee County
12.0¢/kWh · 9,042 kWh/yr
$1,083/yr 11.6 yr payback
Richmond County
12.4¢/kWh · 8,718 kWh/yr
$1,082/yr 11.6 yr payback
Thomas County
12.2¢/kWh · 8,916 kWh/yr
$1,084/yr 11.6 yr payback
Oglethorpe County
13.2¢/kWh · 8,178 kWh/yr
$1,075/yr 11.7 yr payback
Tattnall County
12.1¢/kWh · 8,910 kWh/yr
$1,076/yr 11.7 yr payback
Dougherty County
11.8¢/kWh · 9,072 kWh/yr
$1,070/yr 11.8 yr payback
Worth County
12.0¢/kWh · 8,958 kWh/yr
$1,072/yr 11.8 yr payback
Tift County
11.6¢/kWh · 9,162 kWh/yr
$1,063/yr 11.9 yr payback
Bacon County
11.7¢/kWh · 8,994 kWh/yr
$1,049/yr 12 yr payback
Candler County
11.6¢/kWh · 9,018 kWh/yr
$1,046/yr 12 yr payback
Coffee County
11.6¢/kWh · 9,036 kWh/yr
$1,048/yr 12 yr payback
Cook County
11.5¢/kWh · 9,120 kWh/yr
$1,051/yr 12 yr payback
Jeff Davis County
11.7¢/kWh · 9,018 kWh/yr
$1,051/yr 12 yr payback
Mitchell County
11.8¢/kWh · 8,886 kWh/yr
$1,047/yr 12 yr payback
Terrell County
11.6¢/kWh · 9,030 kWh/yr
$1,047/yr 12 yr payback
Wilcox County
11.6¢/kWh · 9,018 kWh/yr
$1,046/yr 12 yr payback
Atkinson County
11.6¢/kWh · 9,000 kWh/yr
$1,044/yr 12.1 yr payback
Camden County
12.2¢/kWh · 8,520 kWh/yr
$1,043/yr 12.1 yr payback
Charlton County
12.2¢/kWh · 8,508 kWh/yr
$1,041/yr 12.1 yr payback
Glynn County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,964 kWh/yr
$1,040/yr 12.1 yr payback
Jenkins County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,988 kWh/yr
$1,043/yr 12.1 yr payback
Lanier County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,982 kWh/yr
$1,042/yr 12.1 yr payback
McIntosh County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,958 kWh/yr
$1,039/yr 12.1 yr payback
Miller County
11.6¢/kWh · 9,006 kWh/yr
$1,045/yr 12.1 yr payback
Pulaski County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,958 kWh/yr
$1,039/yr 12.1 yr payback
Appling County
11.7¢/kWh · 8,838 kWh/yr
$1,031/yr 12.2 yr payback
Brantley County
12.2¢/kWh · 8,460 kWh/yr
$1,036/yr 12.2 yr payback
Bryan County
12.1¢/kWh · 8,562 kWh/yr
$1,034/yr 12.2 yr payback
Bulloch County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,874 kWh/yr
$1,029/yr 12.2 yr payback
Dodge County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,940 kWh/yr
$1,037/yr 12.2 yr payback
Johnson County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,904 kWh/yr
$1,031/yr 12.2 yr payback
Pierce County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,934 kWh/yr
$1,036/yr 12.2 yr payback
Schley County
12.0¢/kWh · 8,658 kWh/yr
$1,037/yr 12.2 yr payback
Screven County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,862 kWh/yr
$1,032/yr 12.2 yr payback
Sumter County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,898 kWh/yr
$1,032/yr 12.2 yr payback
Washington County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,940 kWh/yr
$1,035/yr 12.2 yr payback
Calhoun County
11.2¢/kWh · 9,156 kWh/yr
$1,023/yr 12.3 yr payback
Decatur County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,856 kWh/yr
$1,027/yr 12.3 yr payback
Evans County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,850 kWh/yr
$1,027/yr 12.3 yr payback
Glascock County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,826 kWh/yr
$1,024/yr 12.3 yr payback
Lowndes County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,856 kWh/yr
$1,027/yr 12.3 yr payback
Webster County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,856 kWh/yr
$1,027/yr 12.3 yr payback
Bleckley County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,802 kWh/yr
$1,019/yr 12.4 yr payback
Burke County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,766 kWh/yr
$1,017/yr 12.4 yr payback
Harris County
12.2¢/kWh · 8,340 kWh/yr
$1,015/yr 12.4 yr payback
Liberty County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,772 kWh/yr
$1,018/yr 12.4 yr payback
Macon County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,778 kWh/yr
