Annual U.S. virtual photovoltaic capacity under net metering; MW, 2016–2024.
United States virtual net-metered solar photovoltaic systems are tracked annually from 2016 through 2024. Capacity is measured in megawatts for the separate Virtual PV category across all reported end-use sectors. The series increased from 313.3 MW in 2016 to 4,205.4 MW in 2024. The 2024 level was 13.42 times the 2016 level, an increase of 3,892.1 MW.
Source 1: Electric Power Annual 2024
Publisher: U.S. Energy Information Administration
Dataset/table: Net Metering Customers and Capacity by Technology and End-Use Sector
Units: megawatts
Date checked: 2026-07-15
Evidence: Supports all 9 annual U.S. observations for virtual net-metered solar capacity.
The source reports Virtual PV as a separate technology category in its net-metering statistics.
Annual values come from the U.S. EIA Electric Power Annual 2024 and use one consistent technology, sector and unit. The graphic uses eight anchor years for readability, while the page data retains every annual observation from 2016 through 2024. No missing years are interpolated.
All 9 observations use the same U.S. EIA annual release, one technology and sector definition, one unit and consecutive annual periods from 2016 through 2024.
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