The ieso is planning to implement the revised microfit rules microfit 4 0 in july 2016 at which point the microfit program will re open again to accept new applications.
Solar panels ontario government program 2016.
The incentives listed below can significantly reduce the cost of installation of solar panels for your home or business.
Get up to 5 000 government grants in ontario including solar panel rebates up to 1 250 in toronto ottawa hamilton london ontario windsor.
The ontario power authority s prices for electricity range from 8 to 17 cents a kilowatt hour depending on when the power is used.
These include wind waterpower renewable biomass bio gas landfill gas and solar photovoltaic solar pv for electricity generating projects in ontario.
This and some other changes are going to be discussed in details during solar ontario 2016 on may 16 17 2016 in niagara falls.
The only solar rebate program that was available to ontario homeowners was the greenon solar rebate program however this was cancelled by the current conservative provincial government.
Ontario is a grid parity province making solar power cheaper than the residential utility rates.
The ontario power authority opa has developed a feed in tariff fit program for the province of ontario to encourage and promote greater use of renewable energy sources.
If you are interested in generating electricity from renewable resources and wish to either sell this energy or to earn credits toward your energy bill the government has in the past few years introduced several separate initiatives.
The ontario government is taking steps to promote the development and use of renewable energy.
Free solar panels ontario aka the share solar program our installer polaron solartech offers a unique program where you can go solar at no cost.
Other incentives for solar accelerated depreciation.
With share solar there are 3 options to go solar.
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The feed in tariff for small solar systems under 10 kilowatts.
This program is called share solar but is also known as the ontario free solar program to most people.
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Thanks to accelerated depreciation businesses can write off the value of their solar energy system through the modified accelerated cost recovery system macrs which reduces businesses tax burden and accelerates returns on solar investments qualified solar energy equipment is eligible for a cost recovery period of five years.