Does Florida Power & Light pay for excess solar power?

Excess power is banked as kWh at the full retail rate and drawn down in later months. The bank resets in December, and anything left is paid out at about 3.00¢ per kWh.

How big a solar system can I net-meter with Florida Power & Light?

Systems up to 2000 kW AC qualify for net metering.

Does Florida Power & Light have a demand charge?

Florida Power & Light has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.

What would solar cost and save for a typical Florida Power & Light home?

For a electrically heated home using about 1100 kWh a month, a net-zero system is about 8.9 kW, costs roughly $19,288 to $23,574 installed, saves $1,643 to $1,880 in the first year, and pays back in 9.4 to 12.6 years at 2.7% a year rate growth. Your address gives a real figure in about a minute.

What federal incentives apply in 2026?

Florida exempts solar equipment from sales tax and keeps the value it adds off your property-tax bill, and both are already in these figures. Business-owned systems, including rental property, qualify for the 30% federal investment credit (Section 48E) and bonus depreciation when placed in service by the end of 2027; tax-exempt owners receive the 30% as cash. Not tax advice.

Where do these numbers come from?

The rate figures are read from Florida Power & Light's own published schedule and net-metering policy (linked under Sources), last checked November 1, 2026. The worked example runs the same engine as the estimator, using a production reference for Sebring and Florida installed-cost data. If you spot an error, email us and we will correct it.

Investor-owned utility (PSC-regulated)

Solar with Florida Power & Light

Florida Power & Light members pay 14.3¢ per kWh and no demand charge; a typical home's solar pays back in about 11 years.

See the numbers for your address

Energy rate

14.3¢/kWh

tiered by monthly use

Fixed charge

$11/mo

$30 minimum bill

Demand charge

None

every offset kWh saves the full rate

Net-metering limit

2000 kW AC

bank resets in December

Residential schedule effective October 1, 2026; checked November 1, 2026. Sources.

What this means for solar

Excess power is banked as kWh at the full retail rate and drawn down in later months. The bank resets in December, and anything left is paid out at about 3.00¢ per kWh.
Florida Power & Light has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.
Systems up to 2000 kW AC qualify for net metering; above that, capacity would run without export credit.

A typical home: 1100 kWh a month, electric heat

Net-zero system

8.9 kW

1480 kWh per kW per year

Installed cost

as low as$19,288

up to $23,574

First-year savings

up to$1,880

at least $1,643

Payback

as low as9.4 yrs

9.4–12.6 yrs at 2.7%/yr

Best-case figures with the range shown; Florida's tax exemptions included. Production reference: Sebring. Your roof, usage and heating change every number, which is what the estimate is for.

Full schedule and net-metering rules

Fixed charge: $11 per month; minimum bill $30
Energy: 12.26¢ up to 1,000 kWh; 14.26¢ above that
Net metering: kWh excess 'applied to the customer's next month's electric bill' and banked; remaining kWh credited on the December bill 'based on our average annual cost of electricity generation' (COG-1; the 3c figure is an estimate, FPL's 2025 true-up averaged about that). Tiers: 1 = 0-10 kW, 2 = >10-100 kW, 3 = >100 kW-2 MW (AC gross = DC x 0.85). Tier 2 $1M / Tier 3 $2M liability insurance; Tier 2 application fee $400. Bidirectional meter at no cost. $30 minimum base bill still applies.
Notes: 2026-2029 settlement (PSC approved Nov 2025) sets stepped base rates; a Jan 2027 step-up and new fuel/clause factors take effect Jan 2027. The $30 minimum base bill applies to net-metering customers. Peninsular rates; the former Gulf Power area is fpl_nw.
Effective: October 1, 2026; checked November 1, 2026

Questions members ask

Does Florida Power & Light pay for excess solar power?: Excess power is banked as kWh at the full retail rate and drawn down in later months. The bank resets in December, and anything left is paid out at about 3.00¢ per kWh.
How big a solar system can I net-meter with Florida Power & Light?: Systems up to 2000 kW AC qualify for net metering.
Does Florida Power & Light have a demand charge?: Florida Power & Light has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.
What would solar cost and save for a typical Florida Power & Light home?: For a electrically heated home using about 1100 kWh a month, a net-zero system is about 8.9 kW, costs roughly $19,288 to $23,574 installed, saves $1,643 to $1,880 in the first year, and pays back in 9.4 to 12.6 years at 2.7% a year rate growth. Your address gives a real figure in about a minute.
What federal incentives apply in 2026?: Florida exempts solar equipment from sales tax and keeps the value it adds off your property-tax bill, and both are already in these figures. Business-owned systems, including rental property, qualify for the 30% federal investment credit (Section 48E) and bonus depreciation when placed in service by the end of 2027; tax-exempt owners receive the 30% as cash. Not tax advice.
Where do these numbers come from?: The rate figures are read from Florida Power & Light's own published schedule and net-metering policy (linked under Sources), last checked November 1, 2026. The worked example runs the same engine as the estimator, using a production reference for Sebring and Florida installed-cost data. If you spot an error, email us and we will correct it.

Service area

Florida Power & Light's service territory (highlighted). Hover a region to see its utility.

Other Florida utilities: FPL Northwest Florida (former Gulf Power), Duke Energy Florida, Tampa Electric (TECO), Florida Public Utilities (FPUC). All 34 utilities.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from the documents below. We print the schedule’s effective date and the date we last read it; when a utility publishes nothing, we say so instead of guessing quietly.

Residential rate schedule: fixed charge, energy rate
FPL 'Residential Rates and Clauses, Effective October 2026': base $10.52; non-fuel energy 7.865c/8.865c; conservation 0.148; capacity 0.052; environmental 0.345; storm protection 0.995; fuel 2.893c/3.893c; transition credit -0.040 = 12.258c (<=1000) / 14.258c (>1000). 'Customers whose monthly base electric service costs fall below $30 are subject to a minimum $30 base bill.' Cross-checked to the PSC 'Total Cost for 1,000 kWh' sheet, Oct 1 2026 ($136.64 incl. GRT).
Effective October 1, 2026 · Checked November 1, 2026 · Read from the primary source
Net-metering / distributed-generation policy
kWh excess 'applied to the customer's next month's electric bill' and banked; remaining kWh credited on the December bill 'based on our average annual cost of electricity generation' (COG-1; the 3c figure is an estimate, FPL's 2025 true-up averaged about that). Tiers: 1 = 0-10 kW, 2 = >10-100 kW, 3 = >100 kW-2 MW (AC gross = DC x 0.85). Tier 2 $1M / Tier 3 $2M liability insurance; Tier 2 application fee $400. Bidirectional meter at no cost. $30 minimum base bill still applies.
Checked November 1, 2026 · Read from the primary source
Service territory on the map
HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (U.S. DHS / Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Florida subset, 2020 vintage; boundaries are coarse at town edges
Checked November 1, 2026 · Read from the primary source
Worked example: production, installed cost, savings and payback
Florida Solar Estimate engine: PVGIS-ERA5-based production reference for Sebring (1480 kWh per kW per year after shading and soiling and orientation), installed-cost ladder (Florida cash-price range, Oct 2026), 2.7%/yr rate escalation and 0.5%/yr panel degradation
Checked November 1, 2026 · Read from the primary source

Spot an error or a rate change? Email mtsolarestimate@gmail.com. How the estimate itself is built: methodology.

Your address, your numbers

Roof, usage and heating change everything above. The estimate takes about a minute and asks for no contact details.