One independent solar advisor for homeowners, businesses, and farms

A solar advisor for homeowners, businesses, and farms

Center For Solar is an independent solar advisor for homeowners, businesses, and farms across Kentucky, and for organizations anywhere in the US that want a second set of eyes. We’re fee-only. We don’t sell panels, we don’t install, and we take no commissions or referral fees from installers, lenders, manufacturers, or developers. We work for you.

Our clients stand under very different roofs. A homeowner weighing a 25-year lease, a plant manager answering a customer’s emissions questionnaire, and a farm family reading a developer’s lease offer share the same sun and almost nothing else. The utility, the rate schedule, the tax position, and the people who must approve the decision all change the math.

Different clients, different first questions

Homeowners usually want to know whether a proposal is fair now that the 25D credit is gone. Small businesses want to know how much of a bill solar can reach, and what the landlord will say. Manufacturers face a federal placed-in-service deadline at the end of 2027 and customers asking for Scope 2 numbers. Farms juggle seasonal loads, co-op rules, and land lease offers. Distilleries and hospitality venues need to separate steam from electricity and stories from evidence. Nonprofits, schools, and public bodies need a clear route through elective pay and a report the board can read.

Pick the group closest to yours on this page. If you fit two, such as a farm with a guest cabin or a church that runs a school, start with either one.

What stays the same for every client

1. A free 20-minute fit call. We say honestly whether we can help and list the documents we’ll need.
2. A written scope and flat fee. You see the deliverables, timeline, and fixed fee before work starts. We don’t publish prices; fees depend on complexity, not on system size.
3. Independent analysis. We work from your bills, data, and documents, plus public tariffs and standard financial models.
4. A plain-English report. Every report includes an assumptions page and a recorded walkthrough, with one round of follow-up questions included.

When you need an engineer, electrician, attorney, CPA, or licensed financial adviser, we say so plainly and help you prepare good questions. Our scope of services spells out the limits, and how it works walks through an engagement step by step.