How We Work

Three ways to put a commercial solar team on your bench.

Pay for the work you need. Scale up when the pipeline grows. Scale back when it does not. No long-term retainers locking you into capacity you can't use.

The model

Pay for the work you need. Scale up when the pipeline grows. Scale back when it does not.

Three ways to put a senior commercial solar team on your bench. Pick the structure that matches the work in front of you. Combine tiers when the deal calls for it.

Built around how installers actually buy
  • No long-term retainers locking you into capacity you can't use
  • Senior commercial bench without payroll overhead
  • Clear pricing, defined scope, written terms
  • You own every customer relationship and project file
Three engagement models

By the project, by the month, or by the deal we bring you.

01
Project Services

Pay by the deliverable.

Energy Toolbase modeling, HelioScope design, incentive stacking, proposal builds, and interconnection support. Priced per project. No retainer, no commitment beyond the scope of work.

Best for

Residential installers running their first few commercial deals. Engineering, procurement, and construction firms that need overflow engineering and incentive capacity without adding headcount.

Starting at
$650

Solar analysis packages, see pricing below

Distributor-level equipment pricing and financing partner access available on qualifying engagements.

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02
Fractional Commercial Desk

Monthly capacity, 30-day out.

A defined block of senior commercial solar capacity each month. Engineering, sales support, pipeline review, and partner coordination. Month-to-month with a 30-day notice. Success fee on closed projects.

Best for

Installers committed to a commercial book but not ready to hire a full commercial team. Operators who need a senior bench they can scale up or down without payroll.

Starting at
$5,000/mo

Plus success fee on closed projects

Distributor-level equipment pricing and financing partner access included.

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03
Project Origination Partnership

We bring you the deal.

Solara Pro sources, develops, and qualifies commercial solar and storage opportunities, then hands the partner installer a fully scoped project. We carry the development risk. You carry construction and ownership economics.

Best for

Installers with crews, capital, and bonding capacity but no commercial pipeline. We feed the funnel; you build the projects.

Structure
Per deal

Revenue share or fixed development fee at Notice to Proceed

Distributor-level equipment pricing and financing partner access included.

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What you also get

Capabilities behind every engagement.

The tier you pick defines how you buy our time. These capabilities sit behind every engagement and show up in the work itself.

Equipment

Distributor-level equipment pricing.

As manufacturer's reps across modules, inverters, racking, battery storage, and EV charging, we secure distributor-or-better pricing for our partners. Equipment cost advantage flows directly into your project economics and your customer proposals.

Financing

Financing partner network.

Direct access to our partner network covering PPA, lease, C-PACE, construction debt, and tax equity. We route deals to the right structure based on offtaker profile, project size, and timeline.

Battery Storage

Deep battery storage expertise.

Sizing, dispatch modeling, value-stack analysis, and tariff optimization across major utilities and grid operators including SCE and PG&E in CAISO, ComEd in PJM, and Ameren spanning PJM and MISO. Code and safety review across NFPA 855 and UL 9540.

Tools and workflow

Production-grade modeling stack.

Energy Toolbase, HelioScope, proposal generators, financial models, and proposal automation built from years of commercial solar work. Your team plugs into a system that already works.

Built for the work

Senior capacity priced for the way commercial solar actually gets developed.

Most consultancies sell hours. We sell engagement models tied to how commercial projects move from prospect to interconnection. You pay for the work that produces revenue, not the work that produces invoices.

Project Services pricing

Solar and storage analysis packages.

Fixed scope, fixed price. Each package includes HelioScope design, Energy Toolbase financial modeling, and a clear production and economics summary you can put in front of a customer or lender.

Basic
$650
50–250 kW
  • 1 meter, single tariff, standard incentives
  • 1 HelioScope layout (roof, ground, or carport)
  • 1 Energy Toolbase case with single financing structure
  • Production and savings overview, 1 revision round
Intermediate
$1,250
250 kW – 1 MW
  • Up to 2 meters, light tariff customization
  • Detailed HelioScope (multi-face, carports, ground)
  • 2–3 Energy Toolbase scenarios (financing and rate options)
  • Side-by-side comparison, 2 revision rounds
Complex
$2,400
1–5 MW
  • 3+ meters, VNEM, or community solar
  • Advanced HelioScope (multi-building, carports, ground)
  • 3–4 Energy Toolbase scenarios with custom tariffs and incentives
  • IC/lender memo, sensitivity, 3 revision rounds
Storage add-ons

Layer storage onto any solar package.

Basic + Storage
+$450 – $750
  • Simple storage overlay on Basic solar package
  • Standard TOU arbitrage or basic demand reduction
  • 1 battery size scenario, no custom dispatch
  • Uses existing Energy Toolbase storage templates
Intermediate + Storage
+$850 – $1,500
  • Intermediate storage modeling on Intermediate solar
  • 1–2 battery size options, multiple dispatch strategies
  • Limited tariff customization for storage
  • Solar-only vs solar+storage comparison in Energy Toolbase
Complex + Storage
+$1,800 – $3,000
  • Advanced storage analysis on Complex solar
  • Custom or complex tariffs, multiple battery configs
  • Refined dispatch and stacked value streams
  • Sensitivity and risk summary in Energy Toolbase outputs

+$150 to $250 per additional electric meter beyond tier inclusion. Custom scopes available on request.

Beyond the solar stack

Executive Operations Advisory.

Beyond solar and storage, Solara Pro offers executive operations consulting led by Jeff Cohen. Top-down organizational management, business process design, leadership development, and operational efficiency for companies scaling a commercial energy practice or running a broader operation.

Engagements are structured per scope and billed independently from solar advisory work.

Discuss an executive operations engagement
Need to see it first?

30-day scoped pilot at half the Fractional Desk rate.

Defined deliverables, defined success criteria, written conversion terms. The fastest way to test the working relationship before committing to a longer engagement.

Not sure which tier fits? Let's scope it together.

A 30-minute discovery call clarifies which engagement model matches the deal in front of you. No charge, no obligation.