| Table 4.10. Net Metering Customers and Capacity by Technology Type, by End Use Sector, |
| 2012 through 2022 |
| Capacity (MW) | Customers | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Residential | Commercial | Industrial | Transportation | Total | Residential | Commercial | Industrial | Transportation | Total |
| Historical Data | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 1,583.249 | 1,882.262 | 495.993 | -- | 3,961.504 | 300,095 | 29,068 | 1,487 | -- | 330,650 |
| 2013 | 2,332.339 | 2,468.054 | 661.209 | -- | 5,461.602 | 448,058 | 37,018 | 2,741 | -- | 487,817 |
| 2014 | 3,498.538 | 3,137.541 | 834.422 | -- | 7,470.501 | 648,512 | 45,083 | 3,426 | -- | 697,021 |
| 2015 | 5,400.124 | 3,674.592 | 1,030.581 | -- | 10,105.297 | 965,058 | 53,380 | 3,982 | -- | 1,022,420 |
| 2016 | 7,715.715 | 4,576.384 | 1,289.946 | -- | 13,582.045 | 1,341,796 | 64,346 | 4,840 | -- | 1,410,982 |
| 2017 | 9,584.177 | 5,865.147 | 1,453.826 | -- | 16,903.148 | 1,647,404 | 74,567 | 5,727 | -- | 1,727,698 |
| 2018 | 11,465.638 | 7,089.758 | 1,680.734 | -- | 20,236.128 | 1,937,068 | 86,186 | 6,334 | -- | 2,029,588 |
| 2019 | 13,997.811 | 8,209.056 | 1,940.478 | -- | 24,147.345 | 2,311,899 | 94,740 | 7,027 | -- | 2,413,666 |
| 2020 | 16,583.921 | 9,475.582 | 2,223.853 | -- | 28,283.355 | 2,690,115 | 103,746 | 7,866 | -- | 2,801,727 |
| 2021 | 20,123.453 | 11,033.357 | 2,423.656 | -- | 33,580.468 | 3,191,982 | 118,147 | 8,666 | -- | 3,318,795 |
| 2022 | 24,868.296 | 13,096.584 | 2,609.924 | -- | 40,574.800 | 3,823,732 | 139,090 | 9,223 | -- | 3,972,045 |
| Photovoltaic | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 1,542.226 | 1,741.821 | 395.328 | -- | 3,679.630 | 294,437 | 27,611 | 1,317 | -- | 323,365 |
| 2013 | 2,286.567 | 2,294.831 | 565.982 | -- | 5,147.380 | 442,195 | 35,379 | 2,480 | -- | 480,054 |
| 2014 | 3,452.987 | 2,933.122 | 710.719 | -- | 7,096.828 | 642,276 | 43,335 | 3,131 | -- | 688,742 |
| 2015 | 5,357.358 | 3,455.124 | 884.664 | -- | 9,697.146 | 958,850 | 51,501 | 3,624 | -- | 1,013,975 |
| 2016 | 7,487.643 | 3,975.813 | 1,078.607 | -- | 12,542.064 | 1,321,277 | 60,456 | 4,391 | -- | 1,386,124 |
| 2017 | 9,486.987 | 5,119.870 | 1,197.785 | -- | 15,804.641 | 1,626,283 | 69,538 | 5,267 | -- | 1,701,088 |
| 2018 | 11,356.711 | 6,173.324 | 1,378.863 | -- | 18,908.896 | 1,911,892 | 78,912 | 5,844 | -- | 1,996,648 |
| 2019 | 13,863.288 | 7,181.594 | 1,613.248 | -- | 22,658.129 | 2,283,702 | 86,552 | 6,499 | -- | 2,376,753 |
| 2020 | 16,432.611 | 8,223.285 | 1,853.604 | -- | 26,509.501 | 2,661,029 | 95,037 | 7,330 | -- | 2,763,396 |
| 2021 | 19,929.222 | 9,462.694 | 2,036.963 | -- | 31,428.877 | 3,157,429 | 104,645 | 8,108 | -- | 3,270,182 |
| 2022 | 24,668.240 | 11,091.920 | 2,194.394 | -- | 37,954.553 | 3,788,427 | 112,054 | 8,670 | -- | 3,909,151 |
