Does New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission pay for excess solar power?

Power you use on site saves the full retail rate; power you export is credited at about 2.94¢ 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 New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission?

Systems up to 2000 kW AC qualify for net metering.

Does New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission have a demand charge?

New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.

What would solar cost and save for a typical New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission 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 $748 to $858 in the first year, and pays back in 18.9 to 24.7 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 New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission'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 Port Orange and Florida installed-cost data. If you spot an error, email us and we will correct it.

Municipal utility

Solar with New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission

New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission members pay 13.0¢ per kWh and no demand charge; a typical home's solar pays back in about 21 years.

Not yet verified. New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission 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

13.0¢/kWh

tiered by monthly use

Fixed charge

$10/mo

$10 minimum bill

Demand charge

None

every offset kWh saves the full rate

Net-metering limit

2000 kW AC

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 2.94¢ per kWh, well below retail, and credits offset energy charges only with any balance deleted each December.
New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission 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

9.2 kW

1429 kWh per kW per year

Installed cost

as low as$19,756

up to $24,146

First-year savings

up to$858

at least $748

Payback

as low as18.9 yrs

18.9–24.7 yrs at 2.7%/yr

Best-case figures with the range shown; Florida's tax exemptions included. Production reference: Port Orange. 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; minimum bill $10
Energy: 11.10¢ up to 1,000 kWh; 13.01¢ above that
Net metering: Tariff 'Avoided Cost from Customer-Owned Renewable Energy' (FY2027): $0.02936/kWh 'will be used as the credit applied to any customer's excess energy delivered'; NSBU solar page: monetary credits roll to the next month, leftover paid by check at the end of the 12-month cycle; Tier I <=10 kW ($0 fee), Tier II 10-100 kW ($275), Tier III 100-2,000 kW ($750); insurance Tier I solar $100k, Tier II $1.5M, Tier III $2M.
Notes: Resolution 2026-02 sets further steps Oct 1 2027 (FY2028), 2028, 2029. Feb 1 2026 (FY2026) values were $9.50 / 10.522c / 12.336c.
Effective: October 1, 2026; checked November 1, 2026

Questions members ask

Does New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission pay for excess solar power?: Power you use on site saves the full retail rate; power you export is credited at about 2.94¢ 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 New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission?: Systems up to 2000 kW AC qualify for net metering.
Does New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission have a demand charge?: New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission has no residential demand charge, so every kWh solar offsets saves the full energy rate.
What would solar cost and save for a typical New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission 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 $748 to $858 in the first year, and pays back in 18.9 to 24.7 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 New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission'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 Port Orange and Florida installed-cost data. If you spot an error, email us and we will correct it.

Service area

New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission'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
NSBU FY 2027 Electric Rates tariff (Sheet 6.0 RS-4 eff. Oct 1 2026): customer charge $10.02 single phase; energy 11.101c (first 1,000 kWh)/13.014c (over 1,000); plus a monthly Fuel & Purchased Power Cost Adjustment factor (not stated in the tariff; $0.06160/kWh purchased power already in the base). energyTiers exclude the adjustment.
Effective October 1, 2026 · Checked November 1, 2026 · Not verified: placeholder figures
Net-metering / distributed-generation policy
Tariff 'Avoided Cost from Customer-Owned Renewable Energy' (FY2027): $0.02936/kWh 'will be used as the credit applied to any customer's excess energy delivered'; NSBU solar page: monetary credits roll to the next month, leftover paid by check at the end of the 12-month cycle; Tier I <=10 kW ($0 fee), Tier II 10-100 kW ($275), Tier III 100-2,000 kW ($750); insurance Tier I solar $100k, Tier II $1.5M, Tier III $2M.
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 Port Orange (1429 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

New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission 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.

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.