Solar in Miami, Florida
State-level figures below are sourced; city-specific claims carry an in-review label where unverified
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.
- Utility: FPL (plus municipal and co-op utilities)
- State guide: Florida — export rules, incentives, estimator
- Measured sun (Florida): {'abbr': 'fl', 'annual': 4.9, 'city': 'Tallahassee', 'lat': 30.438, 'lon': -84.281, 'm': [3.19, 4.12, 4.8, 6.31, 6.2, 6.61, 5.83, 6.06, 4.5, 4.74, 3.22, 3.15], 'name': 'Florida', 'tz': 'America/New_York'} (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: run the Florida estimator with your actual bill, then score three itemized bids with the quote scorecard.