Rebates and incentives, Saskatchewan
No provincial rebate, no federal ITC for homeowners, but non-expiring net metering credits and a PST exemption. See your real numbers, not the outlier claims.
How it works
Step 1
SaskPower's own FAQ confirms there is no installation rebate. Skip past any guide that suggests otherwise, and don't confuse the older, now-closed program with the current one.
Step 2
This rate is reviewed periodically, so get the current figure directly from SaskPower before finalizing. Use the performance-based incentive calculator to see how sensitive your payback is to this number.
Step 3
With export credits worth roughly half of retail, a system matched closely to your own consumption outperforms one built for maximum production. Check the sales tax exemption savings calculator to see your PST savings too.
Per SaskPower's own net metering FAQ, there are no rebates or programs offered by SaskPower to help install residential solar panels. An older program that ran through 2019 did include a rebate of up to $20,000, but that program closed once it hit its generation cap, and the current net metering program that replaced it in November 2019 carries no rebate component at all. Separately, it's worth correcting a claim that shows up in at least one guide: Canada's Clean Technology Investment Tax Credit, sometimes cited as a 30% credit, is a business and corporate incentive administered through the corporate tax system, aimed at companies investing in eligible clean energy equipment, not at individual homeowners buying a residential rooftop system. If you're purchasing solar for your own home in Saskatchewan, this federal credit simply does not apply to you, and building it into your budget would meaningfully overstate your actual savings.
SaskPower's Net Metering Program is open to all customer classes, residential, farm, business, and institutional, for systems up to 100 kW DC nameplate capacity. Exported electricity is credited monthly at a posted net metering credit rate, currently 7.5 cents per kWh and locked in through March 31, 2029 per SaskPower's own program page, against a typical Saskatchewan residential retail energy rate commonly cited around 14 to 15 cents per kWh. This means self-consumed solar power is worth roughly double what exported power earns, which is a meaningful consideration when sizing your system. SaskPower's own program guidelines describe this credit rate as posted on the utility's website and subject to periodic review according to market conditions, rather than fixed by contract indefinitely, so confirm the current figure directly with SaskPower before finalizing your project rather than relying on any single number, including the one used as a default in this tool.
Per SaskPower's own FAQ, customers who signed up for net metering after November 2019 have credits that do not expire and carry forward for the life of the account, a meaningful improvement over the prior program version, under which customers who signed up before November 2019 had credits that expired every 3 years. Anyone installing new solar in Saskatchewan in 2026 falls under the current, non-expiring structure, which removes the pressure some earlier solar owners faced to use up banked credits within a fixed window. It's worth noting that SaskPower does not pay out unused credits in cash under any version of the program, so credits function purely as a bill offset rather than as a source of direct income, however long they're allowed to accumulate. The DSIRE database of state incentives lists the incentives that apply in your state, with links to each program's rules.
Solar equipment is exempt from Saskatchewan's 6% Provincial Sales Tax, applied automatically at the point of sale on eligible hardware. On a typical residential system in the $15,000 to $28,000 range commonly cited for Saskatchewan installations, this exemption is worth several hundred to over a thousand dollars in straightforward, upfront savings. Run your own numbers with the sales tax exemption savings calculator. Between the PST exemption and non-expiring net metering credits, Saskatchewan's incentive picture is thinner than several other provinces but genuinely reliable once you strip out the inaccurate rebate and federal credit claims that circulate in some guides. Compare your overall picture against a neighboring province with the Manitoba incentive estimator or the Alberta incentive estimator.
If you borrow for the rest of the system, the combined loan and rebate timing tool takes your rebate total and works out the monthly payment on the balance.
Questions
No. Per SaskPower's own net metering FAQ, there are no rebates or programs offered by SaskPower to help install residential solar panels. An older program that ran through 2019 did include a rebate of up to $20,000 on installation costs, but that program closed once its generation cap was reached, and the net metering program that replaced it in November 2019 carries no rebate component. If you're budgeting for Saskatchewan solar in 2026, don't include a provincial rebate; the two real financial factors are net metering credits and the PST exemption.
SaskPower's Net Metering Program, open to all customer classes with systems up to 100 kW DC nameplate capacity, credits any excess electricity you export to the grid at a posted net metering credit rate, reported around 7.5 cents per kWh, applied monthly against your energy consumption charges. This is meaningfully below Saskatchewan's residential retail energy rate, commonly cited around 14 to 15 cents per kWh, so self-consumed solar power is worth roughly double what exported power earns. Credits can only offset energy consumption charges, not fixed monthly charges or taxes, and SaskPower does not pay out unused credits in cash.
It depends on when you signed up. Per SaskPower's own FAQ, customers who signed up for net metering after November 2019 have credits that do not expire and carry forward for the life of the account. Customers who signed up before November 2019, under the prior program version, had credits that expired every 3 years. If you're installing new in 2026, you'll fall under the current, non-expiring credit structure, which removes the pressure some earlier solar owners faced to use up credits within a fixed window.
No, and this is worth correcting directly since at least one source states otherwise. Canada's Clean Technology Investment Tax Credit is a business and corporate incentive administered through the corporate tax system, aimed at companies investing in eligible clean energy equipment, not at individual homeowners purchasing a residential rooftop system. If you're buying solar for your own home, this credit does not apply to you, regardless of what a general guide might suggest. Saskatchewan homeowners should plan around net metering credits and the PST exemption as their real, available incentives.