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Roof condition and wind rating
Attachment and uplift matter here in a way they do not in most states. If the roof needs work, that happens first — pulling an array off and putting it back is an expensive lesson.
Florida homeowners
Is solar worth it in Florida?
Often, yes — the sun cooperates here. But there is one thing about grid-tied solar that almost nobody mentions in Florida of all places, and you should hear it before you sign anything.
Education first. No obligation, and never a guarantee of savings.
Start with this.
Panels alone go dark in an outage
Grid-tied solar shuts down when the power goes out. Sunny day, full roof, no power in the house.
There is no zero down here
Solar costs money. We are competitive, and we would rather say that than dress it up.
The roof decides the order
Wind rating and roof condition come before panel choice, and in this state that is not a formality.
The outage thing nobody mentions
This surprises more Florida homeowners than any other single fact about solar.
If the grid goes down and you have panels but no storage, your system shuts off too. That is not a fault, it is deliberate — a system feeding power into lines that crews are working on would be dangerous, so it disconnects itself the moment the grid drops.
Which means the storm scenario people picture when they buy solar in Florida, the one where the neighborhood is dark and your house is fine, does not happen with panels alone. It happens with storage. That distinction is worth more here than almost anywhere in the country, and it is the part that tends to go unsaid until the first outage.
Whoever stores the power controls the power. During a storm that stops being a billing argument and becomes a very practical one.
And the bill in normal weather
Outside of storm season the math looks like it does anywhere else. Your roof produces its best between roughly ten in the morning and five in the afternoon, and your house spends the most from about eight to ten in the morning and again from five to nine at night. The expensive hours sit outside the sun's window.
What you make at midday goes out to the grid, and what you are credited for it is generally worth less than what you pay to buy power back in the evening. Mike puts it in cookies: you bake four, your utility takes them, and hands you back one. Florida's rules on this are not Texas's rules, and what your own plan does with exported power is one of the specific things we check rather than assume.
What actually decides it on your house
Four things, and the brand of panel is not one of them.
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How much an outage costs you
Medication that needs refrigeration, someone working from home, a well pump. The value of staying on is different for every household and it is worth naming honestly.
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What your plan credits
The rate you are credited for exported power changes the whole calculation, and it is not the same for every home or every plan. We read yours rather than guess.
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When you run the air conditioning
In this climate cooling is most of the bill, and the hours you run it decide how much of your own production you actually get to use.
How this works
A person calls you, and the person is the one who knows the answer.
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You ask for a review
Tell us about the house and what the bill has been doing.
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Mike calls you back
A real call to set a real time. Not a queue, not a script.
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We look at your house
Roof, shade, usage, outage risk, and what your plan credits. Then a plain explanation.
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You decide
And if your house is not a good fit, you will hear that too. Saying so is the job.
Common questions
Do solar panels work during a power outage in Florida?
Not on their own. A grid-tied system disconnects when the grid goes down, so the panels stop supplying the house even in full sun. That is a safety requirement, not a defect. Storage is what lets the house keep running, because it can operate separately from the grid.
Is solar worth it in Florida?
For many homes here the sun makes a strong case. What decides it is your roof and its wind rating, what an outage actually costs your household, what your plan credits you for exported power, and when you run cooling. Those four together, not the panels themselves.
Will solar eliminate my electric bill in Florida?
Rarely on its own. Panels produce in the middle of the day and most homes spend the most in the morning and the evening, so without storage you send power out cheap and buy it back dearer. Storage is what closes that gap.
Do you offer zero down solar?
No. Solar costs money and we say so plainly. We are competitive on what we charge, and we would rather have an honest conversation than lead with a number that turns out to mean something else later.
What about hurricanes and my roof?
Roof condition and attachment get looked at before anything else. If the roof is near the end of its life, that is handled first. This is the part of a Florida install where shortcuts are most expensive.
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