Ontario pays up to $5,000 for new rooftop solar and up to $5,000 more for a battery installed with it. The battery runs your house on stored sunshine every day and keeps the furnace fan, well pump and freezer going when the grid drops. Here's the fine print: who qualifies, the one big trade-off, and how we figure out whether it pays better for your house.
Two rebates, each capped at half the cost
Equipment, permits, approvals and the labour to install them count toward the cost. HST, financing, insurance and maintenance don't.
Built to run on solar, ready for the next ice storm
The program wants the battery sized to the solar and mainly storing solar power, so it earns its keep every day. With a hybrid inverter, the same battery switches your protected circuits over automatically when the line goes down: furnace fan, well pump, fridge and freezer, lights. Nothing to start, no cords through the window. When the power comes back, it recharges and waits for the next one.
Rebate homes are set up for load displacement
Load displacement means your panels power your own house first, and the battery stores what you don't use right away for the evening, a cloudy stretch or an outage. What it doesn't mean is credits on your hydro bill for the power you send back.
That's why we model your hydro data both ways, rebate with load displacement or no rebate with net metering, and show you which one pays better for your home before you sign anything. New to net metering? Read our Ontario Net Metering Guide.
Your home, your roof, the Ontario grid
What doesn't qualify: ground-mounted arrays and solar fences, off-grid camps and cottages, adding to panels you already have, a battery on its own (including one that only charges overnight from the grid), and Cornwall Electric customers. If that's you, we still build those systems. They just don't get this rebate. See Home Battery Backup for the battery-only route, off-grid cottages and solar fences.
Approvals first, then the install
The program decides every application; a rebate isn't guaranteed until it's approved.
No. The battery has to go in with new rooftop solar under the program. A battery added to panels you already have, or one that only charges from the grid overnight, doesn't qualify.
If it's on the Ontario grid, it can: second homes and cottages count. Off-grid camps and cottages don't.
They aren't eligible. The panels have to be on the roof of the home or a permanent building on the same meter.
Sometimes, but not with another Enbridge Gas, Save on Energy or Government of Ontario incentive for the same equipment, and all funding together can't be more than the total cost.
No. It closed to new applications on October 1, 2025.
Yes, different programs: a federal tax credit of up to 30%, a Save on Energy solar incentive and fast tax write-offs. See business tax credits and grants.
Rebate terms from homerenovationsavings.ca, last checked November 7, 2026. The program can change its terms; we re-check them before every quote.
Book a free site visit. We'll look at your roof and panel, model your hydro data with the rebate and without it, and give you a straight answer on cost and payback. No pressure, no sales script. 249-878-5651 · info@honeybeesolar.ca
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