Ontario's Net Metering Model On The Drawing Board

The Province of Ontario is accepting feedback on a proposed transition of the current microFIT program to a net metering program which it wants to implement by late 2017 or early 2018. The net metering program will focus on renewable energy systems that are 10KW or less but may impact larger systems — potentially even commercial scale systems.

Net metering program objectives:

1. Reduce ratepayer cost of generating small scale renewable energy relative to the current microFIT program. The ultimate goal is to create a self sustaining program;
2. Facilitate Ontario's Conservation First policy by ensuring systems are right-sized and sited close to load;
3. Reflect the costs and benefits of net metered generation while distributing the costs fairly; and