About energy savings

By Bill Bennett, Kootenay East MLA

1.      Government, in partnership with BC Hydro and FortisBC, is expanding energy-efficiency programs to help customers, particularly those on low-incomes, reduce their electricity and gas bills.

2.      Updates to existing low-income programs will nearly double the number of eligible customers and make it easier to apply, and a new program will provide homeowners with up to $6,000 in rebates for energy-efficiency upgrades, such as heating and hot water systems and insulation.

3.      Customers on low-incomes can receive free energy assessments and energy-saving products such as new ENERGY STAR(r) refrigerators, insulation upgrades or a kit of simple, easy-to-install products such as compact fluorescent light bulbs and weather stripping.

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