Does Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility 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.

Does Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility have a demand charge?

Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.

What would solar cost and save for a typical Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility home?

For a electrically heated home using about 1100 kWh a month, a net-zero system is about 9.1 kW, costs roughly $19,599 to $23,954 installed, saves $907 to $1,033 in the first year, and pays back in 16 to 21.1 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 Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility'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 Boynton Beach and Florida installed-cost data. If you spot an error, email us and we will correct it.

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Solar with Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility

Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility members pay 15.2¢ per kWh and no demand charge; a typical home's solar pays back in about 18 years.

Not yet verified. Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility 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

15.2¢/kWh

tiered by monthly use

Fixed charge

$12/mo

$40 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 March 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 4.00¢ per kWh, well below retail, and credits offset energy charges only.
Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility 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

9.1 kW

1453 kWh per kW per year

Installed cost

as low as$19,599

up to $23,954

First-year savings

up to$1,033

at least $907

Payback

as low as16 yrs

16–21.1 yrs at 2.7%/yr

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

Full schedule and net-metering rules

Fixed charge: $12 per month; minimum bill $40
Energy: 11.92¢ up to 1,000 kWh; 15.19¢ above that
Net metering: UNVERIFIED: city code says Net Metering Account rates 'are governed by Resolution No. 45-2019 (as may be amended)' and the City sets 'all applicable Net Metering rates to be paid' annually; the program page and resolution could not be retrieved, so an avoided-cost export (4c estimate) is assumed.
Notes: Residential PCA tiers are derived (approved $7/MWh step applied to prior tiers), not read from an adopted schedule; the customer charge may have changed since Nov 2024 (utility site returned 403). PCA is re-set roughly twice a year.
Effective: March 1, 2026; checked November 1, 2026

Questions members ask

Does Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility 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.
How big a solar system can I net-meter with Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility?: The policy states no size cap.
Does Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility have a demand charge?: Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.
What would solar cost and save for a typical Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility home?: For a electrically heated home using about 1100 kWh a month, a net-zero system is about 9.1 kW, costs roughly $19,599 to $23,954 installed, saves $907 to $1,033 in the first year, and pays back in 16 to 21.1 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 Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility'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 Boynton Beach and Florida installed-cost data. If you spot an error, email us and we will correct it.

Service area

Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility's service territory (highlighted). Hover a region to see its utility.

Other Florida utilities: JEA (Jacksonville), Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC), Lakeland Electric, Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU), City of Tallahassee Utilities, Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA). 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
City 'Electric Rates Effective November 1, 2024' (Resolution 41-2024): customer charge $11.97; base energy $0.07825 (first 1,000)/$0.10093 (additional); $40 minimum bill. PCA: Jan 29 2026 commission minutes approved a $7.00/1,000 kWh PCA increase effective March 1 2026 on the then-current residential PCA of $0.03396/$0.04396 => $0.04096/$0.05096 (derived) => $0.11921/$0.15189.
Effective March 1, 2026 · Checked November 1, 2026 · Not verified: placeholder figures
Net-metering / distributed-generation policy
UNVERIFIED: city code says Net Metering Account rates 'are governed by Resolution No. 45-2019 (as may be amended)' and the City sets 'all applicable Net Metering rates to be paid' annually; the program page and resolution could not be retrieved, so an avoided-cost export (4c estimate) is assumed.
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 Boynton Beach (1453 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

Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility 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.
Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility'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.

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