| Storage | ||||||||||
| 2016 | 4.489 | 7.575 | 11.698 | -- | 23.762 | 793 | 79 | 31 | -- | 903 |
| 2017 | 13.276 | 15.356 | 12.328 | -- | 40.960 | 2,316 | 137 | 34 | -- | 2,487 |
| 2018 | 65.199 | 40.141 | 24.526 | -- | 129.866 | 10,633 | 303 | 61 | -- | 10,997 |
| 2019 | 153.282 | 48.397 | 40.441 | -- | 242.120 | 24,007 | 427 | 93 | -- | 24,527 |
| 2020 | 309.866 | 67.428 | 56.081 | -- | 433.375 | 45,042 | 552 | 126 | -- | 45,720 |
| 2021 | 631.087 | 88.178 | 61.909 | -- | 781.174 | 86,124 | 807 | 150 | -- | 87,081 |
| 2022 | 922.394 | 129.782 | 65.323 | -- | 1,117.499 | 128,360 | 1,011 | 168 | -- | 129,539 |
| Virtual PV (1 MW and over) | ||||||||||
| 2016 | 15.171 | 194.318 | -- | -- | 209.489 | 5,193 | 322 | -- | -- | 5,515 |
| 2017 | 11.115 | 287.440 | 2.000 | -- | 300.555 | 3,611 | 535 | 2 | -- | 4,148 |
| 2018 | 19.719 | 360.749 | 2.603 | -- | 383.071 | 6,045 | 2,037 | 17 | -- | 8,099 |
| 2019 | 19.883 | 401.179 | 4.212 | -- | 425.274 | 5,939 | 2,164 | 22 | -- | 8,125 |
| 2020 | 22.989 | 571.974 | 5.123 | -- | 600.086 | 6,983 | 2,544 | 27 | -- | 9,554 |
| 2021 | 27.123 | 779.409 | 4.444 | -- | 810.976 | 6,362 | 5,399 | 27 | -- | 11,788 |
| 2022 | 24.148 | 1,219.085 | 7.460 | -- | 1,250.693 | 6,208 | 17,932 | 30 | -- | 24,170 |
| Virtual PV (under 1 MW) | ||||||||||
| 2016 | 27.482 | 73.116 | 3.168 | -- | 103.766 | 8,705 | 1,506 | 11 | -- | 10,222 |
| 2017 | 42.005 | 129.547 | 5.136 | -- | 176.689 | 11,337 | 2,372 | 17 | -- | 13,726 |
| 2018 | 49.232 | 163.228 | 5.466 | -- | 217.926 | 13,071 | 2,959 | 16 | -- | 16,046 |
| 2019 | 57.609 | 223.409 | 6.472 | -- | 287.489 | 14,814 | 3,744 | 18 | -- | 18,576 |
| 2020 | 85.477 | 246.525 | 6.722 | -- | 338.724 | 16,428 | 3,973 | 19 | -- | 20,420 |
| 2021 | 129.669 | 302.048 | 7.798 | -- | 439.516 | 22,518 | 5,816 | 22 | -- | 28,356 |
| 2022 | 136.161 | 274.328 | 8.420 | -- | 418.911 | 23,193 | 6,829 | 24 | -- | 30,046 |
| Wind | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 33.484 | 74.620 | 17.495 | -- | 125.599 | 4,796 | 1,143 | 48 | -- | 5,987 |
| 2013 | 38.987 | 92.818 | 14.659 | -- | 146.464 | 5,265 | 1,308 | 92 | -- | 6,665 |
| 2014 | 37.918 | 101.622 | 25.426 | -- | 164.966 | 5,379 | 1,351 | 94 | -- | 6,824 |
| 2015 | 34.893 | 103.086 | 29.137 | -- | 167.116 | 5,387 | 1,434 | 109 | -- | 6,930 |
| 2016 | 37.030 | 108.726 | 41.454 | -- | 187.210 | 5,759 | 1,470 | 113 | -- | 7,342 |
| 2017 | 35.005 | 119.651 | 49.507 | -- | 204.163 | 5,258 | 1,429 | 111 | -- | 6,798 |
| 2018 | 33.625 | 133.856 | 52.386 | -- | 219.867 | 5,368 | 1,452 | 110 | -- | 6,930 |
| 2019 | 33.668 | 148.594 | 52.580 | -- | 234.842 | 5,218 | 1,438 | 107 | -- | 6,763 |
| 2020 | 29.858 | 151.950 | 76.209 | -- | 258.017 | 4,825 | 1,378 | 105 | -- | 6,308 |
| 2021 | 28.103 | 152.021 | 76.253 | -- | 256.377 | 4,711 | 1,350 | 106 | -- | 6,167 |
