Kansas 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 | Kansas | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Households with a metered rooftop system8,583 systems across 1,317,095 residential accounts | 0.65% | 39th of 51 |
| Average system sizeNational average 6.74 kW | 7.7 kW | 20th of 51 |
| Residential priceDerived average across the state, not a tariff | 14.15¢/kWh | 32nd of 51 |
| Consumption per accountWhat a system here is typically sized against | 10,508 kWh/yr | 27th of 51 |
| Systems with a battery2 paired systems | 0.02% | 44th of 51 |
| Third-party ownedLeased or under a power purchase agreement | 1.0% | 27th of 51 |
| Five-year growth1,618 systems added in 2024 | 37.0%/yr | 9th of 51 |
| Installed capacityResidential net-metered capacity | 66.1 MW | — |
What the adoption figure means
A thin market. Fewer installers cover it, quotes take longer to assemble, and comparison is harder simply because there is less to compare.
Residential electricity in Kansas averaged 14.15¢ per kilowatt-hour in 2024, 32nd of 51 and below the national average of 16.48¢. Prices are close to the national middle, so the export rate your particular utility offers usually decides the outcome rather than the retail rate. Prices and adoption across all 51.
System size and consumption
The average Kansas system was 7.7 kW in 2024, ranking 20th of 51. Households consumed an average of 10,508 kilowatt-hours a year (27th 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
1.0% of Kansas systems were third-party owned in 2024 — leased or under a power purchase agreement rather than owned by the householder. That is 27th 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
0.02% of Kansas solar systems were paired with a battery in 2024, 44th of 51 — 2 paired systems.
Attachment is among the lowest in the country. Where exports are still credited well, a battery is usually the weakest line in a proposal. Attachment across all 51 · does a battery belong in your project.
Where the market is going
Kansas added 1,618 systems in 2024 and has grown at 37.0% a year over five years, 9th of 51. Where growth has turned.
Solar companies and licensing in Kansas
We found no dedicated state licence register for solar work in Kansas, 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 8,583 systems in the state and adoption 39th of 51, you are working in a market where a search for "Kansas 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 Kansas have solar?
8,583 residential net-metered systems were recorded in Kansas in 2024, against 1,317,095 residential electricity accounts — 0.65% of households, 39th of 51 jurisdictions. That is a HyreSolar calculation from Form EIA-861.
What size solar system is typical in Kansas?
The average net-metered residential system in Kansas was 7.7 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 Kansas add batteries to solar?
0.02% of Kansas systems were paired with storage in 2024, 44th of 51. Battery attachment tracks outage frequency and export rules more than it tracks sunshine.
Is Kansas a good state for solar?
On the measures we can compute: residential electricity averages 14.15¢/kWh (32nd of 51), households use 10,508 kWh a year (27th of 51), and 0.65% have installed a system (39th 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.