Solar install companies use a variety of software and tools to estimate what you could save in a year based on your location and the available weather data. Now we have data from installs that we've done over the last 6 years and we can look at the past consumption and tell you exactly what homeowners in your area have saved and feel pretty confident that if your roof orientation and angle are close to theirs that you'll generate a very similar amount. We try to estimate on the conservative side so our customers are pleasantly surprised if they generate more in a year. Below are examples from cities on vancouver island.

Here in blue is the 2025 production from a home with 30 of the 405w solar panels. This 12.15 KW system produced 14,830 kWh in 2025. We estimated they would generate 13,500 kWh prior to install. Note the partial before and later years' production in green and yellow.
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