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Solar, Battery & EV · Sylvan Lake, Alberta

Alberta's lake town,
powered by the sun.

From year-round homes off Lakeshore Drive to the cottages and new subdivisions like Ryders Ridge, Sylvan Lake's busiest season is also its sunniest. We install LONGi solar, EP Cube batteries and EV chargers across town — master electricians, FortisAlberta net metering.

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500+ Installs
Master Electrician
Licensed & Insured
Why Sylvan Lake works for solar

The sunniest season is the busy one.

Sylvan Lake is one of Alberta's fastest-growing towns — 16,000-plus year-round residents and a population that swells every summer. That summer peak, when the AC runs and the lake fills up, lands exactly when the sun is highest and your panels make the most power. Tie it into FortisAlberta net metering and the big summer surplus banks as credits to cover the short days of winter.

Long summer days

16+ hours of daylight in June means peak production right when a lake town draws the most power.

FortisAlberta net metering

Bi-directional meter, kWh-for-kWh credit, 12-month rollover — summer surplus covers winter.

Home or cottage

Permanent residence, lake-view property or seasonal place — we design and warranty for all three.

From the lake

What lake-town owners say.

★★★★★  As written by our Google reviewers
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They even called us a year after install just to check on the system. That kind of follow-up is almost unheard of.

Alexendra
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★★★★★

Up to this point we would highly recommend Stellar Upgrades if you are considering solar panels. Their whole team have been amazing and professional.

Tammy
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★★★★★

The quality was good at a reasonable price. My house looks more advanced, and it really makes a difference in appearance.

Gurdil S.
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Built for the season

Your roof's busiest season is summer, too.

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Typical monthly solar production through the year in central Alberta. May through August do the heavy lifting — the very months Sylvan Lake fills with visitors, runs the air conditioning and draws the most power. Net metering banks that summer surplus so the short winter days are covered too.

What we install at the lake

Sun, battery, and the charger.

1

Solar Panels

LONGi panels + APsystems DS3 microinverters, mounted flush so the lake views stay clear. From $2.80/W cash with FortisAlberta net metering.

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2

Battery Backup

EP Cube whole-home battery. Under-20ms switchover keeps the fridge, pump and Wi-Fi on through a summer-storm outage.

Battery details →
3

EV Chargers

Wallbox Pulsar Plus, 40A ($3,499) or 48A ($3,999) installed. Charge the boat hauler or the commuter off your own roof.

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Around the lake

All around the lake.

New subdivision, established street or right on the water — here's how the town breaks down for solar.

1

Ryders Ridge & Beacon Hill

Newer family subdivisions with big, simple, well-oriented roofs — ideal for a larger 7–15 kW system that covers the house and an EV.

2

Hewlett Park & Lakeway Landing

Established residential close to the shops and schools. Most are straightforward rooftop designs once we map the sun path.

3

The lakefront & downtown

Lake-view and cottage homes off Lakeshore Drive. Panels sit flush so the view stays the view, and every install carries our lifetime leak-proof guarantee.

4

Iron Gate, Marina Bay & four-season cottages

Newer lakeside builds and seasonal places. Net metering banks your credits, so solar pays off even when you are only here part of the year.

Free assessment for Sylvan Lake

15 minutes. No obligation. If solar won't work out at your place, we'll tell you up front.

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Sylvan Lake questions

Lake-town questions.

The Town provides your water, but electricity distribution is FortisAlberta — they own the poles and your meter. Retail electricity in Alberta is deregulated, so any retailer can sell you power. With solar, Fortis fits a bi-directional meter and you go on net metering under the provincial Micro-Generation Regulation: every surplus kWh you export in summer is credited kWh-for-kWh and banked up to 12 months toward winter.
Figure on our $2.80/W cash price for the typical 7–8 kW lake-town home. Small 3–6 kW arrays come in higher per watt — the same fixed job costs divided by fewer panels — with a 5 kW usually landing between $16,000 and $20,000. The cash price has critter guards and the lifetime leak-proof roof guarantee built in; if you'd rather finance, Financeit offers $0-down at a modest markup. We design from your real bills, not averages. Run your numbers →
Often it pays even better. If you're mostly there in summer, you're using little while the panels are producing the most — so you export a large surplus, and net metering banks it as credits that roll forward up to 12 months against whatever you do use. Add an EP Cube battery and the place also rides out a storm outage while you're away. We'll model it against how you actually use the property.
No. Panels mount flush to the roof plane — low-profile, all-black options included — so they don't block sightlines or the view. We design the layout around your roof's best-producing faces and keep it clean and symmetrical. At the assessment we map orientation and any tree shade, and APsystems microinverters handle partial shade so a single tree doesn't cost you the whole array.
That's exactly when solar is at its strongest. Your highest-cooling, busiest days are long, bright summer days — the same days your panels produce the most. We size the system to your annual usage (cooling included), so the summer peak is covered and the surplus banks for winter. We service Sylvan Lake regularly out of Edmonton with no travel surcharge, and coordinate permitting with the Town as part of every install.
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Make the most
of every long day.

Free 15-minute assessment. If the savings aren't real, we'll tell you that — no spin.

Your free assessment brings an electrician's eye to your panel and wiring on site, an analysis of roof condition and orientation, and a custom system design — without any obligation.

Sylvan Lake · Bills & Rates

Why is your Sylvan Lake power bill so high?

Less than half of a Sylvan Lake electricity bill is the power you actually used. The rest is delivery — transmission, distribution (including a fixed daily charge), rate riders and the municipal local access fee — none of which you can shop away by switching retailers. Our line-by-line breakdown shows exactly where your money goes in Sylvan Lake, and the honest version of what rooftop solar zeroes out (the energy charge) versus what it doesn’t (the fixed connection costs).

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