A proposal for a ratepayer-funded Ontario Home Energy Affordability Program was developed for LIEN in 2006 by Roger Colton, a U.S. low-income energy expert with expertise in energy poverty alleviation programs. It included five major components: rate affordability, arrears management, crisis intervention, conservation and demand management, and consumer protections. It also provided analysis that Ontario’s low-income consumers should not be paying more than 6% of their total household income on energy.
Download the original 2006 report by clicking here.
Roger Colton’s 2013 presentation “Making a Case for A Ratepayer-Funded Ongoing Assistance Program for Ontario” is available here.
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