How much you get
Battery alone
$300/kWh, capped at 50% of total system cost.
Battery + solar, combined
Both rebates stack on the same behind-the-meter project.
How to claim it
- Confirm eligibility via a quick form
- Select a contractor and get written pre-installation approval
- Installation is completed
- Rebate arrives after documentation is submitted
Battery Storage installers in London
Real companies based in London, pulled from their current Google reviews. We're not paid to list anyone here.
Why a battery, specifically, in London
London's outages tend to have a shape: freezing rain loads up tree branches along Middlesex County lines, they come down on the wires, and London Hydro crews spend the next several hours working through a restoration list. That's a different failure mode than a summer storm knock-out. It's slower to fix and more likely to hit overnight. A battery sized for the fridge, furnace blower, and a few circuits gets a household through that window without a generator running in the driveway.
The city has also put its own weight behind resilience and lower-carbon retrofits through the Climate Emergency Action Plan, and Reforest London, the local nonprofit behind much of the city's tree canopy, is a useful reminder of why those same trees are both an asset and, in an ice storm, the thing that takes the power out in the first place.
Common questions
Is there a home battery rebate in London?
Ontario doesn't run a battery-only rebate. What London homeowners actually claim is the Home Renovation Savings Program's combined solar-plus-storage incentive, which treats the battery as an add-on to a solar installation rather than a stand-alone purchase.
Does a home battery make sense after London's ice storms?
Freezing rain is the recurring outage cause in the London-Middlesex area, and London Hydro crews are regularly out reconnecting lines after ice-loaded branches take down service. A battery keeps the fridge, furnace blower, and sump pump running through that kind of multi-hour outage, which is the practical case for one here even before the rebate math.
Your utility: London Hydro
London Hydro is the local electric utility for London and the one whose crews you'll see on outage-restoration calls. The battery rebate itself is a province-wide program, so which utility bills you doesn't change what you qualify for. London Hydro handles interconnection paperwork if your battery is paired with solar, and their outage map is the fastest way to check whether a blackout is neighbourhood-wide or just your house.
Next steps
View all London rebate programs → or check the official Home Renovation Savings Program site → for the current source of truth.