Kelowna and Okanagan Heat Pump Rebates in 2026

Homeowners in Kelowna, West Kelowna, Lake Country, Peachland, Vernon, Penticton, Summerland and the South Okanagan get the same provincial heat pump rebates as the rest of southern BC: from $1,500 up to $13,000, depending on how you heat your home and your household income.

The local differences are who you apply through (that depends on your electricity provider), when a dual fuel furnace is allowed to kick in, and a BC Hydro top-up in parts of the valley.

1. What you can get, by how you heat your home

• Natural gas: up to $13,000 through the Energy Savings Program if your income qualifies. Above the income limits, FortisBC’s $4,000 dual fuel rebate is the one that’s left.
• Oil: up to $13,000 through the Energy Savings Program if your income qualifies. Above the limits, there’s no heat pump rebate for oil-heated homes in southern BC right now.
• Electric (baseboards or an electric furnace): $4,000 for a whole home heat pump or $1,500 for a partial one, at any income, from FortisBC or BC Hydro depending on who supplies your electricity. Lower-income households can get $5,000 through the Energy Savings Program instead.

2. The Energy Savings Program (if your income qualifies)

The Energy Savings Program (ESP) pays the most, but it’s income-tested. For a family of four the limits are $94,900 for Level 1, $118,600 for Level 2 and $189,800 for Level 3 (the checker works it out for other household sizes). For a gas, propane or oil home switching to a central ducted or 3-head heat pump, ESP pays up to:

• $13,000 at Level 1
• $7,000 at Level 2
• $3,500 at Level 3

Smaller systems get less (a single mini-split is $5,500 at Level 1). If your home is heated with electricity, ESP pays $5,000 at Level 1 only, and Levels 2 and 3 use the standard electric rebate instead.

Two rules catch people out. You have to pre-register and get an eligibility code before the install, and the old gas, propane or oil heating has to come out. Your home’s assessed value matters too: over $1.2 million you can only get Level 3, and over $1.82 million ESP isn’t available at all.

3. Gas homes: FortisBC’s $4,000 dual fuel rebate

If you heat with natural gas and your income is above the ESP limits, this is the main rebate left. FortisBC pays $4,000 at any income when you replace a gas furnace that’s at least 15 years old with a central ducted heat pump and a new high-efficiency gas furnace. In the Southern Interior the furnace can only take over when it’s 2°C or colder outside, so the heat pump still does most of the heating.

It can’t be combined with other provincial or FortisBC rebates. Lower-income households can get up to $8,000 through FortisBC’s income-qualified version instead. Our furnace rebate guide has the full rules.

4. Electric homes: FortisBC or BC Hydro

If you heat with baseboards or an electric furnace, the rebate is $4,000 for a heat pump that heats the whole home or $1,500 for one that covers at least half of it, with no income test. Who pays it depends on your electricity bill. FortisBC electricity customers (including the City of Penticton and District of Summerland utilities) apply through FortisBC, and BC Hydro customers apply through BC Hydro. Both run under the same Home Renovation Rebate rules, which our BC Hydro rebate guide covers.

BC Hydro pays an extra top-up in parts of Vernon, West Kelowna and some communities between Kelowna and Vernon. If your postal code is eligible and you switch from electric heat to a heat pump, you get another $4,000 for a whole home system or $1,500 for a partial one, on top of the standard rebate (so up to $8,000 or $3,000 in total). There’s nothing extra to apply for, since BC Hydro adds it based on the install address, but you can check your postal code on BC Hydro’s community offers page. This one is for BC Hydro customers only.

5. What happened to Kelowna’s $2,000 top-up?

The City of Kelowna used to add $2,000 to the provincial rebate when you switched from oil, gas or propane to an electric heat pump. That top-up isn’t listed on the province’s rebate site any more (its old page now returns an error), and the City’s energy page only points to FortisBC and provincial rebates now. Vernon’s top-up has gone from the province’s site too.

We couldn’t find a city top-up open anywhere in the Okanagan, so we’d suggest budgeting without one. The BC Hydro top-up above is the exception if you’re in one of its postal codes.

The City of Kelowna is part of the free Home Energy Navigator program (homeenergynav.ca), which helps homeowners compare quotes and find the rebates that apply to them.

Thinking about solar panels as well? Which solar rebates apply in Kelowna depends on whether your power comes from BC Hydro or FortisBC. Our sister site covers solar panels in Kelowna.

6. How to get the rebate

1. Run the free checker to see which program you’re likely in.
2. If it’s ESP, pre-register on the Energy Savings Program portal and get your code before you book the install.
3. Get quotes from contractors registered for that program. For the BC Hydro, FortisBC and dual fuel rebates that means a Home Performance Contractor Network member (our HPCN guide shows how to check).
4. After the install, ESP pays your contractor directly and you pay the difference. BC Hydro and FortisBC rebates are applied for online within six months of the invoice.

If you want to combine a heat pump with insulation or windows, our rebate stacking guide covers what can and can’t be combined.

Somewhere else in BC? We also have pages for Greater Victoria, Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, New Westminster and Surrey, the Fraser Valley and Nanaimo and the Mid-Island.

This page was checked against betterhomesbc.ca, BC Hydro, FortisBC and the City of Kelowna website on October 28, 2026. BC elected a new provincial government on October 24, 2026, and program rules could change. The federal government announced a National Heat Pump Rebate on October 8, 2026 (up to $10,000 for below-median-income households, $2,000 for others). Heat pumps installed from November 1, 2026 can count, and applications open in early 2027. We keep track of it on our National Heat Pump Rebate page at rebatecheck.ca.

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