Investor-owned utility (PSC-regulated)
Solar with FPL Northwest Florida (former Gulf Power)
FPL Northwest Florida (former Gulf Power) members pay 14.7¢ per kWh and no demand charge; a typical home's solar pays back in about 11 years.
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At a glance
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.
- FPL Northwest Florida (former Gulf Power) 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
Best-case figures with the range shown; Florida's tax exemptions included. Production reference: Lakeland. 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
- 12.72¢ up to 1,000 kWh; 14.72¢ above that
- Net metering
- Same FPL program as peninsular (see fpl).
- Notes
- Sept 2026 sheet carried a one-month Storm Restoration credit of -0.797c that ended in October. Transition Rider phases toward unified FPL rates; Jan 2027 step per settlement.
- Effective
- October 1, 2026; checked November 1, 2026
Questions members ask
- Does FPL Northwest Florida (former Gulf Power) 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 FPL Northwest Florida (former Gulf Power)?
- Systems up to 2000 kW AC qualify for net metering.
- Does FPL Northwest Florida (former Gulf Power) have a demand charge?
- FPL Northwest Florida (former Gulf Power) has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.
- What would solar cost and save for a typical FPL Northwest Florida (former Gulf Power) 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 $1,698 to $1,944 in the first year, and pays back in 9.1 to 12.3 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 FPL Northwest Florida (former Gulf Power)'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 Lakeland and Florida installed-cost data. If you spot an error, email us and we will correct it.
Service area
Solar by city in FPL Northwest Florida (former Gulf Power)'s area: Pensacola, Panama City, Fort Walton Beach, Crestview, Marianna. All Florida cities.
Other Florida utilities: Florida Power & Light, 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 rateEffective October 1, 2026 · Checked November 1, 2026 · Read from the primary source
- Net-metering / distributed-generation policyChecked November 1, 2026 · Read from the primary source
- Service territory on the mapChecked November 1, 2026 · Read from the primary source
- Worked example: production, installed cost, savings and paybackChecked 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.