Province of Ontario 
Contact Information:Phone:Website: http://www.ontario.ca About Us:Ontario's provincial government offers incentives and support programs through several key ministries, including; Environment; Energy and Infrastructure; Natural Resources; Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs; Transportation; and Finance. This page is maintained by the Conservation Council of Ontario and is updated to include government programs and incentives and links to ministry information websites. |
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Legislative Building, Queen's Park |
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2 Fundings and 6 Incentives and Resource and Service Available:
Ontario Home Energy Audit Rebate
More info: http://www.mei.gov.on.ca/en/energy/conservation/ohesp1/?page=ohesp1-auditThe Ontario Home Energy Savings Program is an energy conservation program from the Government of Ontario. As part of the program a Home Energy Audit shows you how your home uses energy and where it is being leaked. It identifies improvements you can make to your home’s heating, cooling, hot water heating and other energy uses that could result in hundreds of dollars in energy savings each year.
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Save Energy
| Subcategory:Home Energy Audit
| Service updated 12:31 pm on Thursday Mar. 31st, 2011.Bike/Safety Equipment rebate
More info: http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/en/notices/rst/61.html
When you purchase a new bike or safety equipment, until December 2010, you do not have to pay retail sales tax.
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Drive Less
| Subcategory:Bicycling
| Incentive updated 10:26 pm on Thursday Mar. 25th, 2010.Tax / Credit for Fuel Conservation
More info: http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/en/guides/rst/513.html
Pay a tax on gas guzzlers, or get a rebate on cars with fuel efficiency better than 6.0 litres per 100 km (Highway). Fuel inefficient motor vehicles are subject to a special fuel tax. RST Guide 513 - explains how the tax for fuel conservation (TFFC) applies to certain fuel-inefficient motor vehicles (i.e., passenger vehicles and sport utility vehicles) sold, leased or rented in Ontario or imported for use in Ontario.
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Drive Less
| Subcategory:Fuel-efficient Vehicles
| Incentive updated 10:31 pm on Thursday Mar. 25th, 2010.Ontario Home Energy Program
More info: http://www.mei.gov.on.ca/en/energy/conservation/?page=home-energy-audit-and-retrofit-rebate-programsThe Ontario Home Energy Savings Program will help pay for a Home Energy Audit that will find your home’s energy leaks and identify renovations you can make to lower your energy bills. Replace that energy-guzzling old furnace, improve your insulation, change drafty windows and doors and complete other retrofits suggested in your audit report and you could qualify for up to $10,000 in Ontario and federal rebates.
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Save Energy
| Subcategory:Home Energy Audit
| Incentive updated 10:38 pm on Thursday Mar. 25th, 2010.Solar Energy Systems Rebate Program
More info: http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/en/refund/sesr/Rebates are available for a qualifying alternative energy system or its components, or upgrades or expansions made to existing or new systems purchased on or after November 26, 2002 and on or before November 25, 2007. The rebate applies to components that are required to operate a solar energy system. This includes solar collector panels (photovoltaic or thermal), charge converters, inverters and other applicable components such as wiring, controllers, pumps, tubing, heat exchangers and energy storage tanks. The rebate also applies to the first battery purchased to store the energy produced by the system.
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Use Green Power
| Subcategory:Solar Heating
| Incentive updated 9:39 am on Thursday Mar. 31st, 2011.Retail Sales Tax Exemption for ENERGY STAR Household Appliances and Lighting Products
More info: http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/en/notices/rst/68.html
This notice explains the point-of-sale Retail Sales Tax (RST) exemption for certain new ENERGY STAR® qualified household products purchased, rented, or leased after July 19, 2007 and before September 1, 2009. This temporary exemption replaces the RST rebate that was available on the purchase of certain household appliances during the period from November 25, 2002 to July 31, 2004. The point-of-sale exemption is available for certain household appliances and lighting products listed as ENERGY STAR® qualified by the Office of Energy Efficiency, Natural Resources Canada at the time they are purchased. These products must meet or exceed technical specifications designed to ensure that they are among the most energy efficient in the marketplace.
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Buy Green
| Subcategory:Household Goods and Appliances
| Incentive updated 10:40 am on Thursday Mar. 31st, 2011.Retail Sales Tax Rebate for Wind, Micro Hydro-Electric and Geothermal Energy Systems
More info: http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/en/notices/rst/44b.htmlRebates are available for qualifying alternate energy systems or its components, or upgrades or expansions made to existing or new systems purchased on or after March 28, 2003 and on or before November 25, 2007.A "wind energy system" means a system of power generating equipment consisting of a turbine, gear box and generator designed to produce mechanical or electrical energy from wind. A "micro hydro-electric energy system" means a system of turbines and generators designed to produce mechanical or electrical energy from water. A "geothermal energy system" means, in respect of residential premises, a system that is designed to absorb heat from solar-heated ground.
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Use Green Power
| Subcategory:Geothermal
| Incentive updated 9:42 am on Thursday Mar. 31st, 2011.Add It Up Ontario
More info: http://www.additupontario.ca
Add It Up Ontario is a climate action website with a personal calculator and summary information on incentives and support programs.
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Prevent Pollution
| Subcategory:Carbon Calculators and Offsets
| Resource updated 9:40 pm on Thursday Mar. 25th, 2010.Ontario Community Environment Fund
More info: http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/environment/en/funding/community_environment_fund/index.htm
The Ontario Community Environment Fund (OCEF) uses money collected from environmental penalties for projects located in the watersheds where the violation(s) occurred. Environmental penalties are issued for spills and other violations such as failing to comply with regulatory requirements. Environmental penalties encourage industrial facilities to plan ahead to prevent spills and mitigate any effects when spills do occur. OCEF money funds projects focused on environmental remediation, research and education relating to spills and restoration of the environment, and projects related to spill preparedness.
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Help Nature
| Subcategory:Habitat Restoration
| Funding updated 7:47 am on Thursday Mar. 31st, 2011.Community Power Fund
More info: http://www.cpfund.ca/about-the-fund.htmlThe Community Power Fund offers grants to community groups, co-operatives, not-for-profits and First Nations grants up to $50,000 for solar system installations under their ‘Large Grants Stream’. The organization must be an Ontario Sustainable Energy Association (OSEA) member, have a ‘community project’ as defined by OSEA, and be located within Ontario.
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Save Energy
| Subcategory:Conservation and Efficiency
| Funding updated 11:31 am on Friday Apr. 1st, 2011.This page was last updated at 2011-04-01 11:31:08.