How much you get
If your Prince George home is heated with electric baseboards or an electric furnace, BC Hydro pays up to $4,000 for a whole-home heat pump ($1,500 for a partial one), plus a bonus of up to $1,000 on installs finished Aug 1–Oct 31, 2026. If you heat with gas, oil or propane, that BC Hydro rebate doesn't apply. Your rebate then comes only from CleanBC's income-qualified Energy Savings Program: up to $13,000 (Level 1), $7,000 (Level 2) or $3,500 (Level 3) for a central or 3+ head system. Prince George is north of 100 Mile House, so Level 1 and 2 homes on BC Hydro also get a $3,000 northern top-up.
Who qualifies
- You own your home in Prince George
- Your current system matches the upgrade type (e.g., gas furnace for a heat pump upgrade)
- Your HPCN-certified installer files the rebate claim
- Income-qualified households see higher rebates
How much you get depends on your income tier
Income decides the CleanBC amount, not a sliding scale for everyone. For a family of four, Level 1 is household income up to $94,900, Level 2 up to $118,600 and Level 3 up to $189,800 (the limits change with household size, and the home's assessed value is capped too). Above those limits, CleanBC pays nothing for a heat pump, and your only rebate is BC Hydro’s up to $4,000 — and only if you have electric heat today. You may still see “$4,000–$16,000” online. That’s out of date: CleanBC cut its amounts for invoices from July 6, 2026. In Prince George, the one path to $16,000 is real: a Level 1 home switching off gas, oil or propane gets $13,000 plus the $3,000 northern top-up. Pre-register with the Energy Savings Program before any work starts. Official income table →
What you'll actually save each month
Rebates cover the upfront cost, but the number that decides whether this is worth it is the payback period — how long until the monthly savings pay back what you spent out of pocket. Here's the real math, using BC's actual current utility rates rather than a rough guess:
- BC Hydro electricity (2026): 10.97¢/kWh for the first 675 kWh/month, 14.08¢/kWh above that, plus a $0.2253/day basic charge. (Check current BC Hydro rates →)
- FortisBC natural gas (2026): roughly $1.66/GJ for the gas itself, plus delivery charges that bring most bills up meaningfully higher — your own FortisBC bill's "total rate" line is the number to use, not the commodity price alone. (Check current FortisBC rates →)
Cold-climate heat pumps are rated to keep delivering 2.5 to 3.5 units of heat per unit of electricity even in Prince George's temperatures — that ratio, the "coefficient of performance," is the entire reason they cost less to run than baseboard heat despite pulling from the identical BC Hydro rate. The furnace comparison is a different question, and a harder one to answer in one line: it turns on how well-insulated your specific house is, its size, and how much of a northern BC winter it actually has to fight through each year.
Get your real payback number: Plug in your current heating bill and system type in our free assessment tool and it'll estimate your monthly savings and payback period using these same current BC Hydro/FortisBC rates — not a generic average.
How to claim it
One step people miss: the Energy Savings Program only pays if you pre-register before work starts. BC Hydro’s standard rebate just needs an HPCN installer and an eligible model.
- Check your income tier and rough total with the free rebate assessment
- If you might be income-qualified, pre-register with CleanBC’s Energy Savings Program before any work starts (BC Hydro’s standard rebate needs no pre-approval)
- Get quotes from HPCN-certified installers in Prince George
- Work is installed by your program-registered contractor
- After the install, apply within 6 months of your invoice — keep the invoice showing the model and AHRI number
- Rebate arrives in 4–8 weeks
Full income-tier breakdown, stacking math, and brand comparisons: Complete BC heat pump rebate guide →
Heat Pump installers in Prince George
Below are actual Prince George HVAC companies, sorted using their current Google review standing — we don't accept payment for placement, so what you see reflects real ratings.
See all Prince George installers →
Prince George's winters are genuinely severe: plan the system accordingly
Central BC winters are a different category entirely from anything on the coast. Prince George's 10-year record (2015-2024) shows an average January low of -9.7°C and a coldest recorded morning of -42.4°C, which is nearly 20 degrees past the roughly -25°C point where a cold-climate heat pump's rated efficiency starts to fall off. That doesn't mean a heat pump can't work here; it means the system has to be paired with a real backup heat source sized to carry the home through cold-snap nights on its own, and it's worth choosing an installer with actual experience sizing systems for northern BC conditions rather than one working from coastal assumptions.
Next steps
View all Prince George rebate programs → or read guides on heat pump in BC →