Utah 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 | Utah | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Households with a metered rooftop system81,115 systems across 1,272,861 residential accounts | 6.37% | 9th of 51 |
| Average system sizeNational average 6.74 kW | 5.93 kW | 45th of 51 |
| Residential priceDerived average across the state, not a tariff | 12.22¢/kWh | 46th of 51 |
| Consumption per accountWhat a system here is typically sized against | 9,290 kWh/yr | 33rd of 51 |
| Systems with a battery8,642 paired systems | 10.65% | 5th of 51 |
| Third-party ownedLeased or under a power purchase agreement | 0.9% | 28th of 51 |
| Five-year growth8,025 systems added in 2024 | 15.1%/yr | 40th of 51 |
| Installed capacityResidential net-metered capacity | 481.0 MW | — |
What the adoption figure means
A mature market by national standards, which usually means several credible installers to compare and a permitting process that is not learning on your job.
Residential electricity in Utah averaged 12.22¢ per kilowatt-hour in 2024, 46th 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 Utah system was 5.93 kW in 2024, ranking 45th of 51. Households consumed an average of 9,290 kilowatt-hours a year (33rd 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
0.9% of Utah systems were third-party owned in 2024 — leased or under a power purchase agreement rather than owned by the householder. That is 28th 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
10.65% of Utah solar systems were paired with a battery in 2024, 5th of 51 — 8,642 paired systems.
Among the highest attachment rates in the country, which normally points to poor export compensation, unreliable supply, or both. Attachment across all 51 · does a battery belong in your project.
Where the market is going
Utah added 8,025 systems in 2024 and has grown at 15.1% a year over five years, 40th of 51. Where growth has turned.
Solar companies and licensing in Utah
We checked 83 Utah solar companies against the state licence register. 0.0% did not hold a current licence at the time of checking .
The licence classes that apply to solar work here are B100, E200, S202, S280. A company quoting you should hold one of these, and you can confirm it with the issuing authority yourself.
How to verify a licence before you sign.
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 Utah have solar?
81,115 residential net-metered systems were recorded in Utah in 2024, against 1,272,861 residential electricity accounts — 6.37% of households, 9th of 51 jurisdictions. That is a HyreSolar calculation from Form EIA-861.
What size solar system is typical in Utah?
The average net-metered residential system in Utah was 5.93 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 Utah add batteries to solar?
10.65% of Utah systems were paired with storage in 2024, 5th of 51. Battery attachment tracks outage frequency and export rules more than it tracks sunshine.
Is Utah a good state for solar?
On the measures we can compute: residential electricity averages 12.22¢/kWh (46th of 51), households use 9,290 kWh a year (33rd of 51), and 6.37% have installed a system (9th 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.