The provincial government introduced the new Ontario Electricity Rebate (OER) on November 1, 2019. This province-wide credit replaced the 8% provincial rebate under the previous Fair Hydro Plan.
The OER reduces electricity costs on your electricity bill (before HST) for residential, small business and farm customers. All residential and small commercial customers using <50kW are entitled to receive the OER automatically and it will appear on their bill. Other eligible customers must meet certain criteria and must submit a self-declaration form for review.
Effective November 1, 2025, the Ontario government’s Ontario Electricity Rebate (OER) is 23.5%.
Who is eligible, aside from residential and small commercial?
- Low volume accounts (meaning the account has a demand for electricity of 50 kilowatts or less or uses no more than 250,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year); this includes most single-family homes and many small businesses
- Farms
- Long-term care homes
- Multi-unit complexes that are predominantly residential, such as condominium and apartment buildings
- Common elements in multi-unit complexes that are predominantly residential (as of July 1, 2022)
- Retirement residences (as of July 1, 2022)
- Mobile home parks (as of July 1, 2022).
Who is not eligible?
Certain large-volume multi-unit complexes will be ineligible for the new OER, including hospitals, universities, colleges, and any multi-unit complexes with fewer than 50% residential units (as provided for under regulation), such as a large commercial building.
Eligibility to receive the OER is defined under the Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016.
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