FL Net Metering

The FL Net Metering governs how Florida credits excess solar generation sent back to the grid, one of the state's DSIRE-tracked solar policies. Eligibility is scoped to residential customers, with a stated benefit of Retail rate credit (through 2029). Its authorization runs through 2029-12-31, so eligibility and funding can change before then if program caps are reached.

That baseline is slower than most states, which raises the stakes for every incentive on the table. Florida averages 5.6 kWh/m²/day of usable sunlight and residential rates of 14.5¢/kWh, producing an estimated 9,811 kWh/year and $1,423 of annual utility offset on a typical 6 kW system costing $17,100. That baseline already implies a 12-year simple payback and a 25-year modeled net of roughly $18,475 before this incentive - every dollar this net metering delivers compresses that payback further.

A handful of other levers are worth checking alongside this one. Florida has 5 solar incentive programs indexed in DSIRE, including adjacent options like FL Solar Energy Property Tax Exemption, FL Solar Sales Tax Exemption, FPL SolarTogether Community Solar. The state's net-metering policy is classified as full, which governs how excess generation is credited and often decides whether a given program is worth claiming for a specific household.