A solar consultant for Louisville, KY, from shotgun houses to riverfront plants

A solar consultant for Louisville, KY homes, institutions, and plants

In Louisville, an energy decision tends to outlast the people who made it: a 25-year lease on a Highlands bungalow, a renewable contract signed by a hospital’s facilities director, a church roof the next three treasurers will inherit. As an independent solar consultant for Louisville, KY, we give homeowners, businesses, and institutions a plain-English read on the numbers before those decisions are locked in.

We’re fee-only. We don’t sell, install, or earn commissions, and no installer, lender, or developer pays us.

LG&E’s export credit in dollars

LG&E serves Louisville and 16 surrounding counties. New net metering customers are on NMS-2, which pays a dollar credit for each kilowatt-hour sent to the grid. In its February 2026 rate order, the PSC kept the residential credit at about 7.1 cents while approving higher base rates.

Here’s what that means in practice. A household that exports 3,000 kWh a year earns roughly $213 in bill credits for that energy. The same 3,000 kWh used inside the house while the panels produce would have avoided the full per-kWh charges instead. That gap grows each time base rates rise and the credit doesn’t. A Louisville proposal that never states how much you’ll export is leaving out the number that matters most.

Preservation districts and Metro permits

Louisville Metro regulates solar through Section 4.3.16 of its Land Development Code. In local preservation districts, including Old Louisville and Clifton, solar needs a Certificate of Appropriateness reviewed by the Office of Planning and Design. Build that review into the schedule before signing an installation contract with a firm start date. Our Approval & Incentive Packets service organizes and tracks the application; drawings and technical details come from your installer.

Hospitals, warehouses, and the Green Tariff

Large Louisville buildings have more choices than rooftop panels alone. LG&E and KU’s Green Tariff lets businesses buy RECs, host on-site solar through the Business Solar option, or, for large customers, sign a Renewable Power Agreement for power from new renewable projects. We compare those paths with on-site solar on cost, contract length, and what each lets you claim, and our Carbon & Scope 2 Reporting turns the result into numbers your board or customers can use.

Past the Gene Snyder

Past the Gene Snyder Freeway (I-265), the map changes. Shelby Energy, Salt River Electric, and Nolin RECC, all EKPC member co-ops, serve parts of Oldham, Shelby, Bullitt, Spencer, and nearby counties, each under its own tariff. A farm outside Shelbyville and a house in St. Matthews can face different rules in the same week. If a system there is already running and underperforming, a System Health Check compares it with an expected baseline.