Arkansas solar in numbers, 2024
Every figure below is computed by us from the Form EIA-861 annual files. Ranks are out of 51 jurisdictions, highest first.
| Measure | Arkansas | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Households with a metered rooftop system19,146 systems across 1,476,944 residential accounts | 1.30% | 29th of 51 |
| Average system sizeNational average 6.74 kW | 8.87 kW | 7th of 51 |
| Residential priceDerived average across the state, not a tariff | 12.32¢/kWh | 44th of 51 |
| Consumption per accountWhat a system here is typically sized against | 12,580 kWh/yr | 11th of 51 |
| Systems with a battery45 paired systems | 0.24% | 39th of 51 |
| Third-party ownedLeased or under a power purchase agreement | 0.2% | 30th of 51 |
| Five-year growth2,750 systems added in 2024 | 55.6%/yr | 4th of 51 |
| Installed capacityResidential net-metered capacity | 169.8 MW | — |
What the adoption figure means
A middling market — neither early nor late. Expect a reasonable choice of installers without the depth of the coastal markets.
Residential electricity in Arkansas averaged 12.32¢ per kilowatt-hour in 2024, 44th of 51 and below the national average of 16.48¢. Among the cheapest residential electricity in the country. That is the most common reason solar struggles to pay back here, whatever the sunshine. Prices and adoption across all 51.
System size and consumption
The average Arkansas system was 8.87 kW in 2024, ranking 7th of 51. Households consumed an average of 12,580 kilowatt-hours a year (11th of 51) — the figure a system here is sized against.
Size your own system from your own kilowatt-hours, not from this average — how to do that.
Who owns the systems
0.2% of Arkansas systems were third-party owned in 2024 — leased or under a power purchase agreement rather than owned by the householder. That is 30th of 51.
Ownership is genuinely mixed here — you are likely to be shown both purchase and third-party structures. Who claims the federal credit · ownership across all 51.
Battery attachment
0.24% of Arkansas solar systems were paired with a battery in 2024, 39th of 51 — 45 paired systems.
Attachment is below average, which usually means exports still pay well enough that storing surplus is not the better trade. Attachment across all 51 · does a battery belong in your project.
Where the market is going
Arkansas added 2,750 systems in 2024 and has grown at 55.6% a year over five years, 4th of 51. Where growth has turned.
Solar companies and licensing in Arkansas
We found no dedicated state licence register for solar work in Arkansas, so we publish no company counts rather than guessing. That is not evidence of light regulation — electrical work is frequently licensed at state or local level even where solar is never named separately.
It does have a practical consequence here. With 19,146 systems in the state and adoption 29th of 51, you are working in a market where a search for "Arkansas solar licence" will often return nothing useful, and where the company quoting you may be travelling in from out of state. Ask which licence they hold, in which state, and confirm it with that issuing authority rather than accepting a licence number on a proposal. What to do when the search comes back empty.
Method
Figures are computed by HyreSolar from the Form EIA-861 2024 annual files — net-metered residential systems only, penetration counted against residential accounts, sizes as means. EIA publishes the inputs, not these ratios. Full methodology and the underlying CSV.
None of these figures is an estimate for your property. What to work through before you talk to anyone.
Common questions
How many homes in Arkansas have solar?
19,146 residential net-metered systems were recorded in Arkansas in 2024, against 1,476,944 residential electricity accounts — 1.30% of households, 29th of 51 jurisdictions. That is a HyreSolar calculation from Form EIA-861.
What size solar system is typical in Arkansas?
The average net-metered residential system in Arkansas was 8.87 kW in 2024, against a national average of 6.74 kW. Your own system should be sized from twelve months of your kilowatt-hours and your usable roof, not from a state average.
Do people in Arkansas add batteries to solar?
0.24% of Arkansas systems were paired with storage in 2024, 39th of 51. Battery attachment tracks outage frequency and export rules more than it tracks sunshine.
Is Arkansas a good state for solar?
On the measures we can compute: residential electricity averages 12.32¢/kWh (44th of 51), households use 12,580 kWh a year (11th of 51), and 1.30% have installed a system (29th of 51). Retail price and export rules move the answer far more than sunshine does, and both are set by your specific utility rather than by the state.
Source: US EIA, Form EIA-861, 2024 final release, retrieved 2 September 2026. Figures marked as a HyreSolar calculation are derived by us and are not official EIA statistics.