Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk'
To   : Rob Mccart
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Tue Mar 18 2025 14:30:03

 RM> It is actually a line right on the electricity bill. There are also
 RM> Provincial plans that do the same thing. They want people to live in
 RM> the North and they know that we have to heat homes in colder weather
 RM> and drive further to get anywhere (my 50 mile round trip for groceries)
 RM> so they do things to lower costs a bit. I save about $1000 a year on
 RM> electricity due to those two grants, about equally split between them
 RM> in recent heavy use months.

There's a grant for low income people here (like me) but in the past few years it seems like the electric bills went up more than the grant compensated for. But the grant was great before this started happening.

I wish I had a single story house, then I'd heat it with a pellet stove.

 RM> If you really want to get mad.. Ford put that 25% on only for a couple
 RM> of days and then your gov't had a meltdown and insisted on a meeting
 RM> to disuss things last week, so it was taken off again for now.
 RM> I'm sure I would have heard on the news if it were back on.

The media keeps things like this quiet. I would have never known about it if I didn't discuss it with you. It doesn't explain why the bill is so high, but it does indicate that here are talking points for the electric company if I ever call them about it.

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