A young city of wide, sun-facing roofs — and a city-run financing program that makes the math unusually kind.
Settled by French-Canadian families in the 1890s and incorporated as a city in 2019, Beaumont has grown to roughly 20,000 residents — one of the fastest-growing communities in Alberta. That growth is written on the rooftops. Where older Edmonton-area neighbourhoods fight mature tree shade, Beaumont's modern subdivisions were built with wide, unshaded, south-facing rooflines on big family homes. Pair those generous roofs with the larger bills bigger homes carry, and the city sees some of the fastest solar payback in the region. At 53.4°N it still banks roughly 2,300 hours of sun a year, and surplus summer production is credited back through FortisAlberta under Alberta's Micro-Generation Regulation. Net metering in Alberta, explained.
Le coût · The costWhat solar actually costs in Beaumont
For most homes here our cash price works out to about $2.80 per watt on a typical 7–8 kW system — roughly $19,600 to $22,400 before incentives. That rate covers a straightforward LONGi 500W + APsystems DS3 install and includes critter guard and our lifetime leak-proof roof guarantee. Smaller arrays cost a little more per watt, because the fixed costs spread over fewer panels.
Where Beaumont stands apart from neighbouring cities is what comes next — a city-run financing program you won't find a few minutes up the highway.
CEIP · The Beaumont advantage3.5% + up to $1,100
The City's Clean Energy Improvement Program (residential launched March 24, 2026) finances up to 100% of your solar project at a fixed 3.5% over a term of up to 20 years, with up to $1,100 in rebates on top. Because it's repaid on your property tax bill, the obligation is tied to the home rather than to you — it transfers if you sell — and you can prepay any time, penalty-free.
One caveat worth knowing: CEIP runs on limited annual funding and can pause to a waitlist once it reaches capacity, so timing matters — confirm current availability on the City page above. Prefer a lender route? We also offer cash and $0-down financing.
La cité · The gridFortisAlberta, your rate & the permit
Beaumont sits in FortisAlberta's central-Alberta service territory — not EPCOR or ATCO. Fortis owns the poles and wires and processes your micro-generation interconnection, so your solar export is metered and credited through them. For the energy charge itself, Alberta is deregulated: you can sign with any competitive retailer, or sit on the default Rate of Last Resort (which replaced the RRO on January 1, 2025). Either way net metering works the same — under Alberta's Micro-Generation Regulation, surplus you export earns retail-rate credits that bank long July evenings against short January days, toward a $0 annual bill. More about the Rate of Last Resort
Rooftop solar needs a City of Beaumont electrical/development permit; our crew is supervised by a Master Electrician and files it for you, alongside the Fortis interconnection. Ground-mount arrays are welcome on larger Lac Estates and acreage lots too.
Quartiers · NeighbourhoodsFrom Coloniale Estates to Beaumont Lakes
Beaumont's French-Canadian heritage is written right into the map — « Bienvenue à Beaumont » on the way in, bilingual street names throughout, and the Beau Marché farmers' market downtown. We install across every quartier of la cité, rooftop and ground-mount alike — from the established streets of Coloniale Estates to the newer builds out toward Beaumont Lakes.
Et aussi · Beyond the panelsBattery backup & EV charging
Two add-ons round out a Beaumont system. A whole-home EP Cube battery (sub-20 ms switchover) keeps the furnace, fridge and Wi-Fi running through a prairie storm or grid outage — see if a battery fits. And a Wallbox Pulsar Plus EV charger (40A at $3,499 or 48A at $3,999 installed) lets you charge the family EV on Beaumont sunshine — EV charger details. Both are wired by the same in-house crew that does the solar, no subcontractors.