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Solar in Kansas

Across Kansas, homeowners pay about 12.4¢/kWh and a typical 6 kW system pays back in roughly 11.3 years after the 30% federal tax credit.

State avg rate 12.4¢/kWh
Typical payback 11.3yrs
Best Solar Value Good

Counties in Kansas

Clark County
16.7¢/kWh · 9,732 kWh/yr
$1,627/yr 7.7 yr payback
Edwards County
16.8¢/kWh · 9,696 kWh/yr
$1,624/yr 7.8 yr payback
Comanche County
16.7¢/kWh · 9,588 kWh/yr
$1,603/yr 7.9 yr payback
Kiowa County
16.8¢/kWh · 9,534 kWh/yr
$1,597/yr 7.9 yr payback
Lane County
15.3¢/kWh · 9,636 kWh/yr
$1,471/yr 8.6 yr payback
Russell County
15.7¢/kWh · 9,270 kWh/yr
$1,459/yr 8.6 yr payback
Lincoln County
15.7¢/kWh · 9,186 kWh/yr
$1,446/yr 8.7 yr payback
Mitchell County
15.7¢/kWh · 9,168 kWh/yr
$1,443/yr 8.7 yr payback
Osborne County
15.7¢/kWh · 9,204 kWh/yr
$1,449/yr 8.7 yr payback
Clay County
16.0¢/kWh · 8,934 kWh/yr
$1,427/yr 8.8 yr payback
Jewell County
15.7¢/kWh · 9,054 kWh/yr
$1,425/yr 8.8 yr payback
Cloud County
15.7¢/kWh · 8,994 kWh/yr
$1,416/yr 8.9 yr payback
Washington County
16.0¢/kWh · 8,892 kWh/yr
$1,420/yr 8.9 yr payback
Chase County
15.3¢/kWh · 9,132 kWh/yr
$1,396/yr 9 yr payback
Wabaunsee County
16.0¢/kWh · 8,748 kWh/yr
$1,397/yr 9 yr payback
Pottawatomie County
16.0¢/kWh · 8,694 kWh/yr
$1,388/yr 9.1 yr payback
Republic County
15.7¢/kWh · 8,844 kWh/yr
$1,392/yr 9.1 yr payback
Dickinson County
15.0¢/kWh · 9,096 kWh/yr
$1,366/yr 9.2 yr payback
Ottawa County
15.0¢/kWh · 9,090 kWh/yr
$1,365/yr 9.2 yr payback
Geary County
15.3¢/kWh · 8,850 kWh/yr
$1,353/yr 9.3 yr payback
Marion County
15.3¢/kWh · 8,886 kWh/yr
$1,359/yr 9.3 yr payback
Morris County
15.3¢/kWh · 8,880 kWh/yr
$1,358/yr 9.3 yr payback
Chautauqua County
14.8¢/kWh · 8,946 kWh/yr
$1,321/yr 9.5 yr payback
Crawford County
15.1¢/kWh · 8,694 kWh/yr
$1,315/yr 9.6 yr payback
Neosho County
14.5¢/kWh · 8,922 kWh/yr
$1,291/yr 9.8 yr payback
Wilson County
14.4¢/kWh · 8,934 kWh/yr
$1,283/yr 9.8 yr payback
Lyon County
14.4¢/kWh · 8,832 kWh/yr
$1,268/yr 9.9 yr payback
Jackson County
14.4¢/kWh · 8,694 kWh/yr
$1,255/yr 10 yr payback
Coffey County
14.4¢/kWh · 8,664 kWh/yr
$1,244/yr 10.1 yr payback
Hamilton County
12.5¢/kWh · 9,888 kWh/yr
$1,232/yr 10.2 yr payback
Linn County
14.5¢/kWh · 8,514 kWh/yr
$1,232/yr 10.2 yr payback
Sherman County
12.8¢/kWh · 9,666 kWh/yr
$1,238/yr 10.2 yr payback
