Partners in Indigenous Energy Efficiency & Resilience - Retrofit Incentives

• Application form
• Project workbook (.xlsx format)
• Contractor Acknowledgment of Program Requirements, required if working with a contractor who is not a member of the Home Performance Contractor Network
• Energy assessment report(s) and contractor quotes, required for the pre-payment pathway only
• Updated project workbook and paid invoices for final submission after completion

Who is eligible?

• Indigenous governing bodies connected to the integrated electricity system and/or natural gas infrastructure

Who is not eligible

• Utility accounts in the name of a strata corporation
• Multi-unit residential buildings such as condominiums, high-rises, and apartment buildings
• Vacation homes or premises that are not year-round primary residences
• Garages, workshops, and outbuildings
• Newly constructed homes less than twelve (12) months old, additions to existing homes, existing spaces converted into a living space, substantially reconstructed homes, and homes that received funding support through a new construction offer in the twelve (12) months prior to the first program application

Eligible expenses

• Retrofit costs for eligible energy efficiency measures, including insulation, windows and doors, heat pumps, heating systems, thermostats, water heaters, and appliance replacement
• Health and safety remediation
• Ventilation systems, including heat recovery ventilators and energy recovery ventilators
• Electrical service upgrades, if converting from fossil fuel to electric space or water heating
• Project management funding and related eligible expenditures for planning and implementing the project

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Self-installations
• Project costs covered by warranty or home insurance claims
• Multi-unit residential buildings such as condominiums, high-rises, and apartment buildings
• Vacation homes or premises that are not year-round primary residences
• Garages, workshops, outbuildings, newly constructed homes less than twelve (12) months old, additions to existing homes, existing spaces converted into a living space, substantially reconstructed homes, and homes that received funding support through a new construction offer in the twelve (12) months prior to the first program application

Eligible geographic areas

• North of and including the District of 100 Mile House (latitude 51.628°N)

• The Administrators may prioritize applications and determine the level of Incentive amount(s), if any, that the Participant is eligible to receive.

• Designate a project lead and work with an Energy Coach to prepare and submit the application and supporting documents via the Conservation and Energy Management (CEM) Hub.
• Complete the project planning and have the required documents ready to upload before starting the work.
• Log in to the CEM Hub to submit the online application; if you do not have an account, an Energy Coach can register you.
• After the project is completed, access the existing application in CEM Hub to submit final documentation and declare project completion.

• Review and verification of applications and processing of Incentive pre-payments may take up to thirty (30) days from the date all required application documents are received.
• After project completion, the balance of the eligible Incentive payment is issued upon receipt, verification, and approval of final supporting documentation, and may take up to ninety (90) days.
• For rebate-pathway projects, the Incentive payment is issued within ninety (90) days of receiving and verifying all required forms and documentation.
• Administrators may perform site verifications to confirm eligibility, entitlement, and other Program Requirements, and participants must provide access to the premises within thirty (30) days of a site verification notice.
• Administrators’ decisions are final and binding and not subject to appeal.

• The program includes four offers: Energy Efficiency Retrofit Incentives, Energy Assessment Funding, Heating System Maintenance Rebates, and Basic Energy Saving Measures.
• Participants may have active projects under more than one offer at the same time, subject to the limitations on active projects specified for each offer.