Florida home solar statistics (2026)

• 3rd in the U.S. for total installed solar, on SEIA's Q3 2026 state data.
• 2nd for residential solar, on SEIA's March and September 2026 Florida fact sheets.
• 14,303 solar jobs and 473 solar companies in Florida, per SEIA's September 2026 fact sheet.

SEIA updates its state figures every quarter, so totals change from edition to edition.

More than 292,284 customer-owned solar systems had been installed statewide by the end of 2024, according to the Public Service Commission's review of utility plans. Those small customer-owned systems added up to about 2,794 MW, or 19% of Florida's renewable generating capacity. Duke Energy Florida alone reported 89,710 customer-owned renewable connections at the end of 2024.

Yes, fast. BloombergNEF projects 710 MW of new residential solar in Florida in 2026, up 62% from 2025, even after the federal homeowner tax credit ended. Florida installed more than 110 MW of home solar in the first three months of 2026, and BloombergNEF called it the fastest-growing state for residential solar. Nationally, BloombergNEF expects residential installations to fall about 15% in 2026, to 4.1 gigawatts.

The three big utilities' 2025 reports to the Public Service Commission give the most current counts of customer-owned systems:

• FPL: 124,467 customer-owned renewable systems at the end of 2025, about 1,227 MW AC.
• Duke Energy Florida: 97,364 systems, up from 89,710 a year earlier, about 951 MW AC.
• Tampa Electric: 32,516 systems, up from 29,026 at the end of 2024, about 355 MW AC.

Together that's 254,347 systems and about 2.5 GW. Most solar homes still buy more power than they send back: FPL's solar customers received about 1.83 billion kWh from FPL in 2025 and sent about 0.78 billion back. Year-end payouts for unused credits totaled only about $1.7 million across FPL's customers, because extra credit is paid at a low avoided-cost rate. See Florida net metering.

FPL's report lists every system by county. By our count of that list, the most FPL solar systems are in Brevard (13,760), Broward (12,975), Miami-Dade (11,850), Palm Beach (10,790), St. Lucie (8,726) and Sarasota (8,053) counties. See Florida solar by county for every county. In 2025 alone, Broward, Miami-Dade and Brevard each added more than 1,500.

The systems are getting bigger: by the same count, FPL systems connected in 2025 had a median size of about 10.7 kW DC, and about a third were large enough to land in Tier 2. See solar over 10 kW.

Still a small but growing share. The Florida Phoenix reported in September 2026 that a Public Service Commission report put renewables, mostly solar, at 8% of the power generated in Florida, with natural gas at nearly 75%. FPL generated 11% of its energy from solar in 2025, and its 10-year plan calls for 26% by 2035.

Most of that is utility-scale. FPL reported about 8,826 MW of solar across 120 solar energy centers in August 2026, which it calls the largest utility solar portfolio in the country.

EnergySage's 2026 Florida data puts the average at $30,557 for a 14.44 kW system, with most quotes between $25,973 and $35,141, before any incentives. Our estimator uses SolarReviews' October 2026 Florida average of $2.70 a watt, which puts a system for a $200 FPL bill at about $25,900 for a 9.6 kW. Prices vary by installer, which is why comparing quotes matters. See solar panel cost in Florida.

Florida homes also use more electricity than most: about 1,104 kWh a month in 2024, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, mostly for air conditioning. See the average electric bill in Florida.