Solar by state
Solar in Florida, by the numbers
Utilities and their rates, adoption, ten years of growth, batteries, ownership, state rules and installer licensing in Florida, from federal 2024 data.
Florida in brief
2.77% of Florida homes had rooftop solar in 2024, the 19th-highest of 51 (3.55% nationally). Power cost 14.14¢/kWh, below the national 16.48¢, and the average system was 8.88 kW. Florida Power & Light Company serves 50.2% of homes.
Where does Florida stand out?
The four measures, beyond price and adoption, on which Florida sits furthest from the middle of the ranking.
Florida solar in numbers, 2024
Every Florida figure next to the national one, with its place in the ranking (highest first, out of the jurisdictions reporting it).
| Measure | Florida | United States | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with a metered rooftop system | 2.77% | 3.55% | 19th-highest of 51 |
| Rooftop systems counted | 289,774 | 5,077,543 | 3rd-highest of 51 |
| Average system size | 8.88 kW | 6.74 kW | 6th-highest of 51 |
| Residential price | 14.14¢/kWh | 16.48¢/kWh | 19th-lowest of 51 |
| Average monthly bill | $156.09 | $142.26 | 10th-highest of 51 |
| Use per home | 13,250 kWh/yr | 10,359 kWh/yr | 5th-highest of 51 |
| Systems with a battery | 1.08% | 5.86% | 20th-lowest of 47 |
| Leased or on a PPA | 13.5% | 29.1% | 19th-highest of 38 |
| Growth in systems, five years | 38.9% a year | — | 8th-highest of 51 |
| Minutes without power per customer | 1,488 | 297 (median state) | 5th-highest of 51 |
| Homes on a time-varying rate | 0.08% | 11.1% | 4th-lowest of 51 |
| Installed rooftop capacity | 2,572.1 MW | 34,226 MW | — |
Source: US EIA, Form EIA-861, 2024 final release, retrieved 2 September 2026. The Florida ratios and ranks are HyreSolar calculations from EIA inputs.
Which utility serves Florida, and what does it charge?
The 8 largest utilities selling to Florida homes, by residential customers, with the price full-service customers paid and how many run net-metered solar.
| Utility | Type | Homes served | Price per kWh | Use per home, monthly | Net-metered systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Power & Light Company | Investor-owned | 5,236,277 (50.2%) | 13.71¢ | 1,129 kWh | 108,585 (2.1%) |
| Duke Energy Florida, LLC | Investor-owned | 1,793,067 (17.2%) | 16.63¢ | 1,024 kWh | 94,005 (5.2%) |
| Tampa Electric Company | Investor-owned | 757,280 (7.3%) | 14.67¢ | 1,130 kWh | 28,828 (3.8%) |
| JEA | Municipal | 470,564 (4.5%) | 12.43¢ | 1,066 kWh | 6,257 (1.3%) |
| Orlando Utilities Commission | Municipal | 248,683 (2.4%) | 15.24¢ | 984 kWh | 10,545 (4.2%) |
| Lee County Electric Co-op, Inc | Co-op | 231,142 (2.2%) | 13.54¢ | 1,177 kWh | 9,402 (4.1%) |
| Withlacoochee River Electric Co-op | Co-op | 229,375 (2.2%) | 12.35¢ | 1,224 kWh | 5,212 (2.3%) |
| Sumter Electric Co-op | Co-op | 228,855 (2.2%) | 13.09¢ | 1,023 kWh | 6,192 (2.7%) |
Source: US EIA, Form EIA-861 2024, Sales to Ultimate Customers and Net Metering, utility level, retrieved 5 October 2026. Shares are of 10,424,857 Florida residential accounts. Each Florida price is residential revenue divided by sales for full-service customers (HyreSolar calculation); a wires company’s price is its default-service price.
What do the Florida utility figures mean for a solar quote?
EIA-861 lists 37 utilities serving homes in Florida in 2024, across 10,424,857 residential accounts. The three largest, Florida Power & Light Company, Duke Energy Florida, LLC and Tampa Electric Company, served 74.7% of those homes. By ownership: investor-owned utilities 74.9%, municipal utilities 13.2% and electric cooperatives 11.7%.
All 10,424,857 Florida residential accounts bought energy from the utility that delivers it; EIA counted none on a competitive supplier. So a Florida utility’s own tariff sets both the price you avoid and the credit for what you export.
Florida Power & Light Company, the largest, served 5,236,277 Florida homes (50.2%). Its full-service residential customers paid 13.71¢ per kWh, below the Florida average of 14.14¢, and used 1,129 kWh a month on average. 108,585 of its customers ran net-metered rooftop solar, 2.1% of its homes against 2.77% statewide.
Among the 36 Florida utilities with at least 5,000 residential customers and a full-service price, the price ran from 10.83¢ at City of Bartow to 18.01¢ at Florida Public Utilities Company.
At the Florida average of 13,250 kWh a year, that 7.18¢ gap is worth about $951 a year (our arithmetic), so the same system offsets more money in one territory than the other.
Price a quote on your own utility’s rate, not the 14.14¢ Florida average.
Rooftop solar is concentrated: Florida Power & Light Company alone accounts for 108,585 net-metered residential systems, about 37% of the 289,774 counted in Florida, and 36 Florida utilities reported any at all. The highest adoption among the larger utilities was at Duke Energy Florida, LLC, where 5.2% of homes had a system.
What does power cost in Florida, and why does it matter?