Greeley County
12.5¢/kWh · 9,816 kWh/yr
$1,223/yr 10.3 yr payback
Wichita County
12.5¢/kWh · 9,774 kWh/yr
$1,218/yr 10.3 yr payback
Finney County
12.5¢/kWh · 9,738 kWh/yr
$1,213/yr 10.4 yr payback
Kearny County
12.5¢/kWh · 9,750 kWh/yr
$1,215/yr 10.4 yr payback
Scott County
12.5¢/kWh · 9,684 kWh/yr
$1,207/yr 10.4 yr payback
Pratt County
12.6¢/kWh · 9,438 kWh/yr
$1,184/yr 10.6 yr payback
Sumner County
13.0¢/kWh · 9,222 kWh/yr
$1,194/yr 10.6 yr payback
Kingman County
12.5¢/kWh · 9,444 kWh/yr
$1,177/yr 10.7 yr payback
Seward County
11.8¢/kWh · 9,804 kWh/yr
$1,154/yr 10.9 yr payback
Meade County
11.8¢/kWh · 9,756 kWh/yr
$1,148/yr 11 yr payback
Logan County
11.6¢/kWh · 9,708 kWh/yr
$1,130/yr 11.2 yr payback
Wallace County
11.6¢/kWh · 9,642 kWh/yr
$1,122/yr 11.2 yr payback
Morton County
11.2¢/kWh · 9,972 kWh/yr
$1,113/yr 11.3 yr payback
Stevens County
11.2¢/kWh · 9,978 kWh/yr
$1,114/yr 11.3 yr payback
Grant County
11.2¢/kWh · 9,888 kWh/yr
$1,104/yr 11.4 yr payback
Haskell County
11.2¢/kWh · 9,948 kWh/yr
$1,110/yr 11.4 yr payback
Rawlins County
11.6¢/kWh · 9,456 kWh/yr
$1,101/yr 11.4 yr payback
Rush County
11.6¢/kWh · 9,486 kWh/yr
$1,104/yr 11.4 yr payback
Thomas County
11.6¢/kWh · 9,492 kWh/yr
$1,105/yr 11.4 yr payback
Ellis County
11.6¢/kWh · 9,384 kWh/yr
$1,092/yr 11.5 yr payback
Sheridan County
11.6¢/kWh · 9,426 kWh/yr
$1,097/yr 11.5 yr payback
Stafford County
11.6¢/kWh · 9,408 kWh/yr
$1,095/yr 11.5 yr payback
Stanton County
11.2¢/kWh · 9,852 kWh/yr
$1,099/yr 11.5 yr payback
Rice County
11.6¢/kWh · 9,324 kWh/yr
$1,085/yr 11.6 yr payback
Pawnee County
11.6¢/kWh · 9,276 kWh/yr
$1,080/yr 11.7 yr payback
Cheyenne County
11.2¢/kWh · 9,522 kWh/yr
$1,065/yr 11.8 yr payback
Marshall County
12.1¢/kWh · 8,844 kWh/yr
$1,067/yr 11.8 yr payback
Graham County
11.2¢/kWh · 9,462 kWh/yr
$1,058/yr 11.9 yr payback
Decatur County
11.2¢/kWh · 9,420 kWh/yr
$1,053/yr 12 yr payback
Gove County
11.0¢/kWh · 9,522 kWh/yr
$1,050/yr 12 yr payback
Nemaha County
12.1¢/kWh · 8,688 kWh/yr
$1,048/yr 12 yr payback
Ness County
11.0¢/kWh · 9,504 kWh/yr
$1,046/yr 12 yr payback
Norton County
11.2¢/kWh · 9,282 kWh/yr
$1,038/yr 12.1 yr payback
Trego County
11.0¢/kWh · 9,444 kWh/yr
$1,042/yr 12.1 yr payback
Hodgeman County
10.7¢/kWh · 9,612 kWh/yr
$1,029/yr 12.2 yr payback
Rooks County
11.2¢/kWh · 9,216 kWh/yr
$1,030/yr 12.2 yr payback
Barton County
11.0¢/kWh · 9,306 kWh/yr
