CleanBC Energy Savings Program

• Your home must be your year-round primary residence in British Columbia and at least 12 months old. The ground-oriented route covers detached homes, individually metered secondary suites, fixed mobile homes on foundations with connected services and their towing apparatus and axles removed, and duplexes, triplexes, row homes and side-by-side townhomes with a separate gas or electricity meter for each unit. New homes, additions, converted garages or solariums, and homes classed as substantially reconstructed under the Homeowner Protection Act are excluded (for example, structural repairs or renovations moving exterior walls or existing plumbing, electrical or gas lines); renovations requiring installations for new-building/code compliance are also excluded.
• The apartment route covers eligible apartments in buildings up to six storeys, stacked townhomes and multiplex buildings with six or more units, in purpose-built rentals, strata condominiums or equity co-ops. Apartment buildings must have shared common-area lighting and heating, and shared hallways or an elevator. Stacked townhomes and multiplex units must each have their own front entrance and no shared internal corridors. Long-term care homes are excluded. These homes must primarily use electricity for heating; existing primary or backup heat pumps do not qualify for another heat pump rebate.
• Household income is the combined pre-tax annual income of members over 18, excluding dependants; household size includes adults and children. The level 1 / level 2 limits are CAD 51,100 / 63,900 for one person; 63,600 / 79,500 for two; 78,200 / 97,700 for three; 94,900 / 118,600 for four; 107,600 / 134,500 for five; 121,400 / 151,700 for six; and 135,100 / 168,900 for seven or more. Level 3 applies only to ground-oriented homes switching fossil-fuel space heating to a heat pump: the corresponding limits are CAD 102,100, 127,200, 156,300, 189,800, 215,200, 242,700 and 270,200.
• For registrations on or after April 1, 2026, ground-oriented properties must have a BC Assessment value no greater than CAD 1,200,000 at income levels 1–2 or CAD 1,820,000 at level 3. Apartment-route homes have a CAD 754,000 limit; purpose-built rentals and equity co-ops use the building assessment divided by its number of units.
• A residential utility account must be in the resident’s or homeowner’s name, rather than a landlord or strata corporation’s name. A household member needs a residential electricity account with BC Hydro, FortisBC or a participating municipal utility: New Westminster, Penticton, Grand Forks, Nelson Hydro or Summerland. Ground-oriented rules also list FortisBC natural gas and Pacific Northern Gas accounts. Renters need the property owner’s consent. Apartment-route upgrades require prior written consent from the strata corporation, co-op board or landlord as applicable; strata rentals require both landlord and strata consent.
• Ground-oriented homes may convert eligible natural gas, propane, oil, hard-wired electric or wood heating. Primary heating means capacity to heat at least half the home through the heating season to 21°C. Oil-heated homes must document at least 500 litres consumed in the 12 months before applying. Existing heat pumps cannot be replaced, expanded or supplemented for a heat pump rebate.
• Ordinary fossil-fuel-to-heat-pump conversions require removal of the primary fossil-fuel heating system and associated piping, fuel containers, vents and infrastructure. Oil conversions also require removal of the oil tank. Backup heating must be electric or wood; a secondary gas or propane fireplace may remain. Homes with a combination boiler supplying both hot water and space heating through water-filled pipes need instructions and pre-approval on removal of the space-heating equipment. A separate dual-fuel route is limited to tanked propane or Pacific Northern Gas customers, with a programme-approved calculation of the home’s heating needs to size the system, and settings that switch to fossil-fuel backup for the product’s lifetime at temperatures at or below 5°C in the Lower Mainland/Vancouver Island or 2°C in the Southern Interior/Northern B.C. Homes in non-integrated electricity-grid areas need pre-approval before fossil-fuel conversions.
• Ground-oriented air-source heat pumps replacing electric or wood heating are restricted to income levels 1–2 and must heat a main living area as the home’s primary heating system. Electric conversions require electric backup; wood conversions allow wood or electric backup. If you retain wood equipment in safe working order, provide a WETT-certified professional’s inspection report dated within 12 months before or six months after the heat-pump installation invoice. The report must include the inspector’s certification number, the equipment’s address and whether its installation complies with relevant codes. Electric-to-air-to-water or combined space-and-water heat pumps are restricted to level 1.
• Your registered contractor must supply and install new qualifying equipment; self-installation does not qualify. Heat pumps must appear on the applicable qualifying product list. Apartment heat pumps must replace hard-wired electric heating and serve a main living area. They must meet the heat demand of the area they serve down to −5°C; existing electric heat must be disconnected unless supplemental heating is needed to maintain more than 22°C in all living spaces at the outside winter design temperature. Heat pump water heaters must replace the home’s primary water heater and be Tier 2 or higher on NEEA’s qualifying list. Replacing or adding to an existing heat pump water heater does not qualify. Apartment water-heater upgrades must replace hard-wired electric resistance equipment, with electric backup if needed and appropriate venting. Fossil-fuel water-heating equipment and associated infrastructure must be removed or decommissioned when replaced.
• A rebate cannot exceed the invoiced and paid upgrade cost or be claimed twice for the same upgrade. You can receive only one primary-heating-system rebate and one heat-pump-water-heater rebate across the programmes named in each route’s rules, including the Home Renovation Rebate Program, CleanBC Home Efficiency Rebate Program, FortisBC income-qualified and dual-fuel programmes, former CleanBC Income Qualified Program, Indigenous heat-pump and conservation programmes, and Energy Conservation Assistance Program for ground-oriented homes; or BC Hydro’s Condo and Apartment Rebate Program, BC Hydro Multi-Unit Residential Building Offer, CleanBC Social Housing Incentives Program and Social Housing Energy Savings Program for apartments. Energy Savings Program participants cannot separately access the federal Oil to Heat Pump Affordability Program. Warranty-covered costs are excluded, and ground-oriented rules also exclude insurance-covered costs. Financing or leasing must lead to full ownership. Property owners can participate with two eligible ground-oriented homes or up to ten apartment-route homes.
• First Nations and income-tested non-profit housing providers may use the ground-oriented bulk application route. On-reserve bulk applicants need no income documents, except residents of long-term leaseholds; Province-approved organizations acting for eligible residents can seek pre-approval.
• You must cooperate with verification, supply requested information and allow access for inspections or correction of deficiencies within the administrators’ stated time; otherwise the rebate may be refused. Application consent includes use of utility data for five years after participation and disclosure for administration and evaluation; the participant terms say this consent cannot be revoked after application.

Status

Open continuously

Round restrictions

• Funding is limited and not guaranteed. Get approval before installation; complete upgrades within three months of approval.

Pre-register through the Energy Savings Program portal before installing anything. Submit income verification for each adult household member excluding dependants, dated within 12 months of registration; accepted alternatives include income-tested benefit documents or an endorsement by a qualifying professional or organization. Ground-oriented on-reserve bulk applicants have the exception described above. Provide the required landlord, strata or co-op consent. The administrators confirm eligibility and issue your code.

Get quotes from Energy Savings Program registered contractors and check the equipment-specific requirements before installation. For applications received on or after July 6, 2026, upgrades must be completed within three months of approval; after that you must reapply. Your code can cover multiple upgrades.

The registered contractor submits the rebate application and supporting documents within six months of the invoice date and deducts the rebate from your bill. Check the participant terms before submitting; acceptance binds you to those terms, and published changes can apply during participation.