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Florida Power & Light net metering in Florida

Most of east and southwest Florida. FPL absorbed Gulf Power in 2021, so former Gulf Power customers in the panhandle are FPL customers now.

Type
Investor owned
Accounts
6.0M

What they credit you

Full retail rate

Set by state rule

One kilowatt hour out is worth one kilowatt hour in.

Month to month
Credits roll forward month to month, for no more than twelve months.
Once a year
At the end of each calendar year the utility pays out any unused credits at an average annual rate based on its COG-1 as-available energy tariff, which is well below the retail rate.
System size
The state rule caps generation at 90% of your distribution service rating. Your utility may also cap the system against your own past usage; where it does, that is its own policy rather than the rule, and it is shown on this page.

Set by Florida PSC Rule 25-6.065 · checked 2026-08-26

Installers serving FPL customers

Pick one. Only the company you choose receives your details, and only that company calls you.

Not sure which to choose?

These are real companies operating in FPL territory. EPC Solar and Bold Energy are listed first because they are the companies we introduce first. Volt Home is listed last. That order is our choice, not a score. The other companies are ordered by reviews, years trading and BBB grade. None of them pays us for placement. Pick the one you want and we will call you to arrange it.

Ordering combines three things we read from primary sources: Google review count and rating, years trading taken from the company’s Better Business Bureau profile rather than its own marketing, and its BBB letter grade. BBB accreditation is shown but never scored, because it is a paid membership rather than a mark of quality.

Check any contractor license yourself at the state register. Do that before you sign anything, with any company, including ours.

What this looks like on a FPL bill

An average Florida household, against a system sized to cover its year. The energy charge is the part that goes to zero. The fixed monthly charge underneath it is the part that never does, and it is the number that decides whether a system pays for itself.

Meter readingkWh
Energy charge$126.52
$126.52
Minimum monthly bill$30.00
Still due$30.00
DirectionReading…

Meter reading falling from 41926 to 41618 kilowatt hours. A 1,104 kilowatt hour month against 1,412 kilowatt hours produced leaves 0 kilowatt hours billed and 308 banked for next month, so the energy charge falls from $126.52 to $0.00 at 11.46 cents per kilowatt hour. A fixed monthly charge of $30.00 still applies and is not offset.

Florida average household use, 1,104 kWh a month, at this provider’s own published residential rate. The fixed charge is its minimum bill: it lands at zero kilowatt hours, so nothing you generate removes it. FPL, Residential Rates and Clauses, September 2026.

FPL is investor owned, so Florida PSC Rule 25-6.065 applies and these terms are set by the state rather than by a board that can revise them. That is the strongest position a homeowner can be in on net metering.

What FPL bills you anyway

In a month when your production covers everything you use, the energy charge can reach zero. This does not. It is the floor under every bill, and it is the number that decides whether a system pays for itself.

The charge
$30.00 a month
How it is set
This is the number that catches people out, because FPL publishes two. The Customer Charge on Rate Schedule RS-1 is $10.52 a month, and that is the figure a comparison table will quote you. But FPL applies a minimum base bill: where base charges fall below $30, the bill is set to $30. For an ordinary customer the two never collide. For a net metering customer whose energy charge nets to zero, the floor IS the bill, so $30.00 is the number that matters and $10.52 understates it by nearly three times.

FPL Residential Rates and Clauses, minimum base bill provision, September 2026 · checked 2026-09-04 · source

Applying to FPL

What FPL itself requires, as distinct from what the state rule requires. Read from its own published guidelines on the date shown.

Apply before you buy
FPL wants the application started and approved before the system is installed, not after. Getting this the wrong way round is the most common cause of a delayed switch-on.
How FPL sizes you
Your system must be estimated to produce less than 115% of your annual kWh consumption. This is FPL’s own policy rather than a state requirement, and it has been challenged on that basis, but it is the rule FPL applies to your application.
Service capacity limit
Separately, generation is limited to 90 percent of your FPL service capacity. This one does come from the state rule.
How your size is measured
FPL rates the system by AC Gross Power Rating, which it calculates as the DC rating of your array times 0.85. A 12 kW DC array is therefore about 10.2 kW to FPL, which pushes it out of Tier 1.
When you are trued up
On your December meter reading. Unused banked kWh are paid out then, at a rate based on the average annual cost of generation rather than the retail rate you pay.
You still get a bill
A $30 minimum base bill applies no matter how much you generate. Any quote that shows your bill reaching zero is wrong before it starts.
If your system is 50 kW or larger
It must interconnect at 120/208V or 277/480V wye three-phase. Most homes are single phase, so this is a commercial-scale threshold rather than a residential one.
Tier 2 and Tier 3 hardware
A manual disconnect switch of the visible load break type, mounted separate from but adjacent to the FPL meter socket, and readily accessible to FPL at all times.
Who to ask
netmetering@fpl.com for application questions, netmeteringsupport@fpl.com for technical, billing and generation questions.

From FPL’s published guidelines · checked 2026-08-26 · source

FPL net metering questions

Does FPL offer one for one net metering?
Yes. One kilowatt hour out is worth one kilowatt hour in. Credits roll forward month to month, for no more than twelve months.
What does FPL pay for power sent back to the grid?
Full retail rate. At the end of each calendar year the utility pays out any unused credits at an average annual rate based on its COG-1 as-available energy tariff, which is well below the retail rate.
Do I need a battery with FPL?
Not for the economics. FPL credits exports at the retail rate, so power you send out during the day comes back at the same value after dark without storage. A battery is still worth considering for outages during hurricane season, but it is an upgrade here rather than a requirement.
How do I find my FPL bill?
Sign in at fpl.com or open the FPL app. Open Billing, then Bill and payment history. Pick the most recent month and choose View bill to open the PDF. Save it, or just screenshot the page showing your total and your kWh used. If you cannot get to it, a rough guess at your average monthly amount is enough to start.