Utah's electricity prices average $0.11/kWh, below the national average of $0.14/kWh. Utah is part of an exclusive club of net energy exporting states. It's also seen near-boundless growth in solar - between industrial and rooftop sources the amount of solar power generation in Utah has increased by a factor of twenty six between 2015 and 2018.
Cost of a Solar Install
A graph of precipitously falling prices for a typical 6kW PV install in Utah from 2013-2018. Figures include design costs. Data from Berkeley Lab, courtesy of the Utah Office of Energy Development.
The average cost of a 6kW (equivalent to saving over 100 trees a year) solar power system starts around $13,000 in Utah, according to SolarReviews. That system would pay for itself through energy savings with 6-7 years. System life can span well over 25 years, and savings will improve with inflation. Even roughly doubling the cost figure to match the Berkeley data, one would still see a significant return on investment over the life of a solar power system in Utah.
