Florida’s investor-owned utilities have attacked rooftop solar policies in the past. In 2016, they spent over $20 million on a failed effort to pass a deceptive ballot initiative, Amendment 1, which purported to support rooftop solar, but would have paved the way for more restrictions and fees on solar customers.
Florida is one of 47 states that allows residential and commercial customers who generate their electricity from solar power to sell the electricity they aren’t using back into the grid.
Of the over 20 million people in Florida, under 1% (60,000 customers) are currently enrolled in net metering, as reported by the PSC in 2019. The Commission reaffirmed its support of the current net metering policy in 2019, calling it “an effective means of encouraging the development of demand-side renewable energy systems that allow participants to offset their energy usage.”
Utilities said their customers pay about $39 million a year in infrastructure costs that solar users would have paid for. This also hurts low-income customers who shoulder these costs but can’t afford solar power.
Duke Energy has the highest rate of solar-generated power use, with 1.18% of customers net metering. Tampa Electric (0.7%), Gulf Power (0.5%) and Florida Power & Light (0.35%) also have growing solar contingencies. Utilities said increasing solar use requires them to upgrade equipment that provides power to homes, an expense they pass along to customers who are essentially subsidizing improvements from which they don’t benefit.
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