Solar and battery backup in Panama City
Nobody has to explain long outages to Panama City. Michael took the grid down for weeks in 2018, and most Bay County customers come to us for battery backup first and bill savings second.
Solar for Panama City, done in the open.
Michael rebuilt the roofs in this town. Most Panama City homes got new shingles in 2018 or 2019, and a sound newer roof is the best foundation a solar array can get. The array runs its whole life without a re-roof interrupting it.
We are Ape Solar, a solar shop in Gulf Breeze about two hours west. We design your system, supply the equipment from our own warehouse at published prices, and manage the install, which is performed by a state-licensed electrical contractor.
We run the project. A licensed contractor does the install.
Ape Solar is veteran owned and locally owned. We design your system, supply the equipment from our own Gulf Breeze warehouse, and manage the job from permit to power-on. The physical install is performed by a state-licensed electrical contractor. In this area that is usually Kent Electric (FL license EC13009116), one of our licensed install partners. They pull the permit and carry the license; we own the result.
Every price is published on this site. Run the system builder and you will see the same numbers we see, part by part, before you ever talk to anyone.
What solar looks like in Panama City.
Most of Panama City runs on FPL (the old Gulf Power territory), so a grid-tied system earns net metering credit for the power you export. Toward the county edges you may be on Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative, which sets its own rules. Your bill says which, and we design around whichever utility you have.
Michael is the design brief here. Parts of Bay County waited weeks for power in 2018, so we size battery banks against your real loads: the fridge, the well pump if you have one, and enough AC to sleep.
Beach and bayfront homes get coastal-rated racking and honest wind-zone answers. If a roof or a site is wrong for solar, we say that instead of selling it anyway.
Thinking about backup power specifically? Start with the battery backup page. Want the money answer first? The cost page has real, dated numbers.
Panama City questions we actually get.
You are in Gulf Breeze. Do you really cover Panama City?
Yes. Panama City is about two hours east of the shop and we design and manage installs across Bay County. Every price is published on this site, so you see real numbers before anyone drives anywhere.
Who does the physical install?
A state-licensed electrical contractor. In this area that is usually Kent Electric (FL license EC13009116), one of our licensed install partners. Ape Solar designs the system, supplies the equipment, and runs the project.
My roof was replaced after Michael. Does that matter?
It helps a lot. A 2018 or 2019 roof has decades left, so the panels never have to come off for a re-roof. It is one of the reasons Panama City is a good solar town right now.
What does a system cost here?
Equipment for a grid-tied package runs about $0.94 per watt as of mid 2026. Fully managed and installed with batteries, recent quotes have landed between $2.50 and $3.30 per watt. The system builder on this site shows live prices for every part.
See your real price first.
Build a system online with live prices, or call the shop and talk to a person who lives here too.