How much you get
If your Surrey 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.
Who qualifies
- You own your home in Surrey
- 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 That’s out of date: CleanBC cut its amounts for invoices from July 6, 2026. The $16,000 figure only exists north of 100 Mile House, so it doesn’t apply in Surrey. 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 →)
A cold-climate heat pump moves roughly 2.5–3.5 units of heat for every unit of electricity it uses, a ratio known as its coefficient of performance, which is why it beats electric baseboard heating on cost even though both draw from the same BC Hydro rate. The gas furnace comparison is less clean-cut: it depends on your specific home's insulation and square footage, plus how many nights actually approach Surrey's decade-low of -16.7°C, so no single number applies to every house on your street.
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
With that many installers competing for jobs in Surrey, the paperwork order matters more than the sales pitch. Follow it in this sequence:
- 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 Surrey
- 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 Surrey
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Surrey's winters, in real numbers
Surrey's January average low hovers right around freezing, 0.7°C over the 2015-2024 stretch, and the coldest single morning in that whole decade was -16.7°C, a genuine cold snap but a rare one. Cold-climate heat pumps, the category required for BC's rebate, are rated to keep working efficiently down past -25°C. That's a wide margin below what Surrey homes actually deal with, which means the equipment isn't the limiting factor here. A properly sized unit for the square footage and insulation of the house will comfortably carry it through every winter on record.
Next steps
View all Surrey rebate programs → or read guides on heat pump in BC →