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Solar in Miami, Florida: city-level honesty
Miami pairs very high sun with among the lowest residential rates in the country — the classic payback squeeze: cheap juice, so your math leans on storm insurance and net-metering credit value rather than the price of power.
UtilityFPL (plus municipal and co-op utilities)
Sun (state)4.90 kWh/m²/dayState guideFloridaCity claimsIn review until verified
Honesty gate: state-level figures below are sourced; city-specific claims stay labeled in review until verified against primary local data.
- Utility: FPL (plus municipal and co-op utilities)
- State guide: Florida — export rules, incentives and source notes
- Measured sun (Florida): 4.90 kWh/m²/day (source: 2024 solar radiation (GHI, kWh/m2/day) at each state's capital, Open-Meteo archive (ERA5 reanalysis), measured daily sums -> monthly means, fetched 2026-08-08. State-wide average for the capital's site; an exact roof differs (tilt, shade).)
What standing here means
Hurricane hardening and battery backup carry real weight here; the quote scorecard treats them as line items, not upsells.
The honest next step
City-level numbers come from real quotes, not websites: use the solar planning calculator with your bill and utility assumptions, then score three itemized bids with the quote scorecard.