Nova Scotia announces $140 million over four years in home-heating assistance
The money will also offer low-income households free heat pumps and the electrical panel upgrades needed to install them
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is investing $140 million over the next four years for energy efficiency programs to help low- and middle-income homeowners end their use of heating oil.
Natural Resources Minister Tory Rushton says the money will also offer low-income households free heat pumps and the electrical panel upgrades needed to install them.
Rushton says the funding — combined with promised federal money — is expected to help about 13,500 low-income and 30,000 middle-income households.
The minister says about $300 million in federal-provincial funding will be available for home-heating programs over the next three years, once the final details are worked out with Ottawa….[Read More]