Net Metering by State

EIA-861 net metering state totals, by technology and customer class, 2023 on.

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Native record

event_time x state x customer_class x duplicate_index

annual (report year) publication cadence

Evidence

Observed market data

Published observations from the named source

Time basis

Point-in-time records

UTC · event_time

Overview

The State Level sheet of Net_Metering, as EIA totals it. customer_class is residential, commercial, industrial, transportation (direct_connected in the distributed generation tables) or EIA's own total, so summing classes without excluding total counts everything twice. event_time is 1 January of the report year. release is final or early_release: EIA posts an early release of a year in August and replaces it with the final file in the autumn, and the mirror keeps the newest row per key. A key cell EIA leaves blank is '' or 0, and duplicate_index numbers rows that still share a key, in workbook order.

Query contract

Preserve one canonical row per (event_time, state, customer_class, duplicate_index) before aggregating.

Analysis rules

Group only after preserving the declared grain: event_time, state, customer_class, duplicate_index.

Schema28

Column

Type

event_timeDateTime64(6, 'UTC')

customer_classLowCardinality(String)

stateLowCardinality(String)

photovoltaic_capacity_mwNullable(Float64)

photovoltaic_installationsNullable(Float64)

photovoltaic_energy_sold_back_mwhNullable(Float64)

photovoltaic_virtual_capacity_1_mw_and_over_mwNullable(Float64)

photovoltaic_virtual_customers_1_mw_and_overNullable(Float64)

photovoltaic_virtual_capacity_under_1_mw_mwNullable(Float64)

photovoltaic_virtual_customers_under_1_mwNullable(Float64)

battery_pv_paired_battery_capacity_mwNullable(Float64)

battery_pv_paired_installationsNullable(Float64)

battery_pv_paired_energy_capacity_mwhNullable(Float64)

battery_not_pv_paired_battery_capacity_mwNullable(Float64)

battery_not_pv_paired_installationsNullable(Float64)

battery_not_pv_paired_energy_capacity_mwhNullable(Float64)

wind_capacity_mwNullable(Float64)

wind_installationsNullable(Float64)

wind_energy_sold_back_mwhNullable(Float64)

other_capacity_mwNullable(Float64)

other_installationsNullable(Float64)

other_energy_sold_back_mwhNullable(Float64)

all_technologies_capacity_mwNullable(Float64)

all_technologies_installationsNullable(Float64)

all_technologies_energy_sold_back_mwhNullable(Float64)

duplicate_indexInt64

releaseLowCardinality(Nullable(String))

ingested_atDateTime64(6, 'UTC')

Sample data

event_time	customer_class	state	photovoltaic_capacity_mw	photovoltaic_installations	photovoltaic_energy_sold_back_mwh	photovoltaic_virtual_capacity_1_mw_and_over_mw	photovoltaic_virtual_customers_1_mw_and_over	photovoltaic_virtual_capacity_under_1_mw_mw	photovoltaic_virtual_customers_under_1_mw	battery_pv_paired_battery_capacity_mw	battery_pv_paired_installations	battery_pv_paired_energy_capacity_mwh	battery_not_pv_paired_battery_capacity_mw	battery_not_pv_paired_installations	battery_not_pv_paired_energy_capacity_mwh	wind_capacity_mw	wind_installations	wind_energy_sold_back_mwh	other_capacity_mw	other_installations	other_energy_sold_back_mwh	all_technologies_capacity_mw	all_technologies_installations	all_technologies_energy_sold_back_mwh	release	ingested_at
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	transportation	WY	0	0	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	0	0	∅	∅	∅	∅	0	0	0	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	total	WY	7.85	916	0	0	0	0	0	0.443	37	0	0	0	0	0.161	50	0	0.258	2	0	8.269	968	0	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	residential	WY	6.481	849	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	0.443	37	∅	∅	∅	∅	0.095	40	∅	0.018	1	∅	6.594	890	0	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	industrial	WY	0.386	19	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	0.006	2	∅	∅	∅	∅	0.392	21	0	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	commercial	WY	0.983	48	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	0.06	8	∅	0.24	1	∅	1.283	57	0	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	transportation	WV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	total	WV	39.823	3584	16258.84	0	0	3.825	174	4.367	512	4.387	0	0	0	0.093	24	3.055	0	0	0	43.741	3782	16261.895	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	residential	WV	30.435	3369	13173.39	0	0	1.196	99	4.26	501	4.344	0	0	0	0.078	21	3.055	0	0	0	31.709	3489	13176.445	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	industrial	WV	1.583	9	303.651	0	0	0.251	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.834	11	303.651	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	commercial	WV	7.805	206	2781.799	0	0	2.378	73	0.107	11	0.043	0	0	0	0.015	3	0	0	0	0	10.198	282	2781.799	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	transportation	WI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	total	WI	259.51	23142	5588.411	3	148	0.4	285	12.593	821	0.289	0.02	1	0.02	2.755	169	22.729	64.875	57	0	330.54	23801	5611.14	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	residential	WI	152.684	20838	3102.556	0.305	99	0.4	285	10.614	800	0.289	∅	∅	∅	1.44	123	22.729	0.065	4	0	154.894	21349	3125.285	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	industrial	WI	11.611	99	2100.603	0	0	0	0	0.013	1	∅	∅	∅	∅	0.2	1	0	41.01	11	0	52.821	111	2100.603	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	commercial	WI	95.214	2205	385.252	2.695	49	0	0	1.966	20	∅	0.02	1	0.02	1.115	45	0	23.8	42	0	122.824	2341	385.252	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	transportation	WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	total	WA	427.586	53393	33570.709	0	0	1.944	2390	34.867	3400	60.927	0.3	5	0.483	0.212	59	9.121	0.556	33	43.775	430.298	55875	33623.605	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	residential	WA	373.483	51015	30773.774	0	0	1.682	2246	33.514	3317	58.74	0.05	4	0.111	0.177	45	9.121	0.246	22	22.2	375.588	53328	30805.095	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	industrial	WA	0.731	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.014	1	0	0.745	14	0	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	commercial	WA	53.371	2365	2796.935	0	0	0.262	144	1.353	83	2.187	0.25	1	0.372	0.035	14	0	0.296	10	21.575	53.964	2533	2818.51	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	transportation	VT	0	0	∅	∅	∅	0	0	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	0	0	∅	0	0	∅	0	0	0	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	total	VT	182.543	10053	5496.786	0	0	15.424	315	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.437	49	0	1.427	60	0	199.831	10477	5496.786	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	residential	VT	114.262	9399	1266.975	∅	∅	2.334	178	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	0.356	43	∅	0.925	56	∅	117.877	9676	1266.975	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	industrial	VT	1.387	5	∅	∅	∅	0	0	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	0	0	∅	0	0	∅	1.387	5	0	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168
2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000	commercial	VT	66.894	649	4229.811	∅	∅	13.09	137	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	∅	0.081	6	∅	0.502	4	∅	80.567	796	4229.811	early_release	2026-09-29 00:39:34.182168

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