Solar Leads in British Columbia

British Columbia's solar market is evolving rapidly, fuelled by the province's strong environmental values, rising electricity costs, and growing awareness that BC's sun hours — particularly in the Interior — are more than sufficient for productive residential solar installations. While Vancouver's reputation as a rainy city leads some to underestimate BC's solar potential, the reality is that the Okanagan, Kamloops, and parts of the Peace region receive over 1,300 peak sun hours annually, rivalling Ontario's best solar locations.

BC Hydro's net metering programme is a key market driver, allowing residential solar system owners to export surplus electricity to the grid and receive credits that offset their bills. Even in the Lower Mainland, where annual sun hours are lower than the Interior, the financial case for solar is strengthened by BC Hydro's two-tier rate structure, where consumption above a baseline threshold is charged at a significantly higher rate — exactly the consumption that solar generation can displace.

The province's environmental consciousness extends to its building codes and climate policies. BC's CleanBC strategy and the Energy Step Code are pushing new construction toward net-zero energy readiness, and solar is an integral component of meeting these targets. Homeowners throughout Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Victoria, and the Okanagan are increasingly viewing solar as both an environmental and financial investment. DashLeads captures these motivated homeowners through targeted campaigns and delivers verified solar leads in real time to installers, complete with property details, energy usage, and roof information.