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EV charger installation in Florida

Florida is second nationally for battery-electric registrations and has 1,121,525 electric and hybrid vehicles on the road. Its two largest electric utilities pay a residential charger rebate of exactly nothing. Several small municipal utilities and co-ops pay more than the expired federal credit ever did.


The Florida market

New EV registrations, 2025250,000+
Electric and hybrid vehicles registered1,121,525
National rank, battery-electric registrations2nd
Share of new vehicle registrations, 2025~10.5%

Programs that pay toward an install

Florida · install rebate
UNVERIFIED
Charger Prep Credit

A one-time credit toward the electrical infrastructure for a home charger. The announcement does not state the amount. Separately, an Off-Peak Charging Credit pays $7.50 per month.

The Charger Prep Credit amount is not stated in the announcement we read. The $7.50/month off-peak credit is stated. We show what is sourced and mark the rest.

UTILITY PROGRAM PAGE · SOURCE
VERIFIED 2026-08-27
Florida · install rebate
2026-08-27
Up to 100% of material cost

Covers up to the full material cost for qualifying units.

UTILITY PROGRAM PAGE · SOURCE
VERIFIED 2026-08-27
Florida · install rebate
2026-08-27
$350 – $400

Municipal utility serving the Florida Keys.

UTILITY PROGRAM PAGE · SOURCE
VERIFIED 2026-08-27

Utilities that pay nothing residential

Between them these two serve most of the state’s households. Neither pays a residential charger rebate, and that is the useful answer.

Florida · residential
NONE
$0

No residential EV charger rebate. Confirmed by its absence from TECO's own EVs for Home page.

ABSENCE CONFIRMED · SOURCE
VERIFIED 2026-08-27
Florida · make ready
FPL
NONE
Not residential

FPL runs networked Level 2 charger programs, but they are largely commercial and multifamily. There is no residential install rebate for a single-family homeowner.

UTILITY PROGRAM PAGE · SOURCE
VERIFIED 2026-08-27

What it costs, statewide

Florida has no published state-level labor index, so the calculator applies the national anchor: $2,442 for labor and permits excluding hardware, from installer network data in June 2026. Tampa-specific figures are on the Tampa page.

ComponentRange
Level 2 hardware$300 – $900
Install including hardware$1,100 – $3,500
Permit$50 – $800
Florida state surcharge2.5%, $4 min
Panel upgrade add-on$800 – $3,000

Metros