$1,018/yr 12.4 yr payback
Stewart County
12.0¢/kWh · 8,508 kWh/yr
$1,019/yr 12.4 yr payback
Clinch County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,724 kWh/yr
$1,012/yr 12.5 yr payback
DeKalb County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,688 kWh/yr
$1,008/yr 12.5 yr payback
Echols County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,724 kWh/yr
$1,012/yr 12.5 yr payback
Jones County
11.8¢/kWh · 8,490 kWh/yr
$1,004/yr 12.5 yr payback
Twiggs County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,706 kWh/yr
$1,006/yr 12.5 yr payback
Warren County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,670 kWh/yr
$1,006/yr 12.5 yr payback
Wayne County
11.7¢/kWh · 8,676 kWh/yr
$1,012/yr 12.5 yr payback
Chatham County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,592 kWh/yr
$997/yr 12.6 yr payback
Clay County
11.2¢/kWh · 8,940 kWh/yr
$999/yr 12.6 yr payback
Colquitt County
11.2¢/kWh · 8,964 kWh/yr
$1,001/yr 12.6 yr payback
Columbia County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,628 kWh/yr
$1,001/yr 12.6 yr payback
Franklin County
11.9¢/kWh · 8,364 kWh/yr
$999/yr 12.6 yr payback
Habersham County
12.2¢/kWh · 8,202 kWh/yr
$1,001/yr 12.6 yr payback
Long County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,598 kWh/yr
$997/yr 12.6 yr payback
McDuffie County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,628 kWh/yr
$1,001/yr 12.6 yr payback
Marion County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,628 kWh/yr
$1,001/yr 12.6 yr payback
Meriwether County
12.0¢/kWh · 8,340 kWh/yr
$1,000/yr 12.6 yr payback
Randolph County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,640 kWh/yr
$1,002/yr 12.6 yr payback
Taylor County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,592 kWh/yr
$997/yr 12.6 yr payback
Wilkinson County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,598 kWh/yr
$997/yr 12.6 yr payback
Clayton County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,538 kWh/yr
$990/yr 12.7 yr payback
Elbert County
11.9¢/kWh · 8,334 kWh/yr
$996/yr 12.7 yr payback
Lamar County
12.0¢/kWh · 8,286 kWh/yr
$993/yr 12.7 yr payback
Rockdale County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,532 kWh/yr
$990/yr 12.7 yr payback
Baldwin County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,460 kWh/yr
$981/yr 12.8 yr payback
Bibb County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,484 kWh/yr
$984/yr 12.8 yr payback
Effingham County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,502 kWh/yr
$986/yr 12.8 yr payback
Forsyth County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,478 kWh/yr
$983/yr 12.8 yr payback
Morgan County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,454 kWh/yr
$981/yr 12.8 yr payback
Talbot County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,496 kWh/yr
$986/yr 12.8 yr payback
Ware County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,478 kWh/yr
$983/yr 12.8 yr payback
Brooks County
10.8¢/kWh · 9,108 kWh/yr
$979/yr 12.9 yr payback
Chattahoochee County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,388 kWh/yr
$973/yr 12.9 yr payback
Dooly County
10.7¢/kWh · 9,156 kWh/yr
$975/yr 12.9 yr payback
Haralson County
12.0¢/kWh · 8,118 kWh/yr
$973/yr 12.9 yr payback
Muscogee County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,388 kWh/yr
$973/yr 12.9 yr payback
Berrien County
10.8¢/kWh · 8,988 kWh/yr
$966/yr 13 yr payback
Carroll County
12.0¢/kWh · 8,094 kWh/yr
$970/yr 13 yr payback
Fulton County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,376 kWh/yr
$972/yr 13 yr payback
Hart County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,352 kWh/yr
$969/yr 13 yr payback
Pike County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,358 kWh/yr
$970/yr 13 yr payback
Hancock County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,322 kWh/yr
$965/yr 13.1 yr payback