$1,026/yr 12.3 yr payback
Ellsworth County
11.0¢/kWh · 9,282 kWh/yr
$1,024/yr 12.3 yr payback
Phillips County
11.2¢/kWh · 9,186 kWh/yr
$1,027/yr 12.3 yr payback
Ford County
10.4¢/kWh · 9,798 kWh/yr
$1,019/yr 12.4 yr payback
Gray County
10.4¢/kWh · 9,756 kWh/yr
$1,015/yr 12.4 yr payback
Smith County
11.2¢/kWh · 9,060 kWh/yr
$1,013/yr 12.4 yr payback
Cowley County
10.9¢/kWh · 9,156 kWh/yr
$999/yr 12.6 yr payback
Reno County
10.7¢/kWh · 9,258 kWh/yr
$991/yr 12.7 yr payback
Harvey County
10.7¢/kWh · 9,192 kWh/yr
$982/yr 12.8 yr payback
Wyandotte County
11.3¢/kWh · 8,706 kWh/yr
$983/yr 12.8 yr payback
McPherson County
10.7¢/kWh · 9,102 kWh/yr
$974/yr 12.9 yr payback
Saline County
10.7¢/kWh · 9,156 kWh/yr
$980/yr 12.9 yr payback
Sedgwick County
10.7¢/kWh · 9,162 kWh/yr
$979/yr 12.9 yr payback
Franklin County
11.1¢/kWh · 8,760 kWh/yr
$971/yr 13 yr payback
Anderson County
11.1¢/kWh · 8,712 kWh/yr
$965/yr 13.1 yr payback
Cherokee County
11.0¢/kWh · 8,730 kWh/yr
$963/yr 13.1 yr payback
Doniphan County
11.2¢/kWh · 8,568 kWh/yr
$963/yr 13.1 yr payback
Greenwood County
10.7¢/kWh · 8,994 kWh/yr
$962/yr 13.1 yr payback
Osage County
11.1¢/kWh · 8,706 kWh/yr
$965/yr 13.1 yr payback
Butler County
10.7¢/kWh · 8,964 kWh/yr
$957/yr 13.2 yr payback
Harper County
10.3¢/kWh · 9,330 kWh/yr
$956/yr 13.2 yr payback
Riley County
10.7¢/kWh · 8,940 kWh/yr
$957/yr 13.2 yr payback
Woodson County
10.7¢/kWh · 8,916 kWh/yr
$952/yr 13.2 yr payback
Elk County
10.7¢/kWh · 8,874 kWh/yr
$948/yr 13.3 yr payback
Miami County
11.1¢/kWh · 8,532 kWh/yr
$945/yr 13.3 yr payback
Montgomery County
10.7¢/kWh · 8,880 kWh/yr
$948/yr 13.3 yr payback
Allen County
10.7¢/kWh · 8,748 kWh/yr
$934/yr 13.5 yr payback
Bourbon County
10.7¢/kWh · 8,742 kWh/yr
$934/yr 13.5 yr payback
Leavenworth County
10.7¢/kWh · 8,718 kWh/yr
$933/yr 13.5 yr payback
Shawnee County
10.7¢/kWh · 8,742 kWh/yr
$935/yr 13.5 yr payback
Jefferson County
10.7¢/kWh · 8,640 kWh/yr
$924/yr 13.6 yr payback
Brown County
10.7¢/kWh · 8,610 kWh/yr
$921/yr 13.7 yr payback
Johnson County
10.7¢/kWh · 8,592 kWh/yr
$919/yr 13.7 yr payback
Douglas County
10.7¢/kWh · 8,526 kWh/yr
$912/yr 13.8 yr payback
Atchison County
10.7¢/kWh · 8,472 kWh/yr
$907/yr 13.9 yr payback
Labette County
10.1¢/kWh · 8,856 kWh/yr
$895/yr 14.1 yr payback
Barber County
9.1¢/kWh · 9,444 kWh/yr
$859/yr 14.7 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.