Save on Energy – Retrofit Program
no fixed amount
Grant
Description:
The Save on Energy Retrofit program offers businesses in Ontario incentives to upgrade equipment, reduce energy bills, lower their carbon footprint and increase productivity. The incentives are designed to help businesses speed up their payback on energy-efficiency equipment upgrades. The program offers incentives in two streams:
– Custom stream for larger, more complex retrofit projects to capture greater energy savings;
– Prescriptive stream for targeted retrofit projects focusing on commonly used products and technologies.
Comments on Funding:
Incentives under the Prescriptive Stream are available for small and large commercial, industrial and institutional participants who are interested in behind-the-meter solar installations to displace their load and reduce their demand on the grid. Microgeneration projects less than 10 kW of direct current (DC) are eligible to receive $1000/kW-DC, and small-medium generation projects greater than 10 kW up to 1 MW of alternating current (AC) are eligible to receive $860/kW-AC.
Continuous Intake
Eligibility:
Applicants must be:
1. owners or lessees* of:
a) commercial spaces or buildings, such as offices, retail and grocery stores, restaurants, hotels and warehouses,
b) industrial facilities in sectors such as food and beverage, automotive, plastics, steel, mining, paper and chemical industries,
c) institutional buildings, including hospitals, universities, municipal halls and arenas,
d) multi-family buildings, such as apartments (including social housing) or condominiums,
e) agricultural facilities, including dairy, swine or poultry farms, greenhouses and nurseries.
Application Steps:
Applicants must:
1. sign up for the Retrofit portal in order to apply. 2. receive a pre-approval for the project.
3. submit a Post-Project Submission within six (6) months of receipt of the Pre-Approval.
Documentation Needed:
No specific documentation has been identified.
Other Things to Note:
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