New Ontario Business Costs Rebate Program

Niagara Peninsula Energy Inc. understands the difficulties that businesses are facing during the COVID-19 Pandemic. As we continue to assist our customers, we would like to make all of our commercial customers aware of the new Ontario Business Costs Rebate program put into place by the Ontario government to support businesses at this time.

The new Ontario Business Costs Rebate Program provides support for fixed property tax and energy costs to businesses that are most impacted by the public health measures put in place as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

To be eligible, businesses must:

•          Be subject to a provincially-mandated capacity limit of 50 per cent or lower (including a requirement to temporarily close) and;
•          Pay commercial (non-residential) property taxes and/or non-residential energy costs, either directly or through the property owner (as detailed in their lease).

Not-for-profits and charities may be eligible if their operations/services are impacted by the capacity limits and they meet the eligibility criteria.

To see the full Ontario Business Costs Rebate Program Guide and view a list of eligible businesses, please visit www.ontario.ca/page/businesses-get-help-covid-19-costs.

To apply, please visit https://www.app.grants.gov.on.ca/obcrp/#/.

Businesses are required to submit proof of costs associated with property tax and/or energy bills as part of the application process

To access and download your electricity bills, please visit https://myaccount.npei.ca/.

Below are instructions to access your electricity bills:

1) Please log into My Account for your business.

2) Once logged in, please click "View Bills" on the left hand side.

3) Click the blue "Export To" button.

4) You will have the option to download your annual usage to CSV, Excel or PDF.

5) You can view bill as pdf and save.  As part of the application, please include all electricity bills for the relevant eligibility period December 19, 2021 to January 5, 2022. 

6) If you cannot see a bill within the eligibility period, you may consider including the bills created in the month of December and January so that the review process can determine if you are eligible.

If you have not registered for My Account, please click on the link below for an instructional video on how to register.

Tutorial Videos

As always, Niagara Peninsula Energy Inc. is here to assist you during this difficult time.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us by emailing info@npei.ca or call us at 1-877-270-3938.