Had a Free Energy Check and Your Bill Is Still High?

Florida power companies offer free energy checks, online, over the phone or with a short home visit. They usually look at your attic insulation and for air leaks in your ductwork, sometimes run a blower door test, and may send a kit with items like an LED bulb. Then they point you to rebates for a few specific upgrades.

Those upgrades can help. But in most Florida homes, they aren’t where the biggest waste is. If your bill is still high after adding insulation and sealing ducts, it’s because the real cause was never looked at.

In most Florida homes, the biggest energy waste is the AC system itself: how it was designed, sized and installed.

Where the Real Waste Is in a Florida Home

Your AC is the biggest energy user in your home. When it’s the wrong size, installed wrong, or connected to ductwork that wasn’t designed for your house, it runs longer, works harder and still can’t keep up. You pay for that every month.

  • An AC that’s the wrong size for your home
  • Ductwork that wasn’t designed for the rooms it feeds
  • Airflow problems that make the system run longer
  • Humidity the system can’t remove, so you set the thermostat lower
  • Air leaks and missing insulation in the home itself

A free check looks at the last one. A complete energy audit looks at all of them, and at how they affect each other.

FL HVAC Services technician unloading energy audit equipment from the service van
Side by Side

Free Utility Energy Check vs. a Complete Energy Audit

Both have a place. Only one looks at the system that uses the most energy in your home.

What gets checkedFree utility energy checkFL HVAC complete energy audit
Attic insulation✓✓
Air leaks in the ductwork✓✓
Air leaks in the home (blower door test)Sometimes✓
How your AC system is actually performing—✓
Whether your AC is the right size for your home—✓
Whether your ductwork is designed right for each room—✓
Humidity, mold and room-by-room comfort—✓
Fixes the cause and tests again to prove it—✓
Help using utility rebates✓✓
CostFree$250 to $2,500Depends on your home and which tests it needs, such as blower door, duct leakage, thermal imaging, load calculation and AC performance testing. You’ll know the price before we start.

Free checks and rebates can still be worth doing, and we’ll help you use them.

This Isn’t an Upsell. It’s a Diagnosis.

A free screening at a health fair can tell you your blood pressure is high. It takes a specialist to find out why and treat it. A free energy check is the screening. A complete energy audit is the specialist.

It’s natural to worry that anyone who brings up your AC is trying to sell you something. But if the real cause of your high bill is your AC system, you deserve to know. Telling you isn’t selling. It’s the job.

A high electric bill in Florida isn’t “just the heat.” It has a cause, and it can be found and fixed.

One Cause, Many Problems

Energy Waste and Comfort Problems Come From the Same Place

The problems that waste energy are the same ones that make your home uncomfortable. Testing shows where your house and your AC system are losing performance, and when we fix the waste, these usually go with it.

High Humidity and Sticky Air

An AC that can’t remove moisture makes you turn the thermostat down, and you pay for it.

See humidity control →

Rooms That Won’t Cool

Hot rooms mean the system runs longer to catch up, and the whole house pays for one room.

See the performance checkup →

Mold in the AC System

Mold grows where moisture and poor airflow meet, the same conditions that waste energy.

See mold in AC →

An AC That Runs Nonstop

A system that never shuts off is working too hard for your home, and it wears out faster.

See our AC replacement approach →

Real Homes. Real Electric Bills.

When the real cause gets fixed, the bill shows it.

$107
a month, down from over $400
$225
a month, down from over $800, with humidity down from over 70% to 52%

Real electric bills from homes we’ve corrected. Your audit shows where your home is losing energy and what fixing it will do for your bill.

Get Your Rebates. Then Fix What They Don’t Cover.

We’re an approved Duke Energy contractor. Duke Energy offers up to $3,800 in rebates for home improvements like attic insulation, duct repair and a new high-efficiency AC, and OUC, TECO and other Florida utilities offer rebates too.

We’ll help you use every rebate you qualify for. Most programs require their free energy check first, and we’ll tell you how to get it done. Then our complete energy audit finds the waste the rebates don’t cover, so you get the savings you were actually hoping for.

