Fees & Forms

2025 Wiring and Licensing Fees

To respond to inflationary pressures, the Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) plans to increase wiring and licensing fees by 2.2% effective April 1, 2025. This increase reflects the inflationary pressures that the ESA, and many organizations, are facing, while continuing to deliver on the ESA’s important mandate for sector and public education and invest in operational efficiencies and the digital strategy.

In addition:

• Fees will decrease 25% for Solar Photovoltaic systems, greater than 10kW.
• Fees for Entertainment productions will increase.
  • C032 for Theatre, Film, TV and Video will be rising to $327
  • C041 for Commercials will be rising to $170
• ESA will be introducing a new fee for Deviation requests – an optional service for those considering deviations from the Ontario Electrical Safety Code.
  • Optional deviation requests will face a fee of $388 for the first two hours of review time, and then a fee of $194 per additional hour of review.
  • Fees reflect the time and effort from ESA personnel and the increasing complexity of these requests.

The ESA Fee Guide is in process of being updated, and will be posted prior to April 1 implementation.

For clarity, the fee increase in October was a reflection of 2023 inflationary costs, and the fee increase in April 2025 is related to 2024 inflationary costs. Going forward, ESA will implement fee changes in-line with the beginning of the fiscal year, on April 1st, to provide predictability for the sector. 

ESA recognizes the impact that fee changes put on our stakeholder community and will continue to drive public value through our financial and operational performances. ESA will continue to find ways, like the ESA ON Mobile App, to drive cost and burden reduction in the sector.