Lower your peak-hour electricity use and protect your Barrie home from winter outages with battery storage and solar — up to $10,000 in Ontario HRSP rebates available.
As the largest city in Simcoe County, Barrie has many homeowners dealing with the same question: what to do about Ontario electricity prices, which the Ontario Energy Board resets each November 1. On the Ultra-Low Overnight (ULO) plan, power costs 37.7¢/kWh from 4 to 9 p.m. on weekdays and 3.7¢/kWh overnight from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. (Ontario Energy Board prices in effect November 1, 2026). A home battery can charge overnight at the low price and power your home during the weekday evening peak. How much that saves depends on how much you use at peak, your rate plan and the size of the system.
Barrie, on Kempenfelt Bay in central Ontario, gets severe winter storms, and ice storms and blizzards can knock out power, sometimes for a long time in the surrounding rural areas. A home battery storage system set up for backup can switch over automatically when the grid fails, keeping your lights, heating controls, refrigerator, and other essential circuits powered. For Barrie homeowners who rely on powered medical equipment or security systems, or who simply want peace of mind, that backup matters.
Barrie also gets enough sun for solar, and an installer can tell you whether your roof's direction, pitch and shading suit panels. When you install new rooftop solar together with a home battery, you may qualify for Ontario's Home Renovation Savings Program (HRSP) — up to $5,000 for the solar and up to $5,000 more for the battery, a combined maximum of $10,000. Rebates are capped and cannot exceed a share of the project cost, and they reduce your upfront cost.
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