Solar by state
Solar in Utah, by the numbers
Utilities and their rates, adoption, ten years of growth, batteries, ownership, state rules and installer licensing in Utah, from federal 2024 data.
Utah in brief
6.37% of Utah homes had rooftop solar in 2024, the 9th-highest of 51 (3.55% nationally). Power cost 12.22¢/kWh, below the national 16.48¢, and the average system was 5.93 kW. PacifiCorp serves 74.5% of homes.
Where does Utah stand out?
The four measures, beyond price and adoption, on which Utah sits furthest from the middle of the ranking.
Utah solar in numbers, 2024
Every Utah figure next to the national one, with its place in the ranking (highest first, out of the jurisdictions reporting it).
| Measure | Utah | United States | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with a metered rooftop system | 6.37% | 3.55% | 9th-highest of 51 |
| Rooftop systems counted | 81,115 | 5,077,543 | 15th-highest of 51 |
| Average system size | 5.93 kW | 6.74 kW | 7th-lowest of 51 |
| Residential price | 12.22¢/kWh | 16.48¢/kWh | 6th-lowest of 51 |
| Average monthly bill | $94.57 | $142.26 | 2nd-lowest of 51 |
| Use per home | 9,290 kWh/yr | 10,359 kWh/yr | 19th-lowest of 51 |
| Systems with a battery | 10.65% | 5.86% | 5th-highest of 47 |
| Leased or on a PPA | 0.9% | 29.1% | 11th-lowest of 38 |
| Growth in systems, five years | 15.1% a year | — | 12th-lowest of 51 |
| Minutes without power per customer | 115 | 297 (median state) | 7th-lowest of 51 |
| Homes on a time-varying rate | 0.34% | 11.1% | 14th-lowest of 51 |
| Installed rooftop capacity | 481.0 MW | 34,226 MW | — |
Source: US EIA, Form EIA-861, 2024 final release, retrieved 2 September 2026. The Utah ratios and ranks are HyreSolar calculations from EIA inputs.
Which utility serves Utah, and what does it charge?
The 8 largest utilities selling to Utah 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PacifiCorp | Investor-owned | 947,246 (74.5%) | 12.52¢ | 758 kWh | 74,489 (7.9%) |
| Provo City Corporation | Municipal | 35,299 (2.8%) | 11.39¢ | 610 kWh | 1,219 (3.5%) |
| City of St George | Municipal | 28,436 (2.2%) | 11.40¢ | 982 kWh | 836 (2.9%) |
| Lehi City Corporation | Municipal | 27,459 (2.2%) | 10.95¢ | 805 kWh | 990 (3.6%) |
| Dixie Escalante R E A | Co-op | 26,906 (2.1%) | 8.92¢ | 1,397 kWh | 191 (0.71%) |
| City of Logan | Municipal | 19,455 (1.5%) | 12.82¢ | 502 kWh | 1,138 (5.9%) |
| City of Murray | Municipal | 17,000 (1.3%) | 11.06¢ | 621 kWh | 375 (2.2%) |
| City of Bountiful | Municipal | 15,709 (1.2%) | 12.97¢ | 853 kWh | 275 (1.8%) |
Source: US EIA, Form EIA-861 2024, Sales to Ultimate Customers and Net Metering, utility level, retrieved 5 October 2026. Shares are of 1,272,131 Utah residential accounts. Each Utah 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 Utah utility figures mean for a solar quote?
EIA-861 lists 18 utilities serving homes in Utah in 2024, across 1,272,131 residential accounts. The three largest, PacifiCorp, Provo City Corporation and City of St George, served 79.5% of those homes. By ownership: investor-owned utilities 74.5%, municipal utilities 13.2%, small utilities EIA counts as a group 7.7% and electric cooperatives 4.2%.
All 1,272,131 Utah residential accounts bought energy from the utility that delivers it; EIA counted none on a competitive supplier. So a Utah utility’s own tariff sets both the price you avoid and the credit for what you export.
PacifiCorp, the largest, served 947,246 Utah homes (74.5%). Its full-service residential customers paid 12.52¢ per kWh, above the Utah average of 12.22¢, and used 758 kWh a month on average. 74,489 of its customers ran net-metered rooftop solar, 7.9% of its homes against 6.37% statewide.
Among the 12 Utah utilities with at least 5,000 residential customers and a full-service price, the price ran from 8.92¢ at Dixie Escalante R E A to 12.97¢ at City of Bountiful.