Heard County
12.0¢/kWh · 8,016 kWh/yr
$960/yr 13.1 yr payback
Lincoln County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,304 kWh/yr
$963/yr 13.1 yr payback
Putnam County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,310 kWh/yr
$964/yr 13.1 yr payback
Stephens County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,322 kWh/yr
$965/yr 13.1 yr payback
Wilkes County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,316 kWh/yr
$965/yr 13.1 yr payback
Cherokee County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,196 kWh/yr
$951/yr 13.2 yr payback
Clarke County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,250 kWh/yr
$957/yr 13.2 yr payback
Hall County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,262 kWh/yr
$958/yr 13.2 yr payback
Quitman County
11.2¢/kWh · 8,532 kWh/yr
$953/yr 13.2 yr payback
Coweta County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,160 kWh/yr
$947/yr 13.3 yr payback
Rabun County
11.4¢/kWh · 8,298 kWh/yr
$945/yr 13.3 yr payback
Bartow County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,082 kWh/yr
$938/yr 13.4 yr payback
Cobb County
11.1¢/kWh · 8,502 kWh/yr
$941/yr 13.4 yr payback
Polk County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,076 kWh/yr
$937/yr 13.4 yr payback
Troup County
11.4¢/kWh · 8,202 kWh/yr
$937/yr 13.4 yr payback
Union County
11.8¢/kWh · 8,016 kWh/yr
$943/yr 13.4 yr payback
White County
11.6¢/kWh · 8,094 kWh/yr
$939/yr 13.4 yr payback
Fannin County
11.7¢/kWh · 7,992 kWh/yr
$933/yr 13.5 yr payback
Pickens County
11.4¢/kWh · 8,190 kWh/yr
$934/yr 13.5 yr payback
Towns County
11.8¢/kWh · 7,950 kWh/yr
$936/yr 13.5 yr payback
Upson County
11.1¢/kWh · 8,400 kWh/yr
$932/yr 13.5 yr payback
Chattooga County
11.4¢/kWh · 8,118 kWh/yr
$925/yr 13.6 yr payback
Dade County
11.4¢/kWh · 8,112 kWh/yr
$924/yr 13.6 yr payback
Dawson County
11.4¢/kWh · 8,112 kWh/yr
$926/yr 13.6 yr payback
Murray County
11.4¢/kWh · 8,118 kWh/yr
$925/yr 13.6 yr payback
Peach County
10.3¢/kWh · 9,000 kWh/yr
$926/yr 13.6 yr payback
Floyd County
11.4¢/kWh · 8,028 kWh/yr
$914/yr 13.8 yr payback
Gilmer County
11.3¢/kWh · 8,070 kWh/yr
$911/yr 13.8 yr payback
Gwinnett County
10.9¢/kWh · 8,352 kWh/yr
$907/yr 13.9 yr payback
Lumpkin County
11.3¢/kWh · 8,028 kWh/yr
$906/yr 13.9 yr payback
Spalding County
10.5¢/kWh · 8,664 kWh/yr
$908/yr 13.9 yr payback
Crawford County
10.3¢/kWh · 8,772 kWh/yr
$903/yr 14 yr payback
Houston County
10.3¢/kWh · 8,778 kWh/yr
$903/yr 14 yr payback
Fayette County
10.4¢/kWh · 8,562 kWh/yr
$888/yr 14.2 yr payback
Crisp County
9.6¢/kWh · 9,054 kWh/yr
$867/yr 14.5 yr payback
Catoosa County
10.6¢/kWh · 8,136 kWh/yr
$863/yr 14.6 yr payback
Whitfield County
10.6¢/kWh · 8,136 kWh/yr
$863/yr 14.6 yr payback
Gordon County
10.6¢/kWh · 8,076 kWh/yr
$857/yr 14.7 yr payback
Emanuel County
9.5¢/kWh · 8,922 kWh/yr
$850/yr 14.8 yr payback
Walton County
10.1¢/kWh · 8,370 kWh/yr
$844/yr 14.9 yr payback
Oconee County
10.1¢/kWh · 8,304 kWh/yr
$837/yr 15.1 yr payback
Walker County
10.6¢/kWh · 7,842 kWh/yr
$832/yr 15.1 yr payback
Douglas County
10.2¢/kWh · 8,166 kWh/yr
$831/yr 15.2 yr payback
Jackson County
9.8¢/kWh · 8,400 kWh/yr
$827/yr 15.2 yr payback
Barrow County
9.8¢/kWh · 8,370 kWh/yr
$824/yr 15.3 yr payback
Henry County
9.5¢/kWh · 8,622 kWh/yr
$821/yr 15.3 yr payback
Madison County
9.8¢/kWh · 8,358 kWh/yr
$822/yr 15.3 yr payback
Banks County
9.8¢/kWh · 8,316 kWh/yr
$818/yr 15.4 yr payback
Paulding County
10.2¢/kWh · 7,932 kWh/yr
$807/yr 15.6 yr payback
Newton County
9.5¢/kWh · 8,298 kWh/yr
$790/yr 15.9 yr payback
Butts County
9.2¢/kWh · 8,496 kWh/yr
$780/yr 16.2 yr payback
Jasper County
9.2¢/kWh · 8,454 kWh/yr
$776/yr 16.2 yr payback
Monroe County
9.2¢/kWh · 8,376 kWh/yr
$769/yr 16.4 yr payback
Figures are modeled estimates from NREL PVWatts v8 + EIA. Not affiliated with NREL, DOE or EIA · not financial advice. Last updated June 2026.