Florida Net Metering Guide
Compare how FPL, Duke, Tampa Electric, OUC, SECO and KUA credit the solar power you send to the grid.
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Updated October 8, 2026. We recheck utility rules before every design.
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Florida Power & Light
Exports offset your usage kWh for kWh. Extra rolls forward, and what is left in December is paid at a lower wholesale rate.
Open guideDuke Energy Florida
Full retail monthly net metering under Florida’s PSC rule. Unused credits are paid early the next year at a wholesale rate.
Open guideTampa Electric
Exports earn the retail energy rate each month. Net metered homes cannot use Energy Planner.
Open guideOrlando Utilities Commission
Accounts that applied before July 1, 2025 keep near-retail credit to 2045. Newer systems drop to about 5.5¢ on November 1, 2026.
Open guideSECO Energy
Exports earn SECO’s wholesale power cost, about 9.5¢ a kWh, so solar you use at home is worth more.
Open guideKissimmee Utility Authority
Exports earn a wholesale energy rate, so daytime use, right sizing and batteries matter.
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What is one exported kWh worth?
Solar you use at home avoids buying that kilowatt-hour. Solar you send to the grid earns whatever your utility credits for it. Pick your utility to compare.
Florida Power & Light
Retail monthly nettingUsed in your home
Reduces the electricity you buy from FPL.
Sent to the grid
Offsets usage under FPL’s monthly net metering. Extra becomes a kWh reserve that carries to the next month.
Left at year end
A reserve still unused at the December meter read becomes a bill credit at FPL’s average wholesale rate, a few cents per kWh.
What it means for design
Size to your yearly use. FPL requires estimated production under 115% of the last 12 months, and every bill has a $30 minimum.
Duke Energy Florida
Retail monthly nettingUsed in your home
Reduces the electricity you buy from Duke.
Sent to the grid
Credited toward energy use in the next billing cycle. Credits can carry forward for up to 12 months.
Left at year end
Unused credits are paid early the next year at Duke’s average wholesale (as-available) energy rate.
What it means for design
Offset realistic annual use and avoid a large surplus valued at the lower year-end rate.
Tampa Electric
Retail energy creditUsed in your home
Reduces the electricity you buy from Tampa Electric.
Sent to the grid
Tampa Electric states that excess receives a credit based on the current retail energy rate. Extra can bank for a later month.
Left at year end
Credit still unused at year end is paid at Tampa Electric’s average wholesale (as-available) rate.
What it means for design
Energy Planner customers must move to the standard residential rate when they add a net meter.
Orlando Utilities Commission
Depends on the account dateUsed in your home
Reduces the electricity you buy from OUC.
Sent to the grid
Applied before July 1, 2025: near-retail credit through June 30, 2045. Applied later: full retail through October 31, 2026, then about 5.5¢ a kWh through June 30, 2030, then OUC’s fuel rate.
After October 31, 2026
The solar bank ends. Exports get a dollar credit in the month they are received, with no annual true-up.
What it means for design
Using solar at home matters more. Taking OUC’s $2,000 battery rebate gives up grandfathered credit.
SECO Energy
Wholesale creditUsed in your home
Avoids buying that energy from SECO.
Sent to the grid
Credited at SECO’s wholesale power cost, a base of 9.5¢ a kWh plus a monthly adjustment, below the retail price you pay.
Good to know
SECO says rates and policy can change, and current practices are not necessarily grandfathered.
What it means for design
Use more of your solar at home. Oversizing for exports can weaken the economics.
Kissimmee Utility Authority
Avoided-cost creditUsed in your home
Avoids a retail purchase from KUA.
Sent to the grid
Credited at KUA’s wholesale energy rate, reset each quarter, plus a small avoided cost credit.
Left over
Extra credit applies to a later bill. KUA states that unused credits are paid if you close the account.
What it means for design
Daytime use, right-sized systems and batteries matter more than total annual production.
Summarized from each utility’s published rules, checked October 8, 2026. We confirm your utility’s current terms before we design.
Why your utility matters
Net metering rules vary.
FPL, Duke, Tampa Electric, OUC, SECO, and KUA do not all credit solar exports the same way. We start with your service address and current tariff.
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