At the Utah average of 9,290 kWh a year, that 4.05¢ gap is worth about $376 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 12.22¢ Utah average.
Rooftop solar is concentrated: PacifiCorp alone accounts for 74,489 net-metered residential systems, about 92% of the 81,115 counted in Utah, and 14 Utah utilities reported any at all.
What does power cost in Utah, and why does it matter?
Residential electricity in Utah averaged 12.22¢ per kilowatt-hour in 2024, the 6th-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 Utah whatever the sunshine.
The average Utah household bill was $94.57 a month ($1,135 a year), the 2nd-lowest of 51, against $142.26 nationally. That $1,135 is the ceiling on what solar could save a typical Utah home, before fixed monthly charges.
Only 0.34% of Utah homes were on a time-varying rate in 2024 (11.1% nationally), so a flat rate is the likely starting point. 86.4% of Utah residential meters were smart meters (83.8% nationally), and a time-varying rate needs one. How time-of-use changes solar.
How many Utah homes have solar?
Utah had 81,115 rooftop systems on net metering in 2024, across 1,272,861 residential accounts: 6.37% of homes, the 9th-highest of 51. By national standards Utah is a mature market, which can mean several installers to compare and a permit office that has handled solar before.
The Utah market counted 8,025 more systems in 2024 than in 2023 and has grown 15.1% a year over five years, the 12th-lowest of 51. Where growth has turned nationally.
How has Utah solar changed since 2014?
Utah counted 3,561 net-metered rooftop systems in 2014 and 81,115 in 2024, 22.8 times as many. The share of homes with one moved from 0.36% to 6.37%. The biggest one-year addition came in 2017, with 11,170 more systems than the year before.
| Year | Rooftop systems | Share of homes | Average size | Residential price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3,561 | 0.36% | 4.3 kW | 10.65¢ |
| 2016 | 17,531 | 1.68% | 6.0 kW | 11.02¢ |
| 2018 | 34,980 | 3.21% | 5.3 kW | 10.41¢ |
| 2020 | 47,705 | 4.17% | 5.5 kW | 10.44¢ |
| 2022 | 65,723 | 5.44% | 5.8 kW | 10.84¢ |
| 2024 | 81,115 | 6.37% | 5.9 kW | 12.22¢ |
Source: US EIA, Form EIA-861 annual files 2014–2024, net-metered residential systems, retrieved 2 September 2026. Utah shares and sizes are HyreSolar calculations.
What does the Utah trend mean for a savings estimate?
Over the same years the Utah residential price went from 10.65¢ to 12.22¢ per kWh, up 15%, and the average system from 4.3 kW to 5.9 kW. With Utah prices up 15% across ten years, a savings estimate that assumes steep yearly rate rises is assuming more than this record shows.
How big is a typical Utah system?
The average Utah system was 5.93 kW in 2024, the 7th-lowest of 51, against 6.74 kW nationally. Utah homes used 9,290 kilowatt-hours a year each, the 19th-lowest of 51.
A Utah home using 9,290 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 Utah?
In Utah, 0.9% 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 11th-lowest of 38, against 29.1% nationally.
Nearly every Utah 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 Utah system claims any tax credit on it: Section 48E explained.
Do Utah homes add batteries?
In Utah, 10.65% of solar systems were paired with a battery in 2024 (8,642 systems), the 5th-highest of 47. That is one of the highest attachment rates in the country, and 1.8 times the national share of 5.86%.
On reliability, the average Utah customer went 115 minutes without power in 2024 counting major storms, and 105 minutes without them. The median state saw 297. Outages in every state.
Whether a battery pays in Utah 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 Utah?
We checked 83 Utah solar companies from June to August 2026 against the state license register. None of those showed an expired or revoked license when checked.
The license classes we found on Utah solar work are B100, E200, S202, S280. Ask which one a company holds, then confirm the number with the issuing authority yourself.
These counts describe the companies we checked on those dates, not every company in Utah, and a license current then may have lapsed since. How to verify a solar license.
Which states are closest to Utah on adoption?
The six jurisdictions nearest to Utah’s 6.37% share of homes with rooftop solar.
Where do the Utah numbers come from?
The Utah figures are HyreSolar calculations from the Form EIA-861 annual files: 81,115 net-metered residential systems counted against 1,272,861 residential accounts, sizes as means, and 18 utility-level rows for the utility table, matched to net-metering records by EIA utility number.
The method and limits cover all 51; the Utah row is in the data as a CSV.
No Utah figure here is an estimate for one home: your roof, usage, utility tariff and tax position decide that.
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