Home Renovation Savings: rooftop solar and battery rebates
Ontario homeowners can receive up to CAD 5,000 for new rooftop solar and another CAD 5,000 for a battery installed with that new solar system, each subject to capacity and eligible-cost limits.
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This Home Renovation Savings stream helps pay for solar photovoltaic panels, which turn sunlight into electricity, and optional battery storage for the home. The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) approves and pays the rebates within the programme jointly offered with Enbridge Gas. No home energy assessment is required.
- Solar: CAD 1,000 per kilowatt of installed direct-current (DC) generating capacity, up to 50% of eligible solar costs and CAD 5,000. Capacity is not rounded to whole kilowatts: 4.84 kW can earn up to CAD 4,840.
- Battery: CAD 300 per kilowatt-hour of installed storage capacity, up to 50% of eligible battery costs and CAD 5,000. Kilowatts measure generating power; kilowatt-hours measure the amount of energy stored.
The combined maximum is CAD 10,000 when both components qualify; each keeps its own capacity calculation, 50% limit and CAD 5,000 ceiling. Eligible costs cover equipment, permits, approvals and installation labour, including solar mounts, connections and inverters and the battery’s necessary controls. Harmonized sales tax (HST), financing, insurance, maintenance or repairs, spare parts/equipment and installation tools are excluded.
The system must be sized and used only to meet the home’s own electricity consumption, known as load displacement. Receiving this rebate prevents you from entering a net-metering agreement, which gives credit for electricity exported to the grid, or another compensation agreement for exported generation. This restriction lasts for the system’s life; it is not just an application-stage choice. Your local electricity utility sets the technical connection and export-protection requirements.
Eligibility
You must be at least 18, own the home and equipment, and pay for the equipment and its installation. Landlords apply for rented homes; tenants cannot apply. Primary and non-primary homes can qualify, and an owner can apply for separate eligible properties. Rental, leasing, lease-to-own and third-party ownership of the equipment are excluded.
The home must have a residential electricity-meter account connected to the IESO-controlled Ontario grid through a local distribution company, meaning your local electricity utility. Off-grid homes and Cornwall Electric customers are excluded; there is no gas-heating exception for this stream. Detached, semi-detached and row houses, townhouses and mobile homes on permanent foundations can qualify. New builds qualify if occupied when the pre-installation application is submitted.
The home must not already have solar or storage. Replacements and additions to existing systems, including microFIT solar projects, do not qualify. Each home can receive support for at most one solar installation and one storage installation. Equipment must be new, purchased in Canada and owned by you.
Solar panels must be on the home’s roof or the roof of a permanent existing structure on the property, such as a detached garage, connected to the electricity meter serving the home. Ground-mounted panels and equipment on temporary or portable structures, including trailers and recreational vehicles, are excluded. The array must be sized and used to offset the home’s electricity consumption.
A battery must be paired with new solar, appropriately sized for that solar system and primarily designed to store its electricity. Standalone storage or a battery added to existing solar cannot qualify. The system should serve normal household operation, rather than be designed only for backup power.
You may choose your contractor; there is no programme pre-qualified list. However, design and installation require a licensed electrical contractor, and self-installation is excluded. Solar equipment must meet applicable electrical, safety and grid-connection standards and municipal bylaws. Batteries must be approved for Ontario, meet the Ontario Electrical Safety Code, applicable fire codes and relevant CSA, CUL and UL safety requirements, and have Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) approved certifications. Local-utility connection approval and final electrical inspections are required.
The same equipment cannot receive another Enbridge, IESO Save on Energy or Ontario-government incentive. Disclose other funding in the pre-installation application; permitted combined funding cannot exceed 100% of supply and installation costs. Keep the equipment in working order throughout its useful life and do not sell, lease, transfer, dispose of or damage it, subject to the agreement’s exception when selling or transferring the home.
How to apply
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- Ontario grid-connected homes only. IESO and local-utility approval before purchase or installation; finish within 12 months of preapproval and submit final application within 30 days after installation.
Use the official eligibility page and select a contractor, who applies on your behalf. Discuss the connection process and permitted solar capacity with your local utility. The contractor submits a detailed proposal and quote dated within 60 days of the pre-installation application, the project’s design and sizing rationale, a system diagram if the utility requires it, equipment capacities, your signed participant agreement and disclosure of other funding. The contractor must also attest that they will submit the utility’s generation-connection application.
Do not make a binding purchase or installation commitment beforehand. Do not purchase or install equipment until you have written IESO preapproval and approval from your local utility. Complete the required permits, connection application and signed connection agreement. Installation must finish within 12 months after pre-installation approval and pass the ESA and local-utility final inspections.
Within 30 days after installation, the contractor submits the final application with an itemized invoice substantiating eligible costs, installation photos, the utility connection agreement and ESA acceptance certificate or equivalent inspection report. IESO must approve both application stages in writing. It recalculates the final rebate from the completed project; it cannot exceed the pre-installation application’s rebate by more than 10%, and the programme limits still apply. Equipment outside the application is not rebated. Keep eligibility records for at least two years from the pre-installation application.
If you enter or have entered a prohibited net-metering agreement for rebated equipment, IESO can require repayment of the rebate, or the portion it determines, within 30 days of written notice. This obligation survives termination of the participant agreement.