Ontario Electricity Rebate (OER)
The Ontario Electricity Rebate (OER) is a provincially funded rebate that applies a credit on qualifying electricity bills.
The following customers are automatically eligible for the OER and do not need to complete the self-declaration form:
- Residential and Small Commercial customers (billed under a Residential or General Service energy rate class) using less than 50 kW.
- Commercial accounts that are greater than 50 kW but use less than 250,000 kWh annually.
The following customers are eligible for the OER but need to complete the self-declaration form to receive the rebate:
Commercial customers who:
Commercial customers who:
- Have a demand for electricity greater than 50 kW,
- Use more than 250,000 kWh a year, and
- Fall under one of the following eligibility criteria:
- Farming Business
- Long-term care home, other than an account that is also in respect of a hospital
- 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 residence (as of July 1, 2022)
- Mobile home park (as of July 1, 2022)