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<h2 id="net-metering">Net metering</h2> <p>The state's <a href="/facts/Net_metering/wjClwWPA">net metering</a> program allows residential installations of up to 25 kW and 200 kW non-residential on-site electrical generation to roll over any excess generation to the next month, but any excess at the end of the year is lost. Participation is limited to 1% of utility's previous year peak demand.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Many of the states have net metering policies that are inadequate for <a href="/facts/100%2525_renewable_energy/48bvSvPd">100% renewable energy</a>. Kansas was given a C for net metering and an F for interconnection policies.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="statistics">Statistics</h2> <table><tbody><tr><td>Source: NREL<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> Grid-connected PV capacity (MWp)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Year</th><th scope="col">Capacity</th><th scope="col">Change</th><th scope="col">% Change</th></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>0.1</td><td>0.1</td><td>>100%</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>0.2</td><td>0.1</td><td>100%</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>0.5</td><td>0.3</td><td>150%</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>1.1</td><td>0.6</td><td>120%</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>2.3</td><td>1.2</td><td>109%</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>4.7</td><td>2.4</td><td>104%</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>5.9</td><td>1.2</td><td>26%</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>14.9</td><td>9</td><td>153%</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>21.9</td><td>7</td><td>47%</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>46.7</td><td>24.8</td><td>113%</td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>81.9</td><td>35.2</td><td>75%</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>99.1</td><td>17.2</td><td>21%</td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td>115</td><td>15.9</td><td>16%</td></tr></tbody></table> Utility-scale solar generation in Kansas (GWh)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Total</th><th>Jan</th><th>Feb</th><th>Mar</th><th>Apr</th><th>May</th><th>Jun</th><th>Jul</th><th>Aug</th><th>Sep</th><th>Oct</th><th>Nov</th><th>Dec</th></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>7</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>10</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>56</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>62</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td>67</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>3</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Renewable energy portal</li><li>Energy portal</li><li>United States portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_power_stations_in_Kansas/3ybo22ME">List of power stations in Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wind_power_in_Kansas/rt9ADbJE">Wind power in Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Solar_power_in_the_United_States/JEcSSnGW">Solar power in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Renewable_energy_in_the_United_States/aSrktBDY">Renewable energy in the United States</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://archive.today/20130414150616/http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/index.cfm?getRE=1%3Fre=1&ee=0&spv=0&st=0&srp=1&state=KS">Incentives and policies</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.kansasenergy.org/solar.htm">Kansas Solar Energy</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.kcc.state.ks.us/energy/charts/Solar_KansasSolarRadiationMap.pdf">Kansas Solar Radiation Map</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Prospects for solar power never brighter <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2008/11/17/focus2.html?page=all" target="_blank">http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2008/11/17/focus2.html?page=all</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Technical Potential in the United States <a href="http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy16osti/65586.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy16osti/65586.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>IKEA’s new Kansas store has state’s largest solar rooftop array, Solar Power World, Kelly Pickerel, May 5, 2015 <a href="http://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2015/05/ikeas-new-kansas-store-has-states-largest-solar-rooftop-array/" target="_blank">http://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2015/05/ikeas-new-kansas-store-has-states-largest-solar-rooftop-array/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Peeper Ranch Plant Profile <a href="https://www.sunnyportal.com/Templates/PublicPageOverview.aspx?plant=934f0fa8-0732-4fb3-95fc-d7010d06085e" target="_blank">https://www.sunnyportal.com/Templates/PublicPageOverview.aspx?plant=934f0fa8-0732-4fb3-95fc-d7010d06085e</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Kansas - Net Metering". Retrieved 2012-06-09. <a href="http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=KS08R&re=1&ee=0" target="_blank">http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=KS08R&re=1&ee=0</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Freeing the Grid <a href="http://freeingthegrid.org/#state-grades/kansas" target="_blank">http://freeingthegrid.org/#state-grades/kansas</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"PV Watts". NREL. Retrieved 24 January 2013. <a href="http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/calculators/PVWATTS/version1/US/Kansas/Wichita.html" target="_blank">http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/calculators/PVWATTS/version1/US/Kansas/Wichita.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Sherwood, Larry (August 2012). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2011" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-08-16. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120906231846/http://www.irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/IRECSolarMarketTrends-2012-web.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120906231846/http://www.irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/IRECSolarMarketTrends-2012-web.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Sherwood, Larry (June 2011). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2010" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). p. 20. Retrieved 2011-06-29. <a href="http://irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/IREC-Solar-Market-Trends-Report-June-2011-web.pdf" target="_blank">http://irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/IREC-Solar-Market-Trends-Report-June-2011-web.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Sherwood, Larry (July 2009). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2008" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2010-07-24. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091123030109/http://www.irecusa.org/fileadmin/user_upload/NationalOutreachDocs/SolarTrendsReports/IREC_Solar_Market_Trends_Report_2008.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20091123030109/http://www.irecusa.org/fileadmin/user_upload/NationalOutreachDocs/SolarTrendsReports/IREC_Solar_Market_Trends_Report_2008.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Sherwood, Larry (July 2012). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2012" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). p. 16. Retrieved 2013-10-11. <a href="http://www.irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Solar-Report-Final-July-2013-1.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Solar-Report-Final-July-2013-1.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Sherwood, Larry (July 2014). "U.S. Solar Market Trends 2013" (PDF). Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). Retrieved 2014-09-26. <a href="http://www.irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Final-Solar-Report-7-3-14-W-2-8.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.irecusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Final-Solar-Report-7-3-14-W-2-8.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Kansas Solar <a href="https://www.seia.org/state-solar-policy/kansas-solar" target="_blank">https://www.seia.org/state-solar-policy/kansas-solar</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"Electricity Data Browser". U.S. Department of Energy. March 28, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2021. <a href="http://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/" target="_blank">http://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>