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The government has announced changes to the energy efficiency programs in Ontario. The changes support the government’s promise of reducing electricity costs for all customers. There will be limited impact to customers as a result of the government directives. There will be a shift to central-delivery of business programs by the IESO, but many opportunities remain for businesses to participate in energy efficiency to help improve their bottom line. The directives also cancel residential programs, with some exceptions. Customers can visit saveonenergy.ca to find more details on the changes, and learn more about how to reduce energy use at home.
What does this mean for you?
The Retrofit, Small Business Lighting and the Process and Systems Upgrade programs remain available and will be centrally delivered by the IESO as of April 1, 2019 through to December 31, 2020. Existing applications that have a binding agreement will be honoured and processed through the local utility that approved the application. Questions about applications that have been submitted but are not yet approved should be directed to the local utility offering the program.
The IESO appreciates the impact of all customers in pursuing energy efficiency and we will continue to work with the Ministry of Energy on plans for energy-efficiency programming for post-2020. The IESO is committed to looking at ways that energy efficiency can compete against other available system resources to meet the needs of Ontario’s electricity system at the lowest cost.
For more information on available programs please visit saveonenergy.ca. If you are interested in staying connected to program information and updates, please subscribe here
