Three illustrative scenarios, worked the way we work

These solar analysis examples are illustrative composites. They are not real clients, and they are not testimonials. We built each one from situations that come up often in Kentucky, then changed names, places and figures so that no real household or business can be identified. Every scenario says so at the top.

Why we publish solar analysis examples

We don’t publish client stories or star ratings. We’d rather show you how we think. Each scenario walks through the same steps a paid engagement does: gather the documents, state every assumption, run the numbers the same way every time, and say plainly what the analysis can’t tell you. If you disagree with an assumption, you can see exactly where the answer would change.

The real-world facts inside them are real. Tariff rules, statutes and published emission factors are cited as they stood in November 2026. The people, buildings, bills, quotes and offers are invented.

The three scenarios

• A Lexington homeowner: 25-year lease vs. cash. A lease, a cash quote and an installer loan for the same 8.4 kW system, rerun with Kentucky export credits, a 2.9% escalator and a 14-year-old roof.
• A Scott County parts supplier answers an emissions questionnaire. Twenty-four months of bills turned into a location-based Scope 2 estimate, a market-based caveat and a short list of renewable options.
• A Christian County poultry farm: lease offer vs. on-farm solar. A utility-scale lease offer on 180 acres set against crop income, plus a small array sized for poultry houses and a grain dryer.

How to read them

Each scenario opens with a profile and a few headline figures, then shows a chart and the reasoning behind it. Notice how they end. None of them ends with a purchase. They end with the questions the people involved decided to ask: of the installer, the utility, the developer, their attorney or their CPA. That’s usually where the value of an independent analysis lies.

Your numbers will differ. A scenario shows a method, not a typical result, and nothing in it is a promise of savings or income. To try the method on your own figures, start with our free tools.