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Solar Installation

Going solar in Lake Mary

Lake Mary is served by two different electric companies, and that belongs at the top of any solar conversation here rather than in a footnote. Lake Mary appears in FPL's official tariff under Seminole County, and the city itself lists both providers on its contacts page and again on its hurricane page. So the very first thing that gets established is which company reads your particular meter. We take that from the meter and the bill, not from the street name.

Both Florida Power & Light and Duke Energy Florida are investor-owned utilities, and both credit exported solar at the retail rate, one for one. That is the good news for a divided territory. What differs is the rate per kilowatt-hour, the interconnection application itself, and how each company processes and schedules its review. A payback figure is only as reliable as the utility assumption sitting underneath it, so that assumption gets verified before it gets used.

After the utility question, the roof takes over. Panels are installed for a twenty-five year working life, and mounting them over a covering with a handful of years left means paying for removal and reinstallation later. Homes around Colonial TownPark and along the Lake Mary Boulevard corridor vary in age, so a remaining-life estimate and a deck inspection come before anyone talks about panel count or monthly payment.

The rest is central Florida engineering. Florida's wind code drives attachment spacing and anchor count, hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30, and this region records the heaviest lightning activity in the country, which makes grounding and surge protection worth specifying carefully. Permits run through the City of Lake Mary or Seminole County depending on the parcel. Lake Mary sits inside the working radius of our Orlando crew.

What We Check

What we settle before a Lake Mary install

Utility confirmed from the meter, not the mapBecause Lake Mary is split between FPL and Duke, we read the provider off the meter and a recent bill before modeling anything. Getting this wrong means the wrong rate, the wrong application form and the wrong review process, which is a delay nobody needs.
Interconnection filed with the right companyOnce the provider is confirmed, the interconnection application goes to that utility with the design, equipment specifications and one-line diagram. Each company runs its own review, and the system cannot be energized until that company issues permission to operate.
Rate assumptions stated openlyBoth providers credit exports at retail, one for one, but the underlying rate differs. We show which tariff the savings estimate uses and where the figure comes from, so the number can be checked against your own bill rather than taken on faith.
Roof life before array layoutThe covering is inspected and given a remaining-life estimate before design begins. A roof with under ten years left turns the conversation toward roofing first. Reinstalling an array after a re-roof is pure repeat labor that a single inspection can avoid entirely.
Wind attachment engineered for the siteAnchor count, rail span and attachment spacing come out of a wind calculation for your roof geometry and location, and that calculation is submitted with the permit. Hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30, so the attachment plan is not the place to economize.
Permits and association documentationDepending on the parcel, permitting goes through the City of Lake Mary or Seminole County. Where a homeowners association governs, Florida law limits what it can prohibit on solar, though placement visible from the street may be discussed. We submit and keep the written response.
FAQ

Solar service in Lake Mary — common questions

Both, depending on the address. Lake Mary appears in FPL's official tariff under Seminole County, and the city lists both providers on its own contacts and hurricane pages. Florida's market is regulated, so the provider comes with the address. We confirm which one serves you by reading the meter and a recent bill.

It can, because the rate per kilowatt-hour differs between the two companies even though both credit exports at retail, one for one. The savings figure is built from whichever tariff applies to your address. That is exactly why the provider gets confirmed before any estimate is produced rather than after.

We do, to whichever utility serves your address. The package includes the system design, equipment specifications and the electrical one-line diagram. The utility reviews how the array connects to its grid, and the system must remain de-energized until that company issues permission to operate. We track the application through to authorization.

Central Florida records the highest lightning density in the country, so grounding and surge protection are treated as core specification rather than an upsell. That means proper equipment grounding, bonding of the racking, and surge protective devices at the inverter and the service panel, all installed as part of the original work.

If the covering has under roughly ten years of service life left, yes. Panels are mounted for decades, so a roof replacement afterward forces a removal and reinstall with real labor attached. We inspect the covering and the deck first and give a straight answer before designing anything on top of it.

Also in Lake Mary

Other solar work we do here

Repair & maintenanceDiagnostics, inverter faults, monitoring and post-storm checks.Removal & reinstallationTaking the array down for a new roof, and putting it back correctly.
Florida Service Areas

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