Energy Savings Program electrical service upgrades

In order to qualify for this rebate, all of the following requirements must be met. Please read them carefully. Contact an Energy Savings Program Coach if you have questions.

Income qualification requirements

Rebate coverage is based on the combined income of all adults in your home and how many people live in your home, including adults and children.

Learn more about the three income levels that are eligible for rebates.

Requirements for the home

You must live in an eligible home:

• The property must be a year-round primary residence, that is at least 12 months old.
• For participants registering in the program as income levels 1 or 2, the property must have a total assessed value at or under $1,230,000 in the BC Assessment listing for the address of the applicant’s home in the year of program registration.
• If a household meets the income threshold of any of the levels in the table above, but the home is valued at or higher than the property value of $1,230,000, they will be approved as an income level 3 participant.
• You must have a residential utility account with FortisBC, BC Hydro, or a municipal utility.
• You must pay your own energy utility bills. Utility accounts must be in the name of the resident and/or homeowner; utility accounts in the name of a strata corporation or landlord are not eligible.
• The home must be one of the following types of residential buildings:
  • Single-family home (detached dwelling).
  • Secondary suite in a single-family home (detached dwelling), with its own separate utility meter.
  • Mobile home that is permanently fixed, sits on a foundation and is structurally complete with installed and connected plumbing, heating, electrical, water and sewer services; towing apparatus and axle must be removed.
  • Duplex, triplex, row home or townhome, where each unit has its own natural gas and/or electricity meter; utility accounts must be in the name of the resident and/or homeowner. Utility accounts in the name of a strata corporation are not eligible.
• If you currently rent your home, you will need a landlord consent form [318KB PDF] to accompany your application.
• You must pre-register and receive an eligibility code before completing the upgrade.
• The home must be primarily heated by one of the following:
  • natural gas, propane or oil
  • electricity (hard-wired electric heating systems such as electric baseboards, radiant ceilings, radiant floors, or forced-air furnace/boiler).
  • wood or other solid fuels.

Requirements for your contractor

The new electrical service must be installed:

• By a program registered contractor who is approved to install home upgrades for the CleanBC Energy Savings Program, for the trade applicable to the upgrade being installed (e.g. Heat pumps must be installed by a licensed residential heating and cooling contractor).
• Within six months of the heat pump or heat pump water heater installation invoice date.

Requirements for the upgrade

• You must pre-register and receive an eligibility code before completing the upgrade.
• The new electric service must:
  • Be increasing to 100, 200 or 400-amp service (from your electric utility provider).
• Eligible expenses include:
  • utility connection fees
  • electrical panel upgrade
  • service mast alterations or replacement
  • conduit replacement, meter base alterations or replacements
  • weather head alteration or replacement