The Low-Income Energy Network is celebrating the province of Ontario’s announcement of a significant and welcome expansion of the Save On Energy – Energy Affordability Program to now provide free cold climate air source heat pumps to eligible electricity users.
Tag: energy policy
Blog: Ontario Electricity Support Program Expanded to More Ontarians
In this blog, Lindsay Dixon, Articling Student at CELA, summarizes the new eligibility income thresholds for the Ontario Electricty Support Program (OESP).
LIEN Annual Conference 2021 – Energy Equity: Using Energy Efficiency to Fight Energy Poverty in Canada
The Low-Income Energy Network (LIEN) hosted Annual Conference on June 29, 2021 from 3:00-5:00pm ET. More information can be found on their website. This year’s Low-Income Energy Network conference explored the themes of energy equity, affordability and access. Speakers included:…
CELA Submission to National Radioactive Waste Policy Consultation 2021
Submissions from the Canadian Environmental Law Association on Canada’s update of its radioactive waste policy. Authored by: Theresa McClenaghan CELA Submission to National Radioactive Waste Policy Review May 31 2021
Ontario’s Long-Term Energy Planning Framework
The Ministry of Energy, Northern Development, and Mines is reviewing Ontario’s long-term energy planning framework with a view to implementing a new, more transparent, predictable, and reliable planning process. CELA with the Low Income Energy Network (LIEN) has responded to this consultation (ERO #019-3007).
Blog – Carbon Pricing, Vulnerable Communities, and the Constitution
CELA Counsel Richard Lindgren blogs about the recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling that upheld the constitutionality of the federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act.