Does JEA (Jacksonville) pay for excess solar power?

Power you use on site saves the full retail rate; power you export is credited at about 5.00¢ per kWh, well below retail, and credits offset energy charges only.

Does JEA (Jacksonville) have a demand charge?

JEA (Jacksonville) has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.

What would solar cost and save for a typical JEA (Jacksonville) home?

For a electrically heated home using about 1100 kWh a month, a net-zero system is about 9 kW, costs roughly $19,440 to $23,760 installed, saves $996 to $1,132 in the first year, and pays back in 14.7 to 19.4 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 JEA (Jacksonville)'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 Jacksonville and Florida installed-cost data. If you spot an error, email us and we will correct it.

Municipal utility

Solar with JEA (Jacksonville)

JEA (Jacksonville) members pay 14.7¢ per kWh and no demand charge; a typical home's solar pays back in about 17 years.

Not yet verified. JEA (Jacksonville) does not publish a rate schedule online. The figures here are estimates pending the schedule; call the utility or upload a bill for your real price.

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Energy rate

14.7¢/kWh

tiered by monthly use, riders included

Fixed charge

$21/mo

$21 minimum bill

Demand charge

None

every offset kWh saves the full rate

Net-metering limit

No stated cap

exports paid at wholesale

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

What this means for solar

Power you use on site saves the full retail rate; power you export is credited at about 5.00¢ per kWh, well below retail, and credits offset energy charges only.
JEA (Jacksonville) has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.
The policy states no size cap; above that, capacity would run without export credit.

A typical home: 1100 kWh a month, electric heat

Net-zero system

9 kW

1474 kWh per kW per year

Installed cost

as low as$19,440

up to $23,760

First-year savings

up to$1,132

at least $996

Payback

as low as14.7 yrs

14.7–19.4 yrs at 2.7%/yr

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

Full schedule and net-metering rules

Fixed charge: $21 per month; minimum bill $21
Energy: 7.81¢ up to 1,000 kWh; 9.71¢ above that; plus 5.00¢ per kWh in riders
Net metering: Tariff Sheet 23.0: 'Net metering is authorized ... in accordance with JEA's Distributed Generation Policy' (policy PDF not retrievable). Since April 2018 JEA's DG policy credits exported kWh at its fuel rate rather than retail for new systems (pre-2018 customers grandfathered); the 5c export credit equals the estimated fuel charge and must be confirmed from the DG Policy.
Notes: Fuel charge varies monthly and is an estimate here; a bill upload overrides it. Base rates increased Oct 1 2026 ($19.25 -> $21.00).
Effective: October 1, 2026; checked November 1, 2026

Questions members ask

Does JEA (Jacksonville) pay for excess solar power?: Power you use on site saves the full retail rate; power you export is credited at about 5.00¢ per kWh, well below retail, and credits offset energy charges only.
How big a solar system can I net-meter with JEA (Jacksonville)?: The policy states no size cap.
Does JEA (Jacksonville) have a demand charge?: JEA (Jacksonville) has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.
What would solar cost and save for a typical JEA (Jacksonville) home?: For a electrically heated home using about 1100 kWh a month, a net-zero system is about 9 kW, costs roughly $19,440 to $23,760 installed, saves $996 to $1,132 in the first year, and pays back in 14.7 to 19.4 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 JEA (Jacksonville)'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 Jacksonville and Florida installed-cost data. If you spot an error, email us and we will correct it.

Service area

JEA (Jacksonville)'s service territory (highlighted). Hover a region to see its utility.

Other Florida utilities: Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC), Lakeland Electric, Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU), City of Tallahassee Utilities, Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA), Ocala Electric Utility. 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
JEA Electric Tariff Sheet 4.0 RS eff. Oct 1 2026 (PSC Doc 03217-2026): Basic Monthly Charge $21.00; Tier 1 (first 1,000 kWh) $0.07815; Tier 2 (>1,000) $0.09705; minimum bill $21.00. Fuel Charge 'as stated in Sheet 20.0' is set monthly and posted at jea.com/rates (bot-gated; not read): rider = an ESTIMATED $0.05/kWh fuel charge (2026 range about 4.1 to 6.0c per news reports).
Effective October 1, 2026 · Checked November 1, 2026 · Not verified: placeholder figures
Net-metering / distributed-generation policy
Tariff Sheet 23.0: 'Net metering is authorized ... in accordance with JEA's Distributed Generation Policy' (policy PDF not retrievable). Since April 2018 JEA's DG policy credits exported kWh at its fuel rate rather than retail for new systems (pre-2018 customers grandfathered); the 5c export credit equals the estimated fuel charge and must be confirmed from the DG Policy.
Checked November 1, 2026 · Not verified: placeholder figures
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 Jacksonville (1474 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

JEA (Jacksonville) does not publish a rate schedule online. The figures here are estimates pending the schedule; call the utility or upload a bill for your real price.
JEA (Jacksonville)'s net-metering terms are not published; the common Florida co-op pattern is assumed until confirmed.

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.