BILL NO. 193

(as introduced)

1st Session, 64th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
71 Elizabeth II, 2022

 

Private Member's Bill

 

Energy-efficient Programming Expansion Act

 

Susan Leblanc
Dartmouth North

First Reading: July 28, 2022

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

 

An Act to Expand Energy-efficient Programming

WHEREAS energy poverty, which is defined as spending more than six per cent of household income on home energy, affects households of both low and modest incomes;

AND WHEREAS Nova Scotia Power Incorporated charges the highest power rates of any integrated utility in the country and has applied to raise those rates by 10% within two years;

AND WHEREAS Nova Scotians can save money through deep retrofits and switching to more efficient heating and cooling systems;

THEREFORE be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 This Act may be cited as the Energy-efficient Programming Expansion Act.

2 The Minister of Natural Resources and Renewables shall review the HomeWarming program created by Efficiency Nova Scotia to expand it and ensure that

(a) persons who have a modest income and meet the threshold of energy poverty are eligible to participate;

(b) the goal of the program is to save up to 50% of each participant's household energy costs; and

(c) people from communities with historic barriers to clear property title are eligible to participate.

 

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