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Affordability

Utility costs platforms

Here's what the 2025 Ontario election parties are promising.

PC
  • Require local hydro utilities to share services to reduce overall costs

    "Mandating shared services between local hydro utilities to support critical investments in infrastructure and save ratepayers money." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

ONDP
  • Provide monthly financial support to cover heating costs for lower-income households that heat with gas, oil, or other fuels

    "We will reduce energy costs for struggling households, especially those in rural and Northern Ontario, with on-bill rate relief for lower-income households that heat with gas, oil or other fuels — to bridge them to conversion to more affordable electric heating. This program will operate similarly to the existing Ontario Electricity Support Program. We will provide monthly financial support to help cover your heating costs, as well as access to emergency financial assistance if you are at risk of being cut off by your fuel distributor." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Provide free or discounted electric heat pumps to households, with heat pump rebates and interest-free financing

    "We will provide free or discounted electric heat pumps to Ontario households, with access to easy interest- free financing. Heat pump rebates of up to $19,500 will be available depending on household income, with an additional $5,000 available for households that heat with propane, heating oil, or coal." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Provide energy saving retrofit support to renters and low-income households

    "We will also enhance Ontario’s SaveONEnergy Energy Affordability program to provide retrofit support to renters and low-income households, ensuring fair access to Ontario’s energy savings programs." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

Liberal
  • Remove the HST from home heating and hydro bills
  • Create a permanent tax credit worth 20% of the installation cost of energy-saving technologies for homes, such as heat pumps

Green
  • Redirect hydro rebate cheques from the wealthiest Ontarians to low- and middle-income earners

    "Stop giving hydro rebate cheques to the wealthiest Ontarians and redirect that money to help low- and middle-income earners pay their bills" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Return natural gas cost protection by renewing the independence of the OEB
  • Provide a free heat pump for households with incomes under $100,000, and zero interest loans for households over $100,000

    "Provide a free heat pump for house- holds with incomes under $100,000 and zero interest loans for households over $100,000" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Remove HST on heat pumps, heat pump hot water heating, solar panels, EV chargers, and energy retrofits
  • Provide a $10,000 grant and upfront zero-interest loan programmes for energy efficiency retrofits for households with incomes under $100,000
  • Provide zero-interest loans for energy efficiency retrofits for households with incomes over $100,000

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