Enbridge HER Rebates Start Now

2024 Enbridge HER Updates

The popular Enbridge Home Efficiency Rebate (HER) is back starting Monday July 15th, 2024.  Please don’t be nervous if you don’t see supporting information on Enbridge’s website until about Wednesday July 17th.

Here’s what we know now:

The program will continue with the Greener Homes Initiative, focusing on decarbonization by incentivizing the installation and use of home heating and cooling equipment with no carbon footprint and improvements to the building envelope, such as insulation, windows and doors, that help increase the home’s efficiency and decrease the need to heat or cool.

As the last iteration of the program, which ended earlier this year, was so popular, Enbridge will be closely monitoring participation this round to ensure that it can meet its objectives without overrunning the budget. Accordingly, it’s important that you move quickly to secure one of the available spots before they disappear again!

There are many ways to participate, and you need to meet at least two or more of the following measures to qualify for the grant.

Rebate Amounts:

• The maximum allowance per home is $5,000 for all measures taken.
• Up to $600 is available as a rebate towards the costs of an energy assessment, which is still required for validation purposes.
• The rebates mentioned above only apply to equipment on the approved list, as maintained by Natural Resources Canada.

A few other program changes we know about:

• The program no longer requires the whole home to be heated/cooled.
• Note that this does not change the requirements for the Greener Homes Loan, so if you want to use the loan and get the rebate, you do need to heat/cool the entire home (i.e. a ductless head needed in basements at or above 6 feet fall).
• The new program will not allow multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs) such as a basement apartment.

Still have questions?