Does Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) pay for excess solar power?

Power you use on site saves the full retail rate; power you export is credited at about 4.00¢ per kWh, well below retail, and credits offset energy charges only with any balance deleted each December.

How big a solar system can I net-meter with Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA)?

Systems up to 2000 kW AC qualify for net metering. The interconnection fee is $320.

Does Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) have a demand charge?

Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.

What would solar cost and save for a typical Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) home?

For a electrically heated home using about 1100 kWh a month, a net-zero system is about 9.2 kW, costs roughly $19,756 to $24,146 installed, saves $870 to $993 in the first year, and pays back in 16.7 to 21.9 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 Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA)'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 Kissimmee and Florida installed-cost data. If you spot an error, email us and we will correct it.

Municipal utility

Solar with Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA)

Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) members pay 13.6¢ per kWh and no demand charge; a typical home's solar pays back in about 19 years.

Not yet verified. Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) 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

13.6¢/kWh

tiered by monthly use

Fixed charge

$10/mo

billed every month, solar or not

Demand charge

None

every offset kWh saves the full rate

Net-metering limit

2000 kW AC

exports paid at wholesale

Residential schedule effective May 1, 2023; 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 4.00¢ per kWh, well below retail, and credits offset energy charges only with any balance deleted each December.
Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) 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.
There is a $320 interconnection fee.

A typical home: 1100 kWh a month, electric heat

Net-zero system

9.2 kW

1434 kWh per kW per year

Installed cost

as low as$19,756

up to $24,146

First-year savings

up to$993

at least $870

Payback

as low as16.7 yrs

16.7–21.9 yrs at 2.7%/yr

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

Full schedule and net-metering rules

Fixed charge: $10 per month
Energy: 12.31¢ up to 1,000 kWh; 13.58¢ above that
Net metering: NM Sheet 18.1 eff. Jan 1 2026: exported kWh 'purchased in the form of a credit' each billing cycle at the FMPA ARP quarterly energy rate (value not published; 4c is an estimate) plus a demand credit = KUA avoided cost rate x exported kWh; excess credits carry up to 12 months and 'at the end of each calendar year, KUA may pay the customer for any unused credits ... if requested'; customer pays at least the customer charge. Tier 2 application fee $320 and $1M insurance.
Notes: KUA embeds base power cost in the energy charge; COPCA is a +/- monthly adjustment whose current value was not found in a KUA document.
Effective: May 1, 2023; checked November 1, 2026

Questions members ask

Does Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) pay for excess solar power?: Power you use on site saves the full retail rate; power you export is credited at about 4.00¢ per kWh, well below retail, and credits offset energy charges only with any balance deleted each December.
How big a solar system can I net-meter with Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA)?: Systems up to 2000 kW AC qualify for net metering. The interconnection fee is $320.
Does Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) have a demand charge?: Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.
What would solar cost and save for a typical Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) home?: For a electrically heated home using about 1100 kWh a month, a net-zero system is about 9.2 kW, costs roughly $19,756 to $24,146 installed, saves $870 to $993 in the first year, and pays back in 16.7 to 21.9 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 Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA)'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 Kissimmee and Florida installed-cost data. If you spot an error, email us and we will correct it.

Service area

Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA)'s service territory (highlighted). Hover a region to see its utility.

Solar by city in Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA)'s area: Kissimmee. All Florida cities.

Other Florida utilities: JEA (Jacksonville), Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC), Lakeland Electric, Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU), City of Tallahassee Utilities, 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
KUA Electric Service Rates (updated Nov 1 2026; RS effective May 1 2023): customer charge $10.17 single phase; energy $0.12310 under 1,000 kWh, $0.13575 above 1,000 kWh; plus 'Cost of Power and Conservation Adjustment (COPCA)' (monthly value not published) and 11.06 mills/kWh governmental transfer. energyTiers exclude COPCA.
Effective May 1, 2023 · Checked November 1, 2026 · Not verified: placeholder figures
Net-metering / distributed-generation policy
NM Sheet 18.1 eff. Jan 1 2026: exported kWh 'purchased in the form of a credit' each billing cycle at the FMPA ARP quarterly energy rate (value not published; 4c is an estimate) plus a demand credit = KUA avoided cost rate x exported kWh; excess credits carry up to 12 months and 'at the end of each calendar year, KUA may pay the customer for any unused credits ... if requested'; customer pays at least the customer charge. Tier 2 application fee $320 and $1M insurance.
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 Kissimmee (1434 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

Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) 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.
Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA)'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.