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With Data for 2023 Release Date: October 17, 2024 Next Release: October 2025 full report PDF
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Table 4.10. Net Metering Customers and Capacity by Technology Type, by End Use Sector,
2013 through 2023

  Capacity (MW) Customers
Year Residential Commercial Industrial Transportation Total Residential Commercial Industrial Transportation Total
Photovoltaic
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
2023 28,246.529 11,807.244 2,375.359 -- 42,429.127 4,550,541 123,686 9,977 -- 4,684,204
Battery
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
2023 1,294.718 362.489 88.261 -- 1,745.459 191,493 1,580 205 -- 193,278
Virtual PV
2016 42.653 267.434 3.168 -- 313.255 13,898 1,828 11 -- 15,737
2017 53.120 416.987 7.136 -- 477.244 14,948 2,907 19 -- 17,874
2018 68.951 523.977 8.069 -- 600.997 19,116 4,996 33 -- 24,145
2019 77.492 624.588 10.684 -- 712.763 20,753 5,908 40 -- 26,701
2020 108.466 818.499 11.845 -- 938.810 23,411 6,517 46 -- 29,974
2021 156.792 1,081.457 12.242 -- 1,250.492 28,880 11,215 49 -- 40,144
2022 160.309 1,493.413 15.880 -- 1,669.604 29,401 24,761 54 -- 54,216
2023 241.151 2,343.589 19.164 -- 2,603.907 59,901 55,194 63 -- 115,158
Wind
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
2023 27.566 146.114 72.127 -- 245.807 4,696 1,296 102 -- 6,094
Other
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
2023 22.263 418.597 383.953 -- 824.813 2,961 969 610 -- 4,540
All Technologies
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
2023 28,537.506 14,715.533 2,850.603 -- 46,103.650 4,618,099 181,145 10,752 -- 4,809,996

Starting in 2023, capacity and customers are now collected for batteries. Prior to 2023, the battery historical data was listed as storage.
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."