August 25, 2010

The Ontario Power Authority announced changes to the microFIT Program on August 13 that included the exclusion of commercial aggregators from the program. This will ensure that the program is focused on its original purpose of encouraging homeowners, farmers, co-operatives and institutions such as schools to own and develop small renewable energy projects.  

Effective immediately, eligibility to submit an application to the microFIT Program is limited only to those individuals (natural persons) who are the registered owner of the property on which the facility is to be located and certain other entities, which include:

• farmers
• renewable energy cooperatives
• local distribution companies
• municipalities
• universities and colleges
• schools
• hospitals.

In these cases, the applicant must also be the registered owner of the property on which the microFIT facility is to be located.

Other eligible participants will be discussed by the Advisory Panel, and the list of eligible participants will be updated based on its recommendations.

	Revised microFIT Rules (version 1.5)
	New eligible participant schedule
	Revised microFIT contract (version 1.5)
	Summary of program changes - version 1.5 to 1.4