NextNRG Secures 25-Year Florida Healthcare Microgrid Contract
NextNRG has secured a 25-year contract to deploy solar, battery storage, microgrid controls and EV charging at Taft Medical Complex in Hollywood, Florida. The planned system combines 320 kW of solar with a 60 kW/240 kWh battery and is designed to strengthen on-site resilience for the healthcare campus.
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NextNRG said on August 26 that it has secured a 25-year contract to develop a Florida healthcare microgrid at Taft Medical Complex in Hollywood, Florida, combining on-site solar, battery storage, automated microgrid controls and electric-vehicle charging. The project matters because it brings distributed energy infrastructure to a healthcare campus where continuity of power can be operationally critical during Florida grid outages and severe weather.
The planned system includes approximately 320 kW of rooftop and carport solar, a 60 kW/240 kWh battery energy storage system, NextNRG’s Microgrid Controller and six Level 2 EV chargers. According to NextNRG’s August 26 project announcement, construction remains contingent on final engineering, permitting, financing approval and utility approval.
The project combines solar, storage and automated controls
NextNRG expects the solar portion of the system to generate more than 500,000 kWh during its first year and approximately 11.8 million kWh over the initial 25-year contract term. The battery is intended to store on-site energy while the company’s controller manages generation, storage and consumption.
The company describes its Smart Microgrid platform as an integrated system that uses solar generation, battery storage and automated controls to determine how on-site energy resources should be dispatched. At Taft Medical, that architecture will also incorporate EV charging and roof improvements across four campus buildings.
NextNRG said the contract represents approximately $3.5 million in customer payments over the initial 25-year term. Based on current company estimates, Taft Medical could realize more than $2 million in utility-cost savings during that period. Those figures are projections rather than realized savings because the system has not yet been built or operated.
Healthcare resilience is a central part of the project
The Florida healthcare microgrid announcement comes against a state regulatory backdrop that requires certain healthcare facilities to maintain emergency-power capabilities. Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration states in Rule 59A-4.1265 governing emergency environmental control for nursing homes that covered nursing homes must plan for an alternate power source capable of protecting residents for at least 96 hours after loss of primary electrical power.
An AHCA emergency-power guidance document likewise describes the 96-hour standard for nursing homes and assisted-living facilities. NextNRG says its Taft Medical project is intended to strengthen the campus’s ability to address backup-power requirements, although the company’s announcement does not establish that the microgrid by itself constitutes regulatory compliance for every facility or use on the campus.
The distinction is important. Solar and batteries can improve resilience, but actual emergency-power compliance depends on facility classification, approved emergency plans, system design, load requirements and applicable state and local rules.
The contract extends NextNRG’s healthcare strategy
Taft Medical Complex serves as the main office for a Broward County medical group with six locations and more than a dozen providers, according to NextNRG. The company has been pursuing healthcare facilities as a market for its own-and-operate microgrid model.
The Taft agreement follows NextNRG’s earlier healthcare microgrid work in California and comes as the company increasingly positions distributed energy as both a resilience service and a long-duration contracted revenue stream.
NextNRG’s second-quarter results show the company remains in an expansion phase. Its second-quarter 2026 financial report recorded $27.7 million in quarterly revenue, up 41% year over year, although much of the company’s revenue growth has been driven by its mobile fueling operations rather than microgrids.
What happens next
Go Solar Power LLC and AGT Roofing are expected to perform installation work. NextNRG’s subsidiary NextCharging is slated to own and operate the six EV chargers, with net charging revenue shared equally with Taft Medical.
The more important near-term milestone is whether the project clears its development conditions. NextNRG has not announced a construction-completion date, and work is expected to begin only after final engineering, permitting, financing and utility approvals are secured.
Until those steps are completed, the Taft Medical project should be treated as a contracted and planned healthcare microgrid rather than an operating installation.
Jonas Muthoni is Editor-in-Chief of Microgrid Media, where he oversees reporting and analysis on microgrids, energy storage, distributed energy resources, data center power demand, grid modernization, resilience, renewable energy, and electricity policy and markets. His work focuses on the infrastructure, technologies, and regulatory developments reshaping the power system.
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