Solar by state
Solar in Oklahoma, by the numbers
Utilities and their rates, adoption, ten years of growth, batteries, ownership, state rules and installer licensing in Oklahoma, from federal 2024 data.
Oklahoma in brief
0.89% of Oklahoma homes had rooftop solar in 2024, the 16th-lowest of 51 (3.55% nationally). Power cost 12.24¢/kWh, below the national 16.48¢, and the average system was 7.38 kW. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company serves 37.8% of homes.
Where does Oklahoma stand out?
The four measures, beyond price and adoption, on which Oklahoma sits furthest from the middle of the ranking.
Oklahoma solar in numbers, 2024
Every Oklahoma figure next to the national one, with its place in the ranking (highest first, out of the jurisdictions reporting it).
| Measure | Oklahoma | United States | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with a metered rooftop system | 0.89% | 3.55% | 16th-lowest of 51 |
| Rooftop systems counted | 16,755 | 5,077,543 | 18th-lowest of 51 |
| Average system size | 7.38 kW | 6.74 kW | 25th-lowest of 51 |
| Residential price | 12.24¢/kWh | 16.48¢/kWh | 7th-lowest of 51 |
| Average monthly bill | $132.05 | $142.26 | 23rd-lowest of 51 |
| Use per home | 12,949 kWh/yr | 10,359 kWh/yr | 7th-highest of 51 |
| Systems with a battery | 1.90% | 5.86% | 21st-highest of 47 |
| Leased or on a PPA | 1.4% | 29.1% | 13th-lowest of 38 |
| Growth in systems, five years | 67.4% a year | — | 2nd-highest of 51 |
| Minutes without power per customer | 221 | 297 (median state) | 19th-lowest of 51 |
| Homes on a time-varying rate | 33.2% | 11.1% | 8th-highest of 51 |
| Installed rooftop capacity | 123.6 MW | 34,226 MW | — |
Source: US EIA, Form EIA-861, 2024 final release, retrieved 2 September 2026. The Oklahoma ratios and ranks are HyreSolar calculations from EIA inputs.
Which utility serves Oklahoma, and what does it charge?
The 8 largest utilities selling to Oklahoma homes, by residential customers, with the price full-service customers paid and how many run net-metered solar.
| Utility | Type | Homes served | Price per kWh | Use per home, monthly | Net-metered systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company | Investor-owned | 710,123 (37.8%) | 11.78¢ | 1,064 kWh | 8,975 (1.3%) |
| Public Service Company of Oklahoma | Investor-owned | 501,093 (26.7%) | 12.73¢ | 1,047 kWh | 4,237 (0.85%) |
| Oklahoma Electric Co-op | Co-op | 58,544 (3.1%) | 12.25¢ | 1,262 kWh | 832 (1.4%) |
| City of Edmond | Municipal | 39,532 (2.1%) | 11.22¢ | 1,131 kWh | 74 (0.19%) |
| Northeast Oklahoma Electric Company | Co-op | 37,871 (2.0%) | 12.85¢ | 1,121 kWh | 224 (0.59%) |
| Verdigris Valley Electric Co-op | Co-op | 35,102 (1.9%) | 11.93¢ | 1,396 kWh | 225 (0.64%) |
| East Central Oklahoma Electric Co-op | Co-op | 33,358 (1.8%) | 11.99¢ | 1,140 kWh | 236 (0.71%) |
| Lake Region Electric Co-op, Inc | Co-op | 24,788 (1.3%) | 12.02¢ | 1,172 kWh | 97 (0.39%) |
Source: US EIA, Form EIA-861 2024, Sales to Ultimate Customers and Net Metering, utility level, retrieved 5 October 2026. Shares are of 1,878,792 Oklahoma residential accounts. Each Oklahoma price is residential revenue divided by sales for full-service customers (HyreSolar calculation); a wires company’s price is its default-service price.
What do the Oklahoma utility figures mean for a solar quote?
EIA-861 lists 33 utilities serving homes in Oklahoma in 2024, across 1,878,792 residential accounts.
The three largest, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company, Public Service Company of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Electric Co-op, served 67.6% of those homes.
By ownership: investor-owned utilities 64.7%, electric cooperatives 24.8%, small utilities EIA counts as a group 5.6% and municipal utilities 4.9%.
All 1,878,792 Oklahoma residential accounts bought energy from the utility that delivers it; EIA counted none on a competitive supplier. So a Oklahoma utility’s own tariff sets both the price you avoid and the credit for what you export.
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company, the largest, served 710,123 Oklahoma homes (37.8%). Its full-service residential customers paid 11.78¢ per kWh, below the Oklahoma average of 12.24¢, and used 1,064 kWh a month on average. 8,975 of its customers ran net-metered rooftop solar, 1.3% of its homes against 0.89% statewide.
Among the 28 Oklahoma utilities with at least 5,000 residential customers and a full-service price, the price ran from 9.09¢ at Southeastern Electric Co-op Inc to 15.87¢ at Tri-County Electric Co-op, Inc. At the Oklahoma average of 12,949 kWh a year, that 6.78¢ gap is worth about $878 a year (our arithmetic), so the same system offsets more money in one territory than the other.
Price a quote on your own utility’s rate, not the 12.24¢ Oklahoma average.
