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- FPL SolarTogether was designed to give all FPL customers, whether you rent or own your home, an opportunity to directly participate in the benefits of Florida-based solar energy. Participants pay a fixed monthly subscription charge that fits their budget and will receive monthly subscription credits on their FPL bill.
- FPL is committed to advancing the use of clean solar energy in Florida. The program is designed to provide customers who may not have the ability or desire to install their own solar rooftop systems, with an affordable and accessible alternative to participate in the benefits of solar energy while directly supporting the expansion of solar in Florida.
- All FPL customers and all rate classes are eligible to participate in the program whether you own or rent your residence. The monthly subscription charge and subscription credit rates are the same for all rate classes.
- The program is available throughout FPL’s service territory on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to subscription availability.
- To participate in the SolarTogether program, your account must be current with no delinquent balances, in addition, there must be 12-months of usage data associated with your premise and at least one month of billing usage.
- Participation in the FPL SolarTogether program may also be terminated by FPL if you become subject to collection actions on your FPL account.
- No, panels will not be installed on your roof or your property.
- As a participant, your program subscription charges and credits represent your portion of the energy generated by the FPL SolarTogether solar energy centers.
- No, the power generated by the FPL SolarTogether solar plants will be delivered directly to the energy grid, where it is combined with power generated from conventional energy sources in FPL’s system.
- If you receive a “Reserved” confirmation status upon enrolling, your enrollment will become active when the solar energy centers associated with your subscription(s) become operational. Your “Reserved” status guarantees your subscription to the program.
- You will receive confirmation of your projected billing start date during the enrollment process or you can access this information on your FPL SolarTogether dashboard on FPL.com.
- If FPL SolarTogether is fully subscribed, you will be able to join a waitlist and will be notified when more subscriptions become available.
- Customers who are on the waitlist will be notified based on the order you joined the waitlist and will have two weeks to enroll. You can ask to be removed from the waitlist at any time.
- Subscription availability can occur when an:
- Existing participant decreases their subscription; or
- Existing participant unsubscribes from the FPL SolarTogether program
- The original rollout of the SolarTogether program was successful and sold out quickly while we maintained a robust waitlist. The extension of the program will give even more customers an opportunity to enjoy the financial and economic benefits of solar energy while moving Florida’s clean energy future forward.
- The SolarTogether program extension will add 24 additional solar energy centers totaling 1,788 MW of additional solar capacity. These additional 24 solar energy centers will be strategically located across Florida to generate maximum solar output even when it may be cloudy in parts of the state.
- As part of the extension, there will be an improved subscription credit rate schedule, which will become effective for existing participants on April 1, 2022.
- Customers who are already enrolled in SolarTogether and those who choose to enroll in the extension will all share in the increased benefits of 44 SolarTogether energy centers – making the program accessible and fair for long-time participants, as well as new enrollees.
- The extension of the FPL SolarTogether™ program will add 24 additional solar energy centers – 1,788 MW of additional SolarTogether subscription capacity.
- As part of the extension, there will be an improved subscription credit rate schedule, which will become effective for existing participants on April 1, 2022.
- Construction for the first 3 of the 24 new solar energy centers is expected to complete by early 2023, at which time new subscriptions will be available for enrollment and billing.
- The principal features of the original program, such as the subscription charge, benefits of the program, and the estimated time of payback, will apply to all participants and be part of one holistic SolarTogether program.
- No changes will be made to the SolarTogether Subscription Charge. It will remain $6.76 per kilowatt subscribed. However, the additional 24 solar energy centers will add more value to the program. As a result, FPL will be implementing an improved Subscription Credit rate schedule, which will become effective for existing participants on April 1, 2022.
- Customers who are already enrolled in SolarTogether and those who choose to enroll in the extension will all share in the increased benefits that result from a 44 solar energy center program – making the program accessible and fair for long-time participants and new enrollees.
- No. Existing program participants will begin to benefit from the revised rate schedule starting on April 1, 2022.
- FPL will build, operate and maintain twenty new solar power plants (for a total of 44 dedicated to the program) throughout FPL’s service territory dedicated to this program. To participate, you must live or do business within FPL’s service territory.
- As a participant in the FPL SolarTogether program, you can choose to have up to 100% of your annual energy usage come from solar*.
- The monthly subscription charge is a fixed dollar amount per kilowatt subscribed. This charge reflects the costs related to constructing, operating and maintaining the solar plants being built by FPL to support this program.
- The fixed subscription charge per kilowatt is set at $6.76.
- A typical customer with a $150 bill would have a maximum subscription of 7 kW and would see a charge per month of $47.32.
- During enrollment, your kWh usage will be converted to kW to determine your maximum subscription level. Subscription units may only be purchased in 1 kW increments.
- The monthly subscription credit represents your share of the solar energy produced by the solar power plants in a given month, multiplied by the subscription credit rate. The subscription credit rate will increase annually, subsequently, your monthly subscription credits are expected to increase the longer you are in the program, reducing your bill over time.
- Program subscription credits are based on the actual monthly solar generation produced by the SolarTogether energy centers.
- It is important to understand that in any given month, season, or year, actual credits may be lower or higher than the average. Actual solar generation is influenced by varying weather conditions, such as cloudiness, temperature, the angle of the sun, rainfall and other factors. Due to this weather variability, it is expected that actual subscription credits will vary from the estimated generation on a month-month, year-to-year or over multi-year periods.
