August 30, 2010
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ELECTRICITY

ERIP

The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) and partnering Local Distribution Companies (LDCs) will continue to offer the Electricity Retrofit Incentive Program (ERIP) in 2009. ERIP offers incentives for electricity upgrades to municipal facilities. Under ERIP there are two ways to conserve:

(1) Prescriptive Track: predefined technologies (see the list below) with corresponding per-unit or performance-basis savings measures and the incentive is based on what is installed; and

(2) Custom Track: more specific solutions to electricity efficiency retrofitting. All technology equipment and systems are evaluated on the basis of their power and energy performance improvement and
the incentive offered is based specifically on the level of improvement.
To get started: Contact your LDC (there are 66 participating LDCs) or contact the OPA directly.

High Performance New Construction Program www.hpnc.ca

The High Performance New Construction Program rewards electrical energy efficiency in the design of all new commercial, industrial, institutional, multi-residential and agribusiness buildings.  Enbridge Gas Distribution, with the help of Union Gas, has been appointed by the OPA to deliver this program across the Province of Ontario (with the exception of Toronto area code 416).

GAS

Enbridge Gas

Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. (“Enbridge”) offers free technical advice and financial rebates for implementing energy efficiency improvements. Enbridge has a range of incentives for municipalities and can also provide energy consultants to help with your specific energy needs.

Union Gas

The Energy Efficiency section of Union Gas offers a range of programs to help customers save money and energy.

The following documents offer municipalities consider either a range of listed energy efficiency measures or a custom installation rewards for making the switch:

Natural Resources Canada ecoENERGY Retrofit Incentive for Buildings

Natural Resources Canada’s Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE) offers a financial incentive to help your organization implement energy-saving projects in commercial and institutional buildings. The OEE will consider most proven energy efficiency and renewable energy measures. The incentive is based on the lowest of the following three amounts:

  • $10 per gigajoule (277.8 kilowatt hours) of estimated annual energy savings;
  • 25 percent of eligible project costs; or
  • $50,000 per project ($250,000 per organization).

The estimated payback of your investment must be at least one year, after taking into account incentives from all sources.

Each building can have an area no more than 20 000 square metres (215 279 square feet), and you must continue to use the space for the same purpose. Organizations that own, manage or lease the following types of buildings can apply: 

  • Commercial and institutional buildings; 
  • Provincial, territorial and municipal government buildings;
  • Multi-unit residential buildings (with at least four storeys or a footprint of at least 600 square metres and a common entrance);
  • Mixed-use commercial/residential buildings.

Visit ecoaction.gc.ca/retrofit to access the Application Guide and forms, or for information about the industrial component of the program and complementary incentives. If you have questions after you have read the materials, you can contact the OEE at info.services@nrcan.gc.ca or toll free at 1-877-360-5500.

Ontario Solar Thermal Heating Incentive (OSTHI)

The Province has allocated up to $14.4 million dollars, available until March 31, 2011 to encourage Ontario municipalities and other entities to install qualifying solar thermal heating equipment.
Ontario’s Program is administered by the Ministry of Energy and is similar to the federal government’s ecoENERGY for Renewable Heat  program (“Federal Program”) administered by Natural Resources Canada (“NRCan”), except the Ontario Program has the additional criteria that the applicant must:

  • Be an ICI entity situated in Ontario
  • Have submitted to NRCan, an application to ecoENERGY for Renewable Heat postmarked on or after June 20, 2007, the date that the OSTHI Program was announced by the Government of Ontario

City of Toronto’s Energy Efficiency Office (EEO) Incentive Database

The City of Toronto’s Energy Efficiency Office (EEO) is responsible for developing and coordinating the implementation of an energy efficiency and conservation strategy for Toronto. This is in response to the City's commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent, relative to 1988 levels. The EEO has put together an energy incentives database of grants, rebates and loans that it hopes to keep updated in 2008. View: Energy Incentive Program Scan

The Ontario’s Energy Efficiency Resource & Funding Guide

  • Ontario Energy Efficiency Resource Guide - Produced by the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, the guide aims to provide current information about the many programs, financial incentives, and resources that are available to help Ontarians to conserve and to achieve greater energy efficiency.
     
  • Searchable Incentives Guide - There are many conservation and renewable energy programs available in Ontario to help you in your efforts to be more energy aware. They are offered by various levels of government, by local electricity and natural gas utilities, by non-profit agencies, and by many other associations.
     
    These initiatives and programs undertaken by groups and individuals across Ontario are of vital importance to our economy and our environment.
     
    This searchable incentives guide brings together information designed to assist you in finding the programs best suited to your interests and needs - whether you are looking for more information, practical assistance, financial incentives, or other resources. It will be updated regularly, as new projects are launched and others reach their end, so please keep checking back.