What a Complete Energy Audit Can Include

  • Blower door test to measure air leaks in the home
  • Duct leakage testing
  • Thermal imaging to find hidden leaks and missing insulation
  • A load calculation to see what size system your home really needs (Manual J)
  • A review of your duct design and equipment (Manual D and Manual S)
  • AC performance and humidity testing
  • A written report in plain language

Energy audits range from $250 to $2,500, depending on the size of your home and what needs to be tested. You’ll know the price before we start.

How It Works

  1. We test the whole home and the AC system. Not just the attic and the ducts.
  2. We show you where the waste is. In plain language, with the numbers.
  3. We fix the cause. And help you use every rebate you qualify for.
  4. We test again. So you can see the difference, in writing.

We guarantee we’ll find where your energy is going.

High Electric Bill Diagnosis

If your electric bill keeps climbing, the AC is usually the biggest reason. We find out why: an AC that isn’t performing, leaky ducts, air leaks in the house or missing insulation. Then we fix the cause, not just the bill.

Attic Insulation

In Central Florida, the attic can reach 125° and hotter in summer. Missing or thin insulation lets that heat into your home and makes your AC work harder. We check your insulation during the audit and add what your home needs.

Energy Skilled badge, recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy, shown on the FL HVAC Services Google listing
Recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy

The Badge We Can’t Buy

Look up FL HVAC Services on Google and you’ll see a line most AC companies don’t have: “Home energy auditing recognized by the US Dept. of Energy.” Tap it and the Energy Skilled badge pops up, with a link to Energy.gov.

Nobody can add that to a business listing themselves. Not us, and not a marketing company. The U.S. Department of Energy verifies the credential and reports it to Google, and Google puts it on the listing.

What it means for your home: we look at your house and your AC as one system. How outside air leaks in, how humidity builds up, how air moves from room to room, and why some homes end up with stale, stuffy air that makes people feel worse inside than out. Then we design and fix your system for what your home actually needs.

✓ Verified by the U.S. Department of Energy
✓ Shown on our Google listing by Google itself
✓ Trained in humidity, air leaks, airflow and indoor air quality

Building Performance Institute Building Science Principles certificate for FL HVAC Services

Trained to Find What Others Miss

Finding real energy waste takes training most technicians never get. We’re BPI certified, our team holds a DOE-recognized Energy Skilled credential, and we’re trained in ACCA Manual J, D and S, the industry standards for sizing and designing AC systems.

That training takes years and real investment, and it’s why we can find the waste a quick check can’t.

BPI Certified
DOE Energy Skilled
ACCA Manual J, D, S
Approved Duke Energy Contractor

Energy Audit Questions We Hear Most

Is a free utility energy check enough?

It’s a good start, and it’s often required before you can get rebates. But it usually looks at insulation and air leaks only. If your bill is still high afterward, the cause is most likely in your AC system, which a free check isn’t designed to evaluate.

Why isn’t your energy audit free?

A complete energy audit takes specialized testing equipment, hours in your home and a technician with years of paid training and experience. It’s built to find every source of waste, not just the upgrades a rebate program covers.

How much does an energy audit cost?

Our energy audits range from $250 to $2,500, depending on the size of your home and what needs to be tested. You’ll know the price before we start.

Will more attic insulation lower my electric bill?

It can help. But if your AC is the wrong size, installed wrong or connected to poorly designed ductwork, insulation alone rarely fixes a high bill.

Can I still get Duke Energy rebates?

Yes. We’re an approved Duke Energy contractor, and we’ll help you get every rebate you qualify for. OUC, TECO and other Florida utilities offer rebates too.

Do I need a new AC?

Not always. Many systems can be corrected. The audit shows which one you need, and we’ll tell you honestly.

How much can I save?

It depends on your home. We’ve seen electric bills drop from over $400 a month to $107, and from over $800 a month to about $225.

What areas do you serve?

Homes across Central Florida, including Marion, Sumter, Lake, Citrus and Orange Counties and the Orlando area.

Service Area

Areas We Serve in Central Florida

FL HVAC Services serves homeowners across Central Florida, including:

Ocala
Belleview
Summerfield
The Villages
Dunnellon
Silver Springs
Silver Springs Shores
Marion Oaks
Ocklawaha
Fairfield
On Top of the World
Lady Lake
Fruitland Park
Leesburg
Wildwood
Inverness
Tavares
Mount Dora
Clermont
Orlando