Stack the incentives. Crush the payback.
Incentives work differently depending on who owns the building. Below: what's available for commercial owners, for not-for-profit and institutional owners, and for homeowners.
Commercial, industrial & multi-residential
Corporations that pay tax get the deepest stack: a refundable federal credit, a provincial per-kilowatt incentive, and a full first-year write-off.
Clean Technology ITC
30% of the capital cost of eligible solar and storage equipment, refundable — you get the cash even if you have no tax payable. Available through to 2034, with the rate stepping down for later years.
Save on Energy Retrofit
The Retrofit program's small/medium generation measure pays $770 per kW-AC for PV above 10 kW-AC and up to 1 MW-AC, capped at 50% of eligible project costs. Owners and operators of industrial, commercial, institutional and multi-residential buildings can apply.
Accelerated CCA (Class 43.1/43.2)
Eligible clean-energy equipment can be written off in full in the first year, pulling the tax shield forward instead of spreading it across a decade.
Not-for-profit & institutional
No tax bill means the CCA write-off is worth nothing to you — so the economics run on the provincial incentive plus the 15% federal credit, where eligibility applies.
Clean Electricity ITC
A 15% refundable credit on eligible clean electricity property. Eligibility is limited to defined qualifying entities — including provincial and municipal Crown and municipally owned corporations, Indigenous-owned corporations and pension investment corporations. We confirm your entity's standing before it goes in a pro forma.
Save on Energy Retrofit
Save on Energy names institutional and multi-residential building owners and operators as eligible Retrofit participants, so the same $770/kW-AC generation incentive and 50%-of-cost cap apply.
Residential
Homeowners have a rebate stream and a low-interest financing stream. Note the trade-off on net metering before you choose.
Home Renovation Savings — solar
Rebate on rooftop solar PV for eligible residential electricity customers, delivered by Save on Energy and Enbridge Gas.
Home Renovation Savings — battery
A separate rebate for battery storage, so a solar-plus-storage home can capture up to $10,000 in total. Important: projects taking these incentives are for load displacement only and can't also enter a net-metering agreement with the local utility.
Home Energy Loan Program (HELP)
Toronto homeowners can borrow up to $125,000 for energy improvements including solar and storage, repaid through property tax instalments with no penalty for early payoff. Solar projects qualify for a 20-year term.
Taxable owner, 150 kW DC system
Illustrative only — actual incentive amounts depend on program approval, eligible costs and your tax position. We model your building before anything is committed.
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Estimates only. Actual figures depend on roof orientation, shading, utility rates, and applicable rebates. We finalize numbers in the on-site assessment.