How much you get
Solar panel installation
$1,000 per kW installed, capped at 50% of total project cost.
You have to choose this rebate or net metering with your electricity provider — not both. For most of Kingston that provider is Kingston Hydro Corporation, the city-owned utility operated day-to-day by Utilities Kingston, covering roughly 28,000 customers across Central Kingston, CFB Kingston, and part of Barriefield Village. If your address is outside that footprint, confirm net-metering terms with whichever utility actually serves you before deciding.
Stack it with battery storage
Combined with the battery storage rebate, a typical Kingston household can net up to $10,000 for solar + battery together — the two rebates are designed to stack.
No confirmed expiry date
We could not confirm a hard expiry date for the HRSP program on the official site as of this writing — check homerenovationsavings.ca directly before relying on any deadline you see elsewhere.
Installers in Kingston
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Common questions
How much is the solar rebate in Kingston?
Up to $5,000 — $1,000 per kW installed, capped at 50% of total project cost. You choose this rebate or net metering with your electricity provider, not both.
Can I combine the solar rebate with battery storage in Kingston?
Yes. Solar and battery storage rebates stack, so a typical Kingston household can net up to $10,000 combined for solar plus battery.
A city-owned utility running the show for net metering
As mentioned above, most Kingston addresses are served by Kingston Hydro Corporation, operated day-to-day by Utilities Kingston — a municipally-owned setup rather than one of the merged regional utilities elsewhere in Ontario. That ownership structure has no bearing on the provincial rebate math, but it does mean net metering credit rates and carryover rules are decided locally, by Utilities Kingston, and are worth confirming directly since they can change independent of anything the province does.
Kingston's sun hours support the payback math
The 2020-2024 average for Kingston is 3.91 peak sun hours a day and 14.06 MJ/m² of daily solar radiation — among the strongest numbers of any Ontario city tracked here, similar to lakeside cities like Burlington and Hamilton. Combined with the solar-plus-battery stacking mentioned above, that sun exposure is one of the better arguments for going solar in Kingston rather than waiting.
Kingston's own retrofit resources
The city's Climate Leadership Plan targets carbon neutrality by 2040 and treats home energy upgrades as one of the levers to get there. Better Homes Kingston, run through the local non-profit Sustainable Kingston, offers a separate zero-interest loan that can be layered with the provincial rebate rather than used instead of it. And Utilities Kingston handles the net metering side if you go that route instead.
Next steps
View all Kingston rebate programs → or check the official Home Renovation Savings Program site → for the current source of truth.