Rooftop solar is concentrated: Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company alone accounts for 8,975 net-metered residential systems, about 54% of the 16,755 counted in Oklahoma, and 25 Oklahoma utilities reported any at all. The highest adoption among the larger utilities was at Oklahoma Electric Co-op, where 1.4% of homes had a system.
What does power cost in Oklahoma, and why does it matter?
Residential electricity in Oklahoma averaged 12.24¢ per kilowatt-hour in 2024, the 7th-lowest of 51 and below the national 16.48¢. That is one of the lowest residential prices in the country. Each avoided kilowatt-hour is worth little, which can stretch payback in Oklahoma whatever the sunshine.
The average Oklahoma household bill was $132.05 a month ($1,585 a year), the 23rd-lowest of 51, against $142.26 nationally. That $1,585 is the ceiling on what solar could save a typical Oklahoma home, before fixed monthly charges.
In Oklahoma, 33.2% of homes were on a time-varying rate in 2024.
On those rates the hour you use or export power changes its value, so ask for a proposal modeled on your own tariff.
92.8% of Oklahoma residential meters were smart meters (83.8% nationally), and a time-varying rate needs one. How time-of-use changes solar.
How many Oklahoma homes have solar?
Oklahoma had 16,755 rooftop systems on net metering in 2024, across 1,878,818 residential accounts: 0.89% of homes, the 16th-lowest of 51. Oklahoma is a thin market. Fewer companies can mean slower quotes and less to compare, so ask each one how many local systems it has installed.
The Oklahoma market counted 3,947 more systems in 2024 than in 2023 and has grown 67.4% a year over five years, the 2nd-highest of 51. Where growth has turned nationally.
How has Oklahoma solar changed since 2014?
Oklahoma counted 390 net-metered rooftop systems in 2014 and 16,755 in 2024, 43.0 times as many. The share of homes with one moved from 0.02% to 0.89%. The biggest one-year addition came in 2023, with 5,873 more systems than the year before.
| Year | Rooftop systems | Share of homes | Average size | Residential price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 390 | 0.02% | 3.8 kW | 10.03¢ |
| 2016 | 545 | 0.03% | 4.2 kW | 10.20¢ |
| 2018 | 868 | 0.05% | 5.5 kW | 10.30¢ |
| 2020 | 2,306 | 0.13% | 6.9 kW | 10.12¢ |
| 2022 | 6,935 | 0.38% | 7.5 kW | 12.44¢ |
| 2024 | 16,755 | 0.89% | 7.4 kW | 12.24¢ |
Source: US EIA, Form EIA-861 annual files 2014–2024, net-metered residential systems, retrieved 2 September 2026. Oklahoma shares and sizes are HyreSolar calculations.
What does the Oklahoma trend mean for a savings estimate?
Over the same years the Oklahoma residential price went from 10.03¢ to 12.24¢ per kWh, up 22%, and the average system from 3.8 kW to 7.4 kW. With Oklahoma prices up 22% across ten years, a savings estimate that assumes steep yearly rate rises is assuming more than this record shows.
How big is a typical Oklahoma system?
The average Oklahoma system was 7.38 kW in 2024, the 25th-lowest of 51, against 6.74 kW nationally. Oklahoma homes used 12,949 kilowatt-hours a year each, the 7th-highest of 51.
A Oklahoma home using 12,949 kWh is an average, not a design input: size from your own twelve months of bills and usable roof with cost by system size and the system size calculator.
Who owns the systems in Oklahoma?
In Oklahoma, 1.4% of systems were third-party owned in 2024: leased, or on a power purchase agreement (PPA), rather than owned by the household. That is the 13th-lowest of 38, against 29.1% nationally.
Nearly every Oklahoma system is owned by the household. A lease or power purchase agreement would be unusual here, which is a reason to read one closely. Whoever owns a Oklahoma system claims any tax credit on it: Section 48E explained.
Do Oklahoma homes add batteries?
In Oklahoma, 1.90% of solar systems were paired with a battery in 2024 (318 systems), the 21st-highest of 47. Oklahoma’s share is well under half the national 5.86%.
On reliability, the average Oklahoma customer went 221 minutes without power in 2024 counting major storms, and 121 minutes without them. The median state saw 297. Outages in every state.
Whether a battery pays in Oklahoma turns on your utility’s export credit and your own outage history: what a home battery does.
How do you check a solar company’s license in Oklahoma?
We found no dedicated state register for solar work in Oklahoma, so we publish no company counts. That is not evidence of light regulation: electrical work can be licensed at state or local level even where solar is never named.
With 16,755 systems in Oklahoma, the company quoting you may be based out of state. Ask which license it holds, in which state, and confirm it with that authority. What to do when the search comes back empty.
Which states are closest to Oklahoma on adoption?
The six jurisdictions nearest to Oklahoma’s 0.89% share of homes with rooftop solar.
Where do the Oklahoma numbers come from?
The Oklahoma figures are HyreSolar calculations from the Form EIA-861 annual files: 16,755 net-metered residential systems counted against 1,878,818 residential accounts, sizes as means, and 33 utility-level rows for the utility table, matched to net-metering records by EIA utility number.
The method and limits cover all 51; the Oklahoma row is in the data as a CSV.
No Oklahoma figure here is an estimate for one home: your roof, usage, utility tariff and tax position decide that.
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