This article is specific to Ameren electric customers.

As a Sunscription customer, you benefit by receiving a solar credit that can be applied to any charge on your Ameren utility bill for electric service.

Sunscription allows you to support a local Solar Garden and save money on your electric costs! Each month, you receive Solar Credits on your electric bill for the energy your share of the Solar Garden produces. The Solar Credit is listed as a negative kilowatt-hour value. The electricity that you use is a positive kilowatt-hour value. Together, your kilowatt-hour credits reduces the energy that you are billed for on a monthly basis.

But how much is your membership with Sunscription saving you?

Step 1: Understand Your Ameren Bill

To understand how Sunscription helps lower your electric costs, start with the Usage Summary section of your Ameren bill. The most important terms to know are:

Total kWh
The total amount of electricity used at your home during the billing period.
Off-Site Gen kWh
The amount of solar energy produced by your share of the Solar Garden. This appears as a negative number because it offsets your usage.
Supply Net Billable kWh
The remaining electricity Ameren bills you for after your solar credits are applied.

Where to Find Your Solar Credits

When your Solar Garden produces energy, you receive kilowatt-hour (kWh) credits. These credits appear on your Ameren bill as Off-Site Gen kWh.

Example:
If your Solar Garden produced 1,005 kWh, it will appear on your bill as –1,005 kWh under Off-Site Gen kWh.

Step 2: Understand What You’re Paying For

Without Sunscription

A typical Ameren customer without community solar pays Ameren for all the electricity they use at home (Total kWh).

With Sunscription

A Sunscription customer pays Ameren only for the electricity they use after solar production is applied.

In simple terms:
You pay for your electric service charges minus what your Solar Garden produces.

Understand what you're paying for without Sunscription vs. with Sunscription

Step 3: Compare Ameren Charges (Without vs. With Sunscription)

The best way to see your savings is to compare what your Ameren bill would have been without Sunscription to what you actually paid with solar credits.

Example: Eva Exampleton

Without Sunscription

Eva used 1,513 kWh
She would pay Ameren $183.94

With Sunscription

Eva used 1,513 kWh (Total kWh)
Her Solar Garden produced 1,005 kWh (Off-Site Gen kWh)
Eva pays Ameren $147.26
Ameren Bill Savings:
- $183.94 (without Sunscription)
- − $147.26 (with Sunscription)
- = $36.68 saved on her Ameren bill

Charges from Ameren without a Sunscription vs. with a Sunscription

Step 4: Your Statement from Sunscription (Net Savings)

To determine your net savings, you must also consider your Sunscription payment.

You pay Sunscription for the solar credits applied to your Ameren bill—but at a 17%–20% discount. This discounted rate is how you save money overall.