Three Families’ Experiences with Residential Solar Under Ontario’s MicroFIT Program

Single-story suburban home with a large solar panel array on the roof, landscaped front yard, and a two-car garage.

The Ontario microFIT solar program was launched in 2009 as part of Ontario’s provincial government’s efforts to increase the production of renewable energy. The program provides participants with the opportunity to develop a “micro” renewable electricity generation project on their privately owned property that uses solar photovoltaic (PV), wind, waterpower, or bioenergy (biogas, biomass, landfill […]