NDP pledges to help Manitobans make homes more energy efficient

Posted: 10:39 AM CDT Thursday, Sep. 22, 2011

The provincial NDP pledged today to help Manitobans make their homes more energy efficient.

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The provincial NDP pledged today to help Manitobans make their homes more energy efficient.

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The provincial NDP pledged today to help Manitobans make their homes more energy efficient.

Premier Greg Selinger said a re-elected NDP government would offer families up to $1,000 to support energy improvements by topping up the federal government’s ecoENERGY program, cutting the cost of home energy audits and reducing rates on Manitoba Hydro Power Smart loans.

The provincial top-up will allow home owners to qualify for up to $6,000 in combined Hydro and federal grants.

The average combined savings are expected to be closer to $1,000.

Selinger said the cost of an energy audit would fall to $45 from the current $180. Power Smart loan rates will drop to 3.9 per cent from 4.9 per cent.

“We will now have the best program in Canada,” the premier said in an announcement this morning at the dining room table of a spacious family home on a five-acre lot south of the Perimeter Highway in Winnipeg.