How much you get
The net-metering tradeoff
You can't take this rebate and also sign a net-metering agreement with your local utility. The rebate is for "load displacement" — using the power you generate yourself, not exporting surplus.
How to claim it
- Confirm eligibility via a quick form
- Select a contractor and get written pre-installation approval
- Installation is completed
- Contractor handles utility interconnection approval
- Rebate arrives after documentation is submitted
Solar installers in Kitchener
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Common questions
Does Enova Power add anything on top of the provincial solar rebate?
No separate cash rebate — Enova Power's programs are about net metering billing, not a payout like the province's. The Home Renovation Savings Program is what pays out, up to $5,000 for solar at $1,000/kW, capped at 50% of project cost. Enova changed its net metering billing structure in January 2025, so if you're comparing the rebate against exporting power, confirm current terms with them directly rather than relying on older numbers floating around online.
Is solar worth it in Kitchener?
Kitchener gets 3.90 peak sun hours a day on average, measured over 2020-2024 — plenty for a residential system to earn its keep, especially once you factor in a rebate. Without a rebate, payback typically runs 10–15 years depending on system size and your local electricity rates.
Enova Power, not Queen's Park, sets your export rate
Enova Power has stayed an independent local distributor even as many surrounding cities got absorbed into bigger regional players like Alectra. For a homeowner going solar, the practical upshot is this: the rebate dollars above come from the province and don't care who bills you, but the credit you get for surplus power flowing back onto the grid is a Enova Power number, not a provincial one, and it's theirs to set. Call them before you finalize a system size — that rate shapes your real payback more than the headline rebate does.
Kitchener's 3.90 peak sun hours, translated into roof-level terms
Over 2020-2024, Kitchener averaged 3.90 peak sun hours daily with roughly 14.06 MJ/m² of solar radiation reaching the ground. Put simply, an installer sizing a system for a Kitchener roof is working with one of the better sun budgets on this site's Ontario list — not a compromise number, and not one that needs an asterisk. Orientation and shading on your specific roof will move the needle more than this city-wide figure does, but the starting point here is a genuinely favourable one.
Kitchener's part in the region-wide push
The city's Corporate Sustainability program tracks Kitchener's own emissions targets, and the broader community effort runs through TransformWR, the shared Waterloo Region strategy that Kitchener, Waterloo, and the surrounding townships all work under. For the actual net metering forms, Enova Power's distributed energy page has the current process.
Next steps
View all Kitchener rebate programs → or check the official Home Renovation Savings Program site → for the current source of truth.