- Monthly savings are expected to vary month-to-month and year-to-year because program subscription credits are based on the actual monthly solar generation generated by SolarTogether energy centers. Savings could be higher or lower on an annual basis due to weather events that impact generation.
- Your subscription credit will vary month-to-month based on inconsistencies with the weather that impact the amount of sunlight the solar panels are exposed to, both in the number of hours of sunlight and the intensity of the sun.
- For example, during Florida’s dry season, you may see higher monthly credits. Comparatively, during the rainy season, the weather is likely to reduce the amount of energy generated as the sunlight is less intense due to clouds and rain, resulting in lower credits.
- Because the solar power plants dedicated to this program are located throughout FPL’s service territory, you benefit from solar generation even if it’s raining and cloudy at your home.
- The monthly subscription charge and credit will appear as individual line items on your FPL bill.
- Subscription requests will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Upon completion of the enrollment process, you will receive a confirmation email or letter detailing your subscription, including subscription level, monthly subscription charge and projected billing start date.
- During enrollment, the online tool showed the Net Cost of your subscription which is equal to your Monthly Subscription Charge minus your estimated Monthly Subscription Credit.
- Your email confirmation only shows your subscription level and Monthly Subscription Charge.
- Monthly Subscription Charge is equal to $6.76 multiplied by your subscription level, kW).
- Your Monthly Subscription Credit represents your portion of the actual solar power generated.
- A kilowatt (kW) is 1,000 watts, which is a measure of power. A kilowatt-hour (kWh) is a measure of how much energy you’re using.
- To calculate kWh from kW, multiply the kW number by the time in hours.
- For example, a 3 kW appliance, if used for 3.5 hours, would be 3 x 3.5, which equals 10.5 kWh of energy.
- Enrolling will not change the number of kWh you consume every month, it will have no impact on your existing electric rate structure, time-of-use charges and/or demand charges.
- Your monthly subscription charge and credit will appear as individual line items on your FPL bill.
- You may elect to reduce your subscription or unsubscribe from the FPL SolarTogether program at any time, after your first billing cycle in the program. Refunds will not be provided for any subscription and you will not be able to re-enroll for a 12-month period, subject to subscription availability.
- If you unsubscribe, your cancellation will become effective and your subscription charge and subscription credit will be assessed in the billing period in which you unsubscribed.
- If your enrollment status is confirmed as “Reserved”, you will be able to unsubscribe from the program up to 30 days before your projected billing start date. Your projected billing start date will be provided during the enrollment process or you can access this information on your FPL SolarTogether dashboard on FPL.com.
- You may increase your subscription amount once per year within 30 days following your enrollment anniversary date.
- The FPL SolarTogether program is voluntary, you may elect to unsubscribe from the program at any time, after your first billing cycle in the program. Refunds will not be issued for any subscription and you will not be able to re-enroll for a 12-month period, subject to subscription availability.
- If you unsubscribe, your cancellation will become effective and your subscription charge and subscription credit will be assessed in the billing period in which you unsubscribed.
- After you complete the enrollment process, you will receive confirmation of your projected billing start date or you can access this information on your FPL SolarTogether dashboard on FPL.com.
- Initially, we expect that you will see a slight increase in your monthly FPL bill before you realize a net bill reduction within 3 to 5 years.
- We estimate that you could achieve break-even in approximately 7 years. Break-even is the point at which your total subscription credits received are more than your total subscription charges.
- Yes, your subscription is transferable if you move within FPL’s service territory and the account remains under the same name.
- A Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) represents one-megawatt-hour of electricity from a renewable power plant such as the FPL SolarTogether solar power plants.
- Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) will be retired on the customer’s behalf to further optimize the program and better align with industry best practices.
- The FPL SolarTogether program will include availability of subscription for qualifying low-income participants. Customers who participate in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), Emergency Home Energy Assistance for the Elderly Program (EHEAP), or the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) will be pre-approved for this program.
- We will be working with our third-party partners to help administer this segment of the program.
- No. The monthly subscription charge already factors in the financial benefits associated with the Federal Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC).
- Like all FPL solar power plants, the FPL SolarTogether plants are built to local wind and building codes. To date, our solar plants have performed extremely well during major storms, including hurricanes Matthew and Irma.
- FPL is responsible for operating and maintaining the solar power plants. Post-storm, there may be some damage or loss, resulting in lower solar power. As a result, your credit could be lower.
- Power from the SolarTogether solar energy centers cannot be used as a backup power source during an outage.
- FPL SolarTogether and FPL SolarNow are two distinct programs. The FPL SolarNow program enables participating customers to support small solar arrays installed in local communities throughout Florida, such as parks, zoos and museums, and further the education of solar power
- FPL SolarTogether would provide all FPL customers with an alternative option to participate in the economic and environmental benefits of solar energy while earning monthly bill credits on their FPL bill. Credits will increase the longer they are in the program, reducing their bill over time.
- No, FPL SolarNow will not be impacted by this new program. Customers can remain enrolled in FPL SolarNow and are also eligible to participate in FPL SolarTogether.
- FPL supports private solar, and we continue to work with our customers who choose private solar and their installers to help ensure the safe interconnection of their systems.
- The FPL SolarTogether program provides all customers with an affordable and accessible solar option. Customers will not be bound to a long-term contract, financing, installation, equipment or termination fees. Subscription is also transferable if participants move within FPL’s service territory.
- Please refer to the FPL SolarTogether program Terms & Conditions for complete information.