Going solar in Millet,
season by season.
A short almanac for the town between Leduc and Wetaskiwin. We build your system in spring, it runs hard all summer, and the credits you bank carry you through the Alberta winter. Forty minutes south of our Edmonton shop on Highway 2A — an in-house crew that's been doing this since 2018.
One year of solar in Millet.
Solar in Wetaskiwin County isn't a flat line — it follows the seasons the way farming does. Here's the shape of a year on a Millet rooftop, and how net metering lets a generous summer pay for a quiet winter.
Build & switch-on
Snow's off the roof and days stretch out fast. This is when most Millet systems go up: we file the FortisAlberta micro-gen application, set the bi-directional meter, and you start exporting. Cold, bright spring days are some of the most efficient panels see all year.
The long surplus
Sixteen-hour days. A well-sized 7–8 kW system makes far more than the house uses, and every spare kilowatt-hour goes back to the grid for a retail-rate credit. This is the surplus you'll spend later — the heart of how Millet homeowners reach a $0 annual bill.
The taper
Days shorten, harvest wraps up, and production eases off its peak. Your meter still spins backward on bright afternoons, and the credit balance you built over summer is sitting there, full, waiting. A good time for the no-rush check-in call we make on every system.
The draw-down
Short days, more grid use — and this is where the summer credits earn their keep, drawing your winter bills down toward nothing. Panels actually run more efficiently in the cold; the only enemy is snow cover, which slides off our tilt before long.
What a Millet system actually costs.
Plain figures, no asterisks hiding the real price. A typical Millet home lands in the 7–8 kW range. Smaller systems cost more per watt because the fixed parts of an install don't shrink.
Three straight-up ways to cover the cost.
Cash
The cheapest route. Paying outright earns roughly a 10% discount versus financed pricing, and the ~$2.80/W rate is built around it. Best total return if the money's available.
$0 Down
Financeit financing with nothing up front, so your monthly payment can be close to the power bill it replaces. We size the numbers honestly at your assessment — no payment that outruns the savings. See financing options →
Roll It In
Folding solar into a mortgage or HELOC keeps the interest low and qualifies for the cash-equivalent rate. If you're already refinancing, this is often the quietest way to do it.
CEIP?
Clean Energy Improvement Program financing ties repayment to your property tax bill where a municipality offers it. We haven't confirmed the Town of Millet runs a program — so check the official list before counting on it. Check CEIP locations →
Who runs the wires in Millet.
FortisAlberta
The poles, wires, and meter at your Millet address belong to FortisAlberta — not EPCOR, not ATCO. Going solar means a micro-generation application and a bi-directional meter through Fortis. We file it and pull the electrical permit so you don't chase paperwork. FortisAlberta micro-gen →
Net Metering
Under Alberta's Micro-Generation Regulation, the surplus your roof exports earns credits at the retail rate. That's the mechanism behind the almanac: summer banks, winter spends. How net metering works →
Your Retailer
Alberta's retail side is deregulated. If you've never picked a retailer, you're on the Rate of Last Resort — the default that replaced the old RRO on January 1, 2025. Your retailer choice has no effect on net metering. About the Rate of Last Resort →
Town roofs and county acreages.
Millet is a town of about 1,900 in the County of Wetaskiwin, sitting on Highway 2A between Leduc and the City of Wetaskiwin. It's named for Auguste Millet, said to have canoed for Father Lacombe — a village by 1903, a town by 1983. Farming country, friendly streets, and a lot of clear southern sky.
In town
The town core and the newer streets are mostly single-family homes with simple, walkable roofs — the kind of straightforward pitch that keeps a rooftop install efficient and lands close to that ~$2.80/W figure.
Out on the acreage
The acreages and farms ringing town often have the open, unshaded ground that makes a ground-mount array shine — aimed dead south, tilted for Alberta winters, no roof to work around. We build both.
Battery and EV, briefly.
Battery backup
Out past town the power can blink during a storm. A home battery rides through outages and stores your own daytime solar to use after dark — handy when winter draw is highest. We'll tell you honestly whether it pencils out for your place.
Is a battery right for you? →EV charging
If there's an EV in the driveway, a Level 2 charger paired with solar means a lot of your miles come straight off the roof. We can wire it during the solar install so it's one trip, one permit.
See EV charger packages →Same crew, every season.
The company actually called us after two years just to check if everything was still working properly.
So thrilled with this company! Our system was installed over a year ago and it was the best decision we ever made. We used to pay $600–$800 in bills, but now we pay nothing to the utility company!
The entire process was completed in a timely and efficient manner. Pawan was a pleasure to work with — he took the time to thoroughly explain the product and never made me feel rushed.
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Let's find your $0 winter,
starting this spring.
A free 15-minute assessment: we look at your roof or acreage, your real power bills, and the FortisAlberta connection — then tell you straight whether solar makes sense in Millet. If it doesn't, we'll say so.