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Solar site surveys · ArkansasA technician on the roof, in the attic and at the service panel, with the survey read against the code editions, AHJs and utilities that apply in Arkansas.
Arkansas sets building, residential and fire rules statewide through the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code, the 2021 I-Codes with state amendments in effect since January 1, 2023, and sets the electrical code through the Board of Electrical Examiners, whose current rule adopts the 2026 NEC in place of the 2020 edition. Since Act 278 of 2023, systems interconnected after September 30, 2024 no longer get full retail netting, and exports are valued at the utility's avoided cost. Residential net-metering systems are capped at the lesser of 25 kW AC or the customer's highest monthly usage.
The capture spec is the same everywhere. What the engineer and the plan reviewer read it against is not.
Residential systems cannot exceed the lesser of 25 kW AC or the customer's highest monthly usage over the prior year, so pull 12 months of bills before sizing.10,11
New systems earn avoided cost for exports rather than retail credit, so self-consumption and storage weigh more in design than under legacy net metering.10,12
Who reviews the plan set, and what the state layers on top.
Act 278 applies to investor-owned utilities and electric co-ops alike, with each municipal utility's governing body setting its own avoided cost.10
The utility the City of Little Rock signed interconnection agreements with for its own 4.9 MW AC solar project in 2024. The process starts with a Preliminary Interconnection Site Review Request and one-line diagram, the customer pays for any required studies, and the signed Standard Interconnection Agreement is due 30 days before interconnection; customers connecting after September 30, 2024 take the Non-Legacy Net Metering schedule.11,14
Interconnection page ↗An electric cooperative with local offices in Jacksonville and Benton, near Little Rock. It charges a one-time $320 interconnection review fee for systems up to 25 kW, and since September 29, 2024 bills delivered energy at the tariff rate while crediting exports on a separate meter channel at the prior year's avoided cost.12
Interconnection page ↗One standard, one visit, the same record in Arkansas as everywhere else. What it gets checked against is the code stack above.
The Board of Electrical Examiners' rule now adopts the 2026 NEC, replacing the 2020 edition in force since August 1, 2022. Local adoption and enforcement timing varies, so confirm with the AHJ.1,2,4
Systems interconnected after September 30, 2024 no longer get full retail netting; exports are valued at avoided cost or netted with a monthly grid charge, while earlier systems keep the old structure until June 1, 2040.10,11
Metro pages for Arkansas: Little Rock.
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