But is that rate always positive? Where I'm from during peak sun hours, the rate is negative and you end up paying money to deliver money to the grid. They do this to incentivise you to decouple your solar installation during peak sun hours so the net doesn't get flooded with too much energy.
In CA it can be 0 but not negative.
Depending on when you signed up for NEM you may have a guaranteed floor like 4¢/kWh or even much more.
Yes, you asked about California. I assume you are not in California.