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Solar PPA Rate Check — Canada

Canadian PPA/lease offers usually price at 80-95% of your utility rate. See where yours lands over 25 years.

Your Utility Rate

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PPA Year-1 Discount

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Crossover Year

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Utility rates are provincial residential averages; your actual rate (and TOU plan) matters — pull it from a recent bill. A PPA at 90%+ of today's rate with a 3% escalator usually loses to utility inflation within a decade.

Written & reviewed by

EnergyTools Research Team — Solar Energy Research Group

The EnergyTools Research Team compiles and verifies residential solar data from NREL, EPA, and state utility commissions. Methodology is reviewed quarterly.

  • Source data: NREL PVWatts V8 + Utility Rates V3 APIs
  • Source data: EPA FuelEconomy.gov vehicle efficiency data
  • Methodology reviewed quarterly

Methodology & data sources:NREL PVWatts, provincial utility commissions· Updated 2026.