State solar profile · #7 of 51
Solar in Florida: fast modeled payback
Florida clears a modeled 12-yr break-even (#14 of 51) at 14.5¢/kWh and 5.6 kWh/m²/day, with 4 DSIRE programs in the stack.
- 5.6
- kWh/m²/day irradiance
- 14.5¢
- avg electricity rate
- 12 yr
- payback (#14)
- 4
- incentive programs
EIA Form 860 nameplate strip
Nameplate FL · Florida score #7/51
Florida | 47/100 | 12 yr payback | 11.0 GW
- BOOK 47/100
- VS-AVG #7/51
- GW 5.6 kWh
- IRR 14.5c/kWh
- STRIP 12 yr
- FORM860 11.0 GW
- MW 4 programs
- SCORE near Colorado
Stamps derive from this state's NREL irradiance, EIA Form 860 / Electric Power Monthly nameplate, and DSIRE incentive row (score, rank, sun, rate, payback, capacity, programs, peer), not a quote or site assessment. Modeled figures use a typical 6 kW system; your roof, shading, and utility tariff decide the real return. See our disclaimer. Verify with EIA Form 860 → · Read with methodology → · Net-metering guide → · Personalized estimate → · All state rows → · States ranked → · Payback vs U.S. avg (14.2 yr): 2.2 yr faster
Modeled 6 kW payback · Florida and nearest peers
Shorter bars = faster simple payback on the NREL/EIA model
- VT
Vermont
12 years
- TX
Texas
12 years
- NV
Nevada
12 years
- FL
Florida
12 years
- CO
Colorado
12 years
- NJ
New Jersey
13 years
What this shows Florida sits at 12 years among nearest payback peers (2.2 yr faster vs the 14.2-yr U.S. average).
Fast-band 25-year ROI · Florida
$17,100
system cost
$1,423/yr
modeled savings
12 yr
break-even
+$18,475
25-year net
At $17,100 and $1,423/yr, Florida is already in the faster third of modeled paybacks. Roof, shading, and tariff still move the real number. Run a personalized estimate →
Installed solar capacity in Florida, 2009–2024
Total solar nameplate capacity in Florida reported to the EIA, utility-scale and reported distributed systems. The number of reporting facilities grew 193x (1 to 193) between 2009 and 2024, and the average site size grew from 25 MW to 57 MW per site, a shift toward larger utility-scale installations.
Florida on the sun-and-speed corner
Irradiance 5.6 kWh/m²/day (at/above the 4.8 national mean) vs 12-yr payback (fast band vs 14.2-yr mean). Crosshairs mark those means.
Solar & grid details
- Net-metering policy
- full
- Renewable portfolio standard
- Voluntary (40% by 2030)
- Installed cost / watt
- $2.85/W
- Annual production (6 kW)
- 9,811 kWh
- Installed capacity (EIA 2024)
- 11.0 GW
- Notable programs
- FPL SolarTogether, Duke Energy Solar Choice
Top incentive programs
4 programs available for Florida residents
All Florida solar incentives (4)
FL Solar Energy Property Tax Exemption
Full property tax exemption
Florida Constitution exempts residential solar systems from property tax assessment.
Tax exemptionFL Solar Sales Tax Exemption
Sales tax exemption
Solar energy equipment for residential use is exempt from Florida sales tax.
Net meteringFL Net Metering
Retail rate credit (through 2029)
Florida utilities provide full retail net metering. After 2029, transitioning to avoided cost.
Authorized through 2029-12-31
RebateFPL SolarTogether Community Solar
Bill credits for subscribers
FPL SolarTogether allows customers without rooftop access to subscribe to community solar.
Other fast-payback peers for Florida
Two non-geographic peer sets for Florida: composite score neighbors and payback-year neighbors (deduped so each row links a distinct comparison).
Similar composite solar score
Nearest nationwide matches on the NREL/EIA/DSIRE blend (47/100 here).
- Colorado · score 45/100
- Texas · score 49/100
- Connecticut · score 41/100
- Massachusetts · score 41/100
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on published composite scores and modeled 6 kW payback years; rankings above use the same fields but sort the full corpus.
Solar resource from NREL; electricity rates and installed capacity from the U.S. EIA; incentive programs from DSIRE. See our methodology.