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A Duke Energy Florida account needs a Florida-specific analysis. Programs and tariff rules from Duke’s other states should not appear in a Florida proposal.
Build the account record
Record the service address, rate-schedule identifier, billed kWh and billed kW for each month. Identify riders, minimum billing provisions and any demand ratchet from the applicable tariff. Request interval data and operating schedules for a peak-control study.
Use the official tier process
Duke publishes tier-based generation connection processes. Its official business Tier 2 page is linked in the sources, but direct retrieval was blocked during preparation. Application fees, insurance amounts, exact boundary definitions and approval timing remain verification fields; do not substitute FPL values or unsourced figures. Capture the current Florida agreement before enabling a numeric interconnection summary.
Compare energy and demand savings separately
Run solar-only and solar-plus-storage cases against the same baseline. For each case show imported energy, exported energy, peak demand and fixed costs. A monthly total does not identify the interval that sets billed demand. Storage power and duration need to fit the peak event and reserve obligations.
Connection is a project milestone
Ask the project team to confirm the selected tier, current agreement, one-line requirements, protection settings, utility upgrades, inspection and permission-to-operate steps. Budget a contingency for studies and upgrades. Do not advertise a fixed interconnection turnaround without a utility-supported commitment.
What the preliminary model delivers
The public calculator gives a transparent cash-ownership scenario using editable demonstration assumptions. A bill-based review should replace assumed rates and usage, document tariff version and separate tax eligibility from the engineering design. A report must identify any missing interval data before presenting demand savings.
What could solar change for your business?
Explore a free cash-ownership scenario. Send a bill for a preliminary financial review — the estimate itself is ungated.
Utility and roof selections help route your review. Rates and roof suitability are not inferred from these selections.
View and edit scenario assumptions
Demonstration assumptions: 12 W per usable sq ft; 1.5% annual maintenance; 0.5% annual degradation; 2% annual energy/maintenance escalation. No applied credit, depreciation, demand reduction, replacement cost or export revenue. A reviewed report must include project-specific replacements and tax timing.
- Illustrative system size
- 198.0 kW DC
- Year-1 tax benefits applied
- $0
- 25-year cash NPV at 8%
- -$239,620
- Cumulative cash payback
- 20.3 years
Model assumptions & honest limits
- Illustrative cash-ownership model; not a tariff simulation or engineering proposal.
- All cost, yield and escalation defaults are demonstration assumptions, not sourced market quotes.
- Fixed charges, financing, property-tax savings and storage are excluded.
- Net operating savings are reduced by the entered effective tax rate; tax capacity and deductibility require review.
- Annual usage inferred from assumed energy-only share of spend; replace with bills.
- Export value is zero until applicable utility terms are confirmed.
- Tax benefits are zero until a project-specific schedule is confirmed.
Tax benefits start at zero pending project review. This estimate is not a quote, tariff simulation or guaranteed return.
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