| 2022 | 27.616 | 146.647 | 82.158 | -- | 256.421 | 4,648 | 1,303 | 97 | -- | 6,048 |
| Other | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 7.539 | 65.821 | 83.170 | -- | 156.530 | 862 | 314 | 122 | -- | 1,298 |
| 2013 | 6.785 | 80.405 | 80.568 | -- | 167.758 | 598 | 331 | 169 | -- | 1,098 |
| 2014 | 7.633 | 102.797 | 98.277 | -- | 208.707 | 857 | 397 | 201 | -- | 1,455 |
| 2015 | 7.873 | 116.382 | 116.780 | -- | 241.035 | 821 | 445 | 249 | -- | 1,515 |
| 2016 | 7.952 | 155.889 | 149.608 | -- | 313.449 | 862 | 592 | 325 | -- | 1,779 |
| 2017 | 9.064 | 208.639 | 199.398 | -- | 417.101 | 915 | 693 | 330 | -- | 1,938 |
| 2018 | 6.351 | 258.601 | 241.416 | -- | 506.368 | 692 | 826 | 347 | -- | 1,865 |
| 2019 | 23.364 | 254.281 | 263.966 | -- | 541.611 | 2,226 | 842 | 381 | -- | 3,449 |
| 2020 | 12.983 | 281.848 | 282.195 | -- | 577.026 | 850 | 814 | 385 | -- | 2,049 |
| 2021 | 9.338 | 337.186 | 298.198 | -- | 644.722 | 962 | 937 | 403 | -- | 2,302 |
| 2022 | 12.129 | 364.602 | 317.492 | -- | 694.223 | 1,256 | 972 | 402 | -- | 2,630 |
| All Technologies | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 1,583.249 | 1,882.262 | 495.993 | -- | 3,961.504 | 300,095 | 29,068 | 1,487 | -- | 330,650 |
| 2013 | 2,332.339 | 2,468.054 | 661.209 | -- | 5,461.602 | 448,058 | 37,018 | 2,741 | -- | 487,817 |
| 2014 | 3,498.538 | 3,137.541 | 834.422 | -- | 7,470.501 | 648,512 | 45,083 | 3,426 | -- | 697,021 |
| 2015 | 5,400.124 | 3,674.592 | 1,030.581 | -- | 10,105.297 | 965,058 | 53,380 | 3,982 | -- | 1,022,420 |
| 2016 | 7,715.715 | 4,576.384 | 1,289.946 | -- | 13,582.045 | 1,341,796 | 64,346 | 4,840 | -- | 1,410,982 |
| 2017 | 9,584.177 | 5,865.147 | 1,453.826 | -- | 16,903.148 | 1,647,404 | 74,567 | 5,727 | -- | 1,727,698 |
| 2018 | 11,465.638 | 7,089.758 | 1,680.734 | -- | 20,236.128 | 1,937,068 | 86,186 | 6,334 | -- | 2,029,588 |
| 2019 | 13,997.811 | 8,209.056 | 1,940.478 | -- | 24,147.345 | 2,311,899 | 94,740 | 7,027 | -- | 2,413,666 |
| 2020 | 16,583.921 | 9,475.582 | 2,223.853 | -- | 28,283.355 | 2,690,115 | 103,746 | 7,866 | -- | 2,801,727 |
| 2021 | 20,123.453 | 11,033.357 | 2,423.656 | -- | 33,580.468 | 3,191,982 | 118,147 | 8,666 | -- | 3,318,795 |
| 2022 | 24,868.296 | 13,096.584 | 2,609.924 | -- | 40,574.800 | 3,823,732 | 139,090 | 9,223 | -- | 3,972,045 |
| N/A = Not Available. Total customer count for the years 2007, 2009, and 2010 were revised based on requests from respondents. Capacity and customer count was not collected by technology type before 2010. Starting in 2013, there is no maximum capacity on installed units. Starting in 2016, utilities have the option to report photovoltaic in DC or AC. Values have been converted to AC. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, "Annual Electric Power Industry Report." |