Heating Oil

• How the war in Iran could impact your home heating oil bill this winter

  Since the start of the war in Iran, the average retail home heating oil prices have jumped 42 per cent in most of Canada, sitting at $2.50 per litre this week.

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  11 hours
  
• U.S. plans to loan one-third of heating oil reserve to tame prices

  U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the administration was "committed to doing everything in our power to lower energy costs."

  U.S. News

  Oct 21
  
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• Using heating oil? What to know about Canada’s plan to phase in heat pumps

  Buildings are the third-most polluting sector in Canada, and the federal government plans to cut emissions by phasing out home heating oils in favour of heat pumps.

  Canada

  Jul 16, 2024
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• Heat pump program costs are on track but could jump to $2.7B: PBO

  The Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates Ottawa's heating oil to heat pump program could cost $797 million after the government allocated $500 million to the enhanced version.

  Canada

  Jan 18, 2024
• Customers left in the cold after Maritime Fuels files for bankruptcy

  Home heating fuel customers with Maritime Fuels are left with questions and frustration, after the company filled for bankruptcy on Thursday.

  Economy

  Nov 20, 2023
• B.C. deserves relief on heating bills, too: Eby

  B.C. Premier David Eby says it's unfair that Atlantic Canada is being targeted for federal relief on heating bills that won't apply to B.C., after Ottawa announced a three-year pause on carbon pricing for home fuel oil.

  Politics

  Oct 30, 2023
• Conservatives promise unanimous support for national carbon tax pause

  Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is challenging the minority Liberal government to remove federal surcharges on all home heating energy.

  Politics

  Oct 29, 2023
• Ottawa to pause carbon pricing on