Solar in St. Petersburg
Construction Services and Permitting is in the MSC Building, 1 4th St. N., on 727-893-7231. The ePlan help desk answers at 727-893-7230, and since November 1, 2023 all electronic plan review requests go through the online Building and Permitting portal. The fee schedule on the city's site, revised 10/1/2017, is the nearest thing to a wiring price: electrical with no plan review and one inspection is 65.00, a residential electric service change is 100.00, and an electric pre-power inspection is 65.00.
Valuation-based fees apply otherwise. Those dated electrical rows do not establish a current solar permit fee. The latest ACS estimates put St. Petersburg’s median year built at 1969, owner-occupancy at 62.8 percent and median value of owner-occupied homes at $371,100.
What solar costs near St. Petersburg
We haven't collected solar quotes from St. Petersburg, so this page gives no city price. The statewide estimates are on each service page, and the Michigan page lists them with what solar installers are paid ($24.30 an hour in BLS data for May 2025, which is pay, not price), the printed city permit fees and the utility application fees. How we estimate costs.
Licenses and permits for solar in St. Petersburg
MCL 339.5737(1) requires a license for the business of electrical contracting, and the Act's definition of electrical wiring covers generating equipment, so ask the installer for its electrical contractor license number. The utility's interconnection application is a separate filing from the city permit.
Solar jobs in St. Petersburg
Sources for St. Petersburg
- City of St. Petersburg: Building & Permitting Read Oct 24, 2026.
- Fee Schedule, Building Department Construction Services and Permitting (Revised 10/1/2017) Read Oct 24, 2026.
- ACS 5-year B25003 Tenure Read Oct 28, 2026.
- ACS 5-year B25035 Median Year Structure Built Read Oct 28, 2026.
- ACS 5-year B25077 Median Value (owner-occupied units) Read Oct 28, 2026.