Solar Panels in Edmonton, Sized to Your EPCOR Bill

We design and install solar panels for Edmonton homes with Tier 1 equipment, a 25-year performance warranty and our own ten-year workmanship guarantee. Gupta Renewables is locally owned and operated in Calgary, extending our service north through the corridor to Edmonton and Leduc.

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Solar panels Edmonton — a completed rooftop array on a home, aerial view

Solar panels work well in Edmonton, which gets more annual sunlight than most Canadian cities. Systems are sized against your power bill rather than your roof — the three we have built along this corridor run from 9 kW to 18.9 kW. Edmonton connects through EPCOR under Alberta's micro-generation rules, and installation requires a City of Edmonton permit.

Why we install solar panels in Edmonton from a Calgary base

We will say this plainly, because you would find out anyway: our office is in Calgary. Gupta Renewables is locally owned and operated there, and Edmonton is a market we extend our service to rather than a place we keep a branch.

That matters less than you might think, and here is why. A solar installation is not a trade you call back weekly. It is a design, a permit application, a two-day install and then a system that runs on its own with monitoring you can see from your phone. What you actually need from an installer is that the same company that designed it is accountable for it afterwards — and a second office does not buy you that. Owning our crews does.

Aerial view of a completed rooftop solar array on a two-storey home

And accountability here is a term, not a promise. Our own workmanship guarantee runs ten years and covers the labour to repair or correct anything we installed, at no cost to you. The panels carry a 25-year product warranty and a linear performance warranty of 25 to 30 years, depending on the panel your roof takes. The APsystems microinverters we fit as standard carry 25 years — worth knowing, because the inverter is usually where a long warranty quietly gets short.

When a manufacturer claim is needed, we file it. You should not be negotiating with a factory from Edmonton. Our installation work also carries liability coverage of up to $5,000,000, and we will produce the certificate if you ask for it.

Every warranty on the system, set out properly

What Edmonton does get from us is a team that already knows the EPCOR micro-generation process and the City of Edmonton permit path, because we have run them. We have completed an installation in Edmonton and two in Leduc.

What solar panel installation in Edmonton involves

Solar panel installation in Edmonton runs to four stages, and we handle the paperwork in two of them.

Solar panels across several roof faces of a Leduc home, seen from above

  1. Consultation and design.

    We start from twelve months of your EPCOR consumption and size the array against what you actually use, not against your roof area. No deposit to get here.

  2. Permits and approvals.

    A City of Edmonton permit, plus a micro-generation application through EPCOR, which is the distribution utility for the city. We file both.

  3. Installation.

    Racking, panels, inverter and the electrical tie-in — usually a couple of days on site.

  4. Inspection, connection and monitoring.

    Final inspection, the meter change, and monitoring set up before we leave.

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How the grid connection works in Edmonton

Alberta's micro-generation framework lets you send surplus production to the grid and take credit against what you draw back later. In Edmonton the wires side of that is EPCOR, so the micro-generation application and the meter exchange both run through them.

The framework is provincial, so the rules are the same as they are in Calgary or Red Deer. The utility handling the paperwork is not — and knowing which forms go where is most of what stops a project from stalling for a month.

Solar panels we've installed around Edmonton

We have completed one installation in Edmonton and two in Leduc. Here is what they actually are: a 9 kW system in Edmonton, and systems of 14 kW and 18.9 kW in Leduc.

None of those came off a package list. Each was sized against twelve months of that household's own consumption, which is why they sit so far apart — the 18.9 kW roof is not a larger house so much as a larger power bill. It is also why we will not quote you a system size over the phone.

9 kW solar installation completed in Edmonton
Edmonton9 kW
14 kW solar panel installation in Leduc
Leduc14 kW
18.9 kW solar installation in Leduc
Leduc18.9 kW

The question we get before every corridor install is what happens in winter. Panels lose nothing to cold; they run marginally better in it. Snow is the real variable, and it is a shedding problem rather than a production one — an array pitched for Alberta light sheds most of what lands on it, and the weeks you lose a little to snow cover are the weeks with the least daylight to lose anyway.

“Dishant and his team [installed a] solar power system at my house in Edmonton. The job is done in good professional way, nice and clean installation… I found his rates for the unit [to be very competitive]… System is up and running.”

Rashid B.Edmonton · July 2026 · Google review
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No upfront cost, and what that means

No money down. The system is financed rather than bought outright, and the repayment is structured against what you are already spending on power instead of being added on top of it. That is the whole idea — the bill you have been paying for years is what buys the array.

We are a registered CEIP Contractor, which matters for how that financing can be arranged. Edmonton runs a Clean Energy Improvement Program, the municipal route that attaches financing to your property rather than to you personally. It runs in limited intakes and the current capacity changes, so we keep live programme status on our incentives guide rather than on this page, where it would be out of date the week it moved.

What a system costs depends on the size your bill calls for, so it is a longer answer than this page should give. Our cost guide sets out the current Alberta market range with its sources named.

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Common questions about solar panels in Edmonton

Do you install solar in Edmonton if your office is in Calgary?

Yes. Our office and our crews are based in Calgary, and Edmonton is one of the markets we serve across the corridor. We have completed installations in Edmonton and Leduc, and we handle the EPCOR and City of Edmonton paperwork ourselves.

Who handles the grid connection for solar in Edmonton?

EPCOR, as the distribution utility for the city. Your micro-generation application and the meter exchange both go through them, and we submit the application on your behalf.

Do I need a permit for solar panels in Edmonton?

Yes — a City of Edmonton permit is required before installation begins, alongside the EPCOR micro-generation approval. We file both and track them, so you are not chasing two authorities.

How far does your service area extend around Edmonton?

We work across the Calgary–Red Deer–Edmonton corridor, which includes Leduc and the communities around the city. If you are outside that stretch it is still worth asking — we install across Alberta.

See what your roof would produce in Edmonton.

Twelve months of your EPCOR bill is all we need to start — and if you cannot find it, we will show you where it lives in your EPCOR account.

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