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XLerate Program

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Save energy at scale - up to $15 million in project funding

The Save on Energy XLerate Program is a streamlined, pay-for-performance initiative that provides organizations across Ontario in the industrial, municipal, institutional, and healthcare sectors with a simplified approach to undertaking large-scale energy-efficiency projects. This program is supported by the Ontario government.

Key program features

Designed for large-scale, complex energy-efficiency projects across Ontario’s industrial, municipal, institutional and healthcare sectors.

Lower thresholds for projects that will deliver a minimum 600 MWh of energy savings.

Project feasibility study funding at a 50% cost share helps organizations assess opportunities and reduce upfront risk.

Project incentives of $300/MWh (or $450/MWh in constrained regions) can cover up to 75% of eligible project costs, with a maximum of $15 million per project.

Comprehensive support services guide participants from initial scoping through to implementation and measurement and verification (M&V).

How does the program work?

Eligible participants have the option to take one of two project paths:

Who is eligible?

Participants must be located in Ontario and must be:

Owners and/or operators of a non-residential facility, or
Third-party applicants with the authority to implement a project at a non-residential facility

Projects must:

Involve an energy-efficiency improvement applied to, or in support of, an industrial process.
Propose a minimum electricity savings of 600 MWh per year.
Use technology that is commercially available and not excluded by the program eligibility rules.
Be completed within five years of the execution date of the Participant Agreement.