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Kansas solar at a glance
Estimates use the inputs above and the assumptions in our methodology: Kansas net metering: exports credited at the retail rate (statewide rule; your utility's tariff may differ). Prices rise 2.5% a year; panels lose 0.5% a year.
Solar cost in Kansas by system size
Same assumptions as the typical home above; only the system size changes. Prices are the state median before incentives and include the incentives our calculator applies by default in Kansas.
| System | Price before incentives[3] | After incentives | kWh in year 1[2] | Year-1 savings[4][5] | Payback (years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 kW | $14,400 | $14,400 | 6,100 | $930 | 14 |
| 6 kW | $21,600 | $21,600 | 9,160 | $1,400 | 14 |
| 8 kW | $28,800 | $28,800 | 12,210 | $1,600 | 15 |
| 10 kW | $36,000 | $36,000 | 15,260 | $1,600 | 18 |
| 12 kW | $43,200 | $43,200 | 18,310 | $1,600 | 21 |
Incentives that lower the price in Kansas
Business credit for leased and PPA systems (48E)
Claimed by the system owner, not the homeowner; solar must begin construction by July 4, 2026 or be in service by December 31, 2027[6]
If a company owns the panels on your roof (a lease or power purchase agreement), that company may claim the business clean electricity investment credit and can reflect it in your price. You cannot claim it yourself.
- Who
- Third-party-owned systems (leases and PPAs). Ask the provider whether the price assumes this credit.
- Deadline
- December 31, 2027
- Checked
- November 5, 2026
Renewable Energy Property Tax Exemption
Property used predominantly to generate electricity from solar is exempt from property tax for 10 taxable years after installation (applications filed after 2016)[7]
Property actually and regularly used predominantly to produce electricity from renewable resources including solar/PV; exemption must be applied for.
- Who
- Property actually and regularly used predominantly to produce electricity from renewable resources including solar/PV; exemption must be applied for.
- Deadline
- None set in the source
- Checked
- November 5, 2026
All Kansas incentives, including utility and local programs →
How Kansas utilities credit your solar
Evergy and the other investor-owned utility must offer net metering: exports offset your usage at the retail rate within each monthly billing period, and any net excess left at the end of the month is credited at 100% of Evergy's monthly system average cost of energy, which is well below retail. HB 2527 (2024) raised the program cap toward 5% of peak demand and, for systems interconnected on or after July 1, 2026, limits generating capacity to no more than 50% above the system's export capacity.[5]
We have not added every Kansas utility yet, so the estimates on this page use the state-level rule: Kansas net metering: exports credited at the retail rate (statewide rule; your utility's tariff may differ).
Next steps
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How much do solar panels cost in Kansas?
How long does solar take to pay for itself in Kansas?
Is there still a federal solar tax credit?
Not for homeowners who buy. The Federal Residential Clean Energy Credit (25D)[8] does not apply to systems whose installation is completed after December 31, 2025. Leased and PPA systems are different: the company that owns the system may still claim a business credit.
sources
[ 8 ]Every number on this page links to one of these sources. Dates show when we last checked each one.
- EIA Electric Sales, Revenue, and Average Price 2024, Table 5A: Residential average monthly bill by stateeia.gov · checked Nov 5, 2026
- NREL/NLR PVWatts v8 (1 kW-DC, fixed roof mount, 20° tilt, south-facing, 14% losses, TMY weather)pvwatts.nlr.gov · checked Nov 5, 2026
- U.S. Distributed Solar and Storage 2026 Data Update (Barbose, Darghouth, O'Shaughnessy, Forrester), Berkeley Labeta-publications.lbl.gov · checked Nov 5, 2026
- EIA Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.B: Average price of electricity by state, year-to-date (August 2026, preliminary)eia.gov · checked Nov 5, 2026
- K.S.A. 66-1266 Interconnection agreements; billing of customer-generators; credit for exports of excess electricity (as amended L. 2024, ch. 60)ksrevisor.gov · checked Nov 5, 2026
- Public Law 119-21 - Sec. 70513(a) and (g)(5) (48E); Sec. 70512(a) and (l)(4) (45Y)govinfo.gov · checked Nov 5, 2026
- K.S.A. 79-201 (Eleventh) - Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutesksrevisor.gov · checked Nov 5, 2026
- IRS FS-2025-05: FAQs for modification of sections 25C, 25D, 25E, 30C, 30D, 45L, 45W, and 179D under Public Law 119-21 (OBBB)irs.gov · checked Nov 5, 2026
State data last re-checked November 5, 2026.
Change log
- Monthly output per kW in Wichita updated to [95.6, 110.3, 134.6, 139.9, 149.2, 156.3, 156.8, 153.2, 129.7, 116.1, 98.3, 86.1] kWh/kW/month (NREL/NLR PVWatts v8 (1 kW-DC, fixed roof mount, 20° tilt, south-facing, 14% losses, TMY weather)).
- Average solar radiation on the panels in Wichita updated to 5.39 kWh/m2/day (NREL/NLR PVWatts v8 (1 kW-DC, fixed roof mount, 20° tilt, south-facing, 14% losses, TMY weather)).
- Solar output per kW in Kansas (PVWatts, Wichita) updated to 1526.1 kWh/kW/yr (NREL/NLR PVWatts v8 (1 kW-DC, fixed roof mount, 20° tilt, south-facing, 14% losses, TMY weather)).
- What the rule says updated to “all such net excess generation remaining in such customer-generator's account at the end of each billing period shall be credited to the customer at a rate of at least 100%” (K.S.A. 66-1266 Interconnection agreements; billing of customer-generators; credit for exports of excess electricity (as amended L. 2024, ch. 60)).