Solar Power for EPCOR Customers in Edmonton and Area

Edmonton averages roughly 2,300 hours of bright sunshine per year, one of the highest totals of any major Canadian city. Long summer days do the heavy lifting on your annual production.

Alberta runs on net billing under the Micro-Generation Regulation, not the old net metering where a meter simply spun backward. Every kilowatt-hour you export is measured by a bidirectional meter and credited at your retail rate, so July production comes back as credits against your January bills. The catch is the annual true-up: surplus credits beyond your yearly consumption settle at a lower value than a normal bill offset. That is why we size systems to your actual 12-month usage rather than maxing out your roof.

Yes. Panels produce from light, not heat, and cold panels actually perform better than hot ones. Edmonton averages roughly 2,300 hours of bright sunshine a year, and a clear day at minus 20 can be a strong production day. Snow cover blocks output until it sheds, so we set roof tilt angles that shed snow and we count December and January as your lowest months when we project your annual numbers.

We do. The application goes to your wire service owner, which is EPCOR inside Edmonton city limits. We prepare the application, the electrical drawings, and the interconnection paperwork, then coordinate the bidirectional meter swap with EPCOR. You sign the consent forms and we handle everything else as part of the installation, at no extra charge for the paperwork.

Yes. For an in-city install there are two approvals: the City of Edmonton building and electrical permits, and the EPCOR interconnection approval. We handle both. On acreages in Strathcona, Sturgeon, or Leduc County, the county issues the permits and FortisAlberta handles the interconnection instead of EPCOR. We file in both systems every week, so the process feels the same to you either way.

Installed pricing typically runs $2.25 to $2.85 per watt for a roof mount and $2.50 to $3.50 per watt for a ground mount. An 8 kW roof system works out to roughly $18,000 to $22,800, while a 12 kW ground-mounted system runs about $30,000 to $42,000. Your 12-month power bill and the space available determine where your quote lands in the range, and we give a firm number after a site visit.

Plan on two to six weeks from design approval to your system producing power. City of Edmonton permits and the EPCOR interconnection review run in parallel, and the on-site work for most city homes takes one to three days. Ground mounts and larger acreage systems can run longer because of racking, trenching, and county permit timelines.

Yes. Edmonton gets roughly 2,300 hours of bright sunshine a year, among the best of any major Canadian city, and Alberta retail power rates are high enough that a right-sized system typically pays back in about 8 to 12 years from bill savings alone. Panels carry 25-plus year performance warranties, so the payback period is only the first third of the system's working life.

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