Residential electricity in Florida averaged 14.14¢ per kilowatt-hour in 2024, the 19th-lowest of 51 and below the national 16.48¢. The price sits near the middle of the 51. With the retail rate unremarkable, what your utility pays for exported power can decide the result.
The average Florida household bill was $156.09 a month ($1,873 a year), the 10th-highest of 51, against $142.26 nationally. That $1,873 is the ceiling on what solar could save a typical Florida home, before fixed monthly charges.
Only 0.08% of Florida homes were on a time-varying rate in 2024 (11.1% nationally), so a flat rate is the likely starting point. 94.5% of Florida residential meters were smart meters (83.8% nationally), and a time-varying rate needs one. How time-of-use changes solar.
How many Florida homes have solar?
Florida had 289,774 rooftop systems on net metering in 2024, across 10,443,373 residential accounts: 2.77% of homes, the 19th-highest of 51. Adoption in Florida sits above the middle of the 51, so there is a working installer market to choose between.
The Florida market counted 39,146 more systems in 2024 than in 2023 and has grown 38.9% a year over five years, the 8th-highest of 51. Where growth has turned nationally.
How has Florida solar changed since 2014?
Florida counted 6,778 net-metered rooftop systems in 2014 and 289,774 in 2024, 42.8 times as many. The share of homes with one moved from 0.08% to 2.77%. The biggest one-year addition came in 2023, with 61,479 more systems than the year before.
| Year | Rooftop systems | Share of homes | Average size | Residential price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6,778 | 0.08% | 5.4 kW | 11.89¢ |
| 2016 | 13,902 | 0.15% | 6.0 kW | 10.98¢ |
| 2018 | 33,291 | 0.35% | 6.5 kW | 11.54¢ |
| 2020 | 87,068 | 0.89% | 7.6 kW | 11.27¢ |
| 2022 | 189,149 | 1.88% | 8.4 kW | 13.90¢ |
| 2024 | 289,774 | 2.77% | 8.9 kW | 14.14¢ |
Source: US EIA, Form EIA-861 annual files 2014–2024, net-metered residential systems, retrieved 2 September 2026. Florida shares and sizes are HyreSolar calculations.
What does the Florida trend mean for a savings estimate?
Over the same years the Florida residential price went from 11.89¢ to 14.14¢ per kWh, up 19%, and the average system from 5.4 kW to 8.9 kW. With Florida prices up 19% across ten years, a savings estimate that assumes steep yearly rate rises is assuming more than this record shows.
How big is a typical Florida system?
The average Florida system was 8.88 kW in 2024, the 6th-highest of 51, against 6.74 kW nationally. Florida homes used 13,250 kilowatt-hours a year each, the 5th-highest of 51.
A Florida home using 13,250 kWh is an average, not a design input: size from your own twelve months of bills and usable roof with cost by system size and the system size calculator.
Who owns the systems in Florida?
In Florida, 13.5% of systems were third-party owned in 2024: leased, or on a power purchase agreement (PPA), rather than owned by the household. That is the 19th-highest of 38, against 29.1% nationally.
Leases and power purchase agreements are a minority in Florida, and may be offered alongside purchase. Whoever owns a Florida system claims any tax credit on it: Section 48E explained.
Do Florida homes add batteries?
In Florida, 1.08% of solar systems were paired with a battery in 2024 (3,120 systems), the 20th-lowest of 47. Florida’s share is well under half the national 5.86%.
On reliability, the average Florida customer went 1,488 minutes without power in 2024 counting major storms, and 67 minutes without them. The median state saw 297. Outages in every state.
Whether a battery pays in Florida turns on your utility’s export credit and your own outage history: what a home battery does.
Which Florida solar laws have we read?
Florida statutes we read ourselves. Any rule not listed here is one we have not read, not one that does not exist.
How long you have to cancel a contract
3 business days, from signing; Saturday counts as a business day. This is the general home solicitation rule, which reaches solar sales.
Fla. Stat. § 501.025. Read at source September 2, 2026. Solar sales rules by state
Property tax on the added value
Exclusion from assessed value: 100% for residential devices installed on or after January 1, 2013. The current subsections expire December 31, 2037.
Fla. Stat. § 193.624. Read at source September 2, 2026. Property tax exemptions
What an HOA can and cannot block
The Florida access statute tests an association’s restriction two ways. On cost: no cost trigger. On output: only a rule on roof placement within 45° of due south, and only if it does not impair effective operation.
Fla. Stat. § 163.04. Read at source September 2, 2026. Solar access rights by state
How do you check a solar company’s license in Florida?
We checked 76 Florida solar companies from June to August 2026 against the state license register. 1.3% of those did not hold a current license when checked (1 expired).
Ask which license a company holds, then confirm the number with the issuing authority yourself.
These counts describe the companies we checked on those dates, not every company in Florida, and a license current then may have lapsed since. How to verify a solar license.
Which states are closest to Florida on adoption?
The six jurisdictions nearest to Florida’s 2.77% share of homes with rooftop solar.
Where do the Florida numbers come from?
The Florida figures are HyreSolar calculations from the Form EIA-861 annual files: 289,774 net-metered residential systems counted against 10,443,373 residential accounts, sizes as means, and 37 utility-level rows for the utility table, matched to net-metering records by EIA utility number.
The method and limits cover all 51; the Florida row is in the data as a CSV.
No Florida figure here is an estimate for one home: your roof, usage, utility tariff and tax position decide that.
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