Earn Solar Buyback Credits

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Turn your excess energy into bill savings

If your home has solar panels, a buyback plan could be a perfect fit. You can lower your electricity bill by getting paid in automatic credits for the excess energy you send to the grid.1 When your panels produce more excess energy than you use, those extra credits will be rolled over to automatically pay down future bills.2

How panels & buyback plans work together

Solar panels help you use less from the grid because the energy they produce goes toward powering your home first. A buyback plan offsets your grid energy charges with automatic credits for the excess energy you sell back to us.

Each month, you’ll get a personalized summary of the credits you earned that month, plus how much was covered by rollover credits – your “Buyback Bank.” Keep in mind you’ll still have an electricity bill every month for the grid energy you use. Your bill will also include TDU charges for using the poles and wires to pull energy from the grid into your home, plus your plan’s monthly base charge and any applicable taxes and miscellaneous fees.

Ready to get started with buyback? Call 844-436-6428 to talk with a solar plan expert today. 

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Do buyback plans allow me to roll over my unused credits?
    If your plan has a Buyback Bank, any credits you don’t use will be banked, up to a certain amount, to automatically pay for future energy charges. Credits roll over in dollar values and not kWh values. If you’d like to switch to a plan that has a Buyback Bank, we’ll help you do it for free.
  • Do my banked credits expire?
    Your banked credits are yours to keep if you remain on an eligible TXU Energy solar buyback plan. Banked credits have no cash, credit or other redemption value and are non-transferable.
  • Will I earn a buyback credit for 100% of the energy I produce? 
    No, the energy you produce first flows into your home reducing your need for electricity from the grid and lowering your electricity bill. If you don’t have battery storage installed, any energy you produced that your home doesn’t use in real time will flow back out to the grid as excess energy. You earn a buyback credit on your monthly bill for the excess energy you sent back out to the grid. See the Electricity Facts Label for specific TXU Energy solar buyback plan details.
  • How do you determine how much excess energy my system’s generated?

    When your excess energy is sent back out to the grid, it’s tracked by your bi-directional electricity meter. Your TDU sends us your monthly readings from your bi-directional electricity meter and that’s what we use to bill you.

  • Will I have an electricity bill after I install solar?
    You’ll still receive your usual electricity bill from us, and one from your installer. Your installer will bill you separately for your panels, and we’ll bill you for the electricity your home uses when your solar panels don’t receive enough sunlight to produce the energy you need, like on cloudy days and at night. Your bill will also include your plan’s base charge, TDU charges and all other taxes and fees.

    If you’re enrolled on an eligible plan, your billed energy charges may be reduced by buyback credits for the excess energy your home sends back to the grid.

To learn more about our solar buyback plans, check out our FAQs.

1 Buyback Credits can offset up to 100% of your Energy Charges each month (excluding base charge, TDU charges, and all other taxes and fees). Buyback Credits will be automatically applied to your monthly bill when we receive a meter read from your TDU for your Excess Energy, which may take up to 3 full billing cycles for the first meter read if you have a new installation.

2 Unused credits will be banked, up to a certain amount as described in your Electricity Facts Label, and automatically applied to future bills to offset any remaining Energy Charges. You may keep your banked credits if you are enrolled on an eligible TXU Energy solar buyback plan. Banked credits have no cash, credit, or other redemption value and are non-transferable.

3 Based on estimated solar production of average system sizes in Texas, average usage profile of TXU Energy solar customers and average buyback credit earnings across all solar buyback plans. Individual results may vary.