How much you get
Solar panel installation
$1,000 per kW installed, capped at 50% of total cost.
Solar or net metering — not both
Timmins homeowners have to choose between claiming this rebate upfront or enrolling in net metering with Hydro One, the city's electricity distributor. Run the numbers for your own system size and usage before picking one.
Stack with battery for up to $10,000
Pairing this solar rebate with the battery storage rebate (also up to $5,000) gets a typical Timmins household to a combined $10,000 in direct rebates — see the battery storage rebate page for details.
How to claim it
- Get a system design and quote from a licensed solar installer
- Confirm your kW capacity and total project cost to calculate your rebate amount
- Decide between the HRSP rebate and Hydro One net metering — you can't have both
- Complete the Save on Energy application before installation begins
- Installation is completed and the post-installation application is submitted
Finding an installer in Timmins
We're still building our verified installer network in Timmins, so we don't have profiles to show you here yet. Browse our full directory of vetted installers across Ontario instead — several serve the broader Northeastern Ontario region.
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Common questions
How much is the solar rebate in Timmins?
Up to $5,000, calculated as $1,000 per kW installed and capped at 50% of your total project cost. This is the province-wide Home Renovation Savings Program rate, unchanged for Timmins.
Can I get the solar rebate and net metering with Hydro One at the same time?
No. The Timmins hub page notes you have to choose one or the other — the upfront HRSP rebate, or ongoing net metering credits with Hydro One, your local electricity distributor. Compare which pays off faster for your household before deciding.
Does solar make sense in a remote northern city like Timmins?
It's a real trade-off worth thinking through: Timmins gets less consistent solar production than southern Ontario across the winter months, but the rebate math itself — $1,000/kW up to $5,000 — is identical here to anywhere else in the province. Stacking solar with the battery storage rebate on this site can push your combined rebate up to $10,000.
Timmins runs on Hydro One, not a local municipal utility
Unlike Sault Ste. Marie or Thunder Bay, Timmins doesn't have its own city-run electric utility — it's served by Hydro One, the province's largest distributor, which covers most of rural and northern Ontario. That scale cuts both ways for solar: the rebate above is fixed provincially either way, but net metering terms and how your export credits are tracked run through Hydro One's standard province-wide process rather than a local office you can walk into. Confirm current terms with Hydro One directly before finalizing your system.
Timmins gets the least sun of any city we cover — here's what that actually means
Honest number: Timmins' five-year average (2020-2024) is 3.43 peak sun hours a day with 12.33 MJ/m² of daily solar radiation — the lowest of any Ontario city on this site, a real consequence of sitting this far north. That doesn't make solar a bad idea here; it means a system sized for a Timmins roof needs to be a bit larger than the same system in Windsor to hit the same annual output, and your payback timeline should be planned around this city's real number rather than a province-wide average that doesn't apply this far north. The city's own Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan, filed under the national Partners for Climate Protection program, treats home-level renewable generation as one small piece of a much larger mining-town emissions profile.
Next steps
View all Timmins rebate programs → or check the official Home Renovation Savings Program site → for the current source of truth. You can also browse the Ontario hub for other cities.