Garland County is not a flat suburban grid. Hot Springs sits at the eastern edge of the Ouachita Mountains, with the range surrounding the city on multiple sides, and Lake Hamilton, Lake Catherine, and Lake Ouachita carve the area into wooded coves, ridge lots, and open lakefront. Many properties have heavy tree cover from oak, pine, and hickory, while lake-view homes often have open southern exposure across the water. The right system on one street can be the wrong system three blocks away, and a useful proposal has to start from the actual roof and the actual canopy rather than a satellite snapshot.
The customer mix is also different from Little Rock or Northwest Arkansas. Hot Springs Village is the largest gated community in the United States and brings a heavy retiree population with second homes, fixed incomes, and HOA architectural review. Downtown Hot Springs and the lake corridor pull in tourism, racing at Oaklawn, the national park visitor traffic, and a real hospitality sector of hotels, restaurants, and short-term rentals. Each of those buyers wants something different from solar, and we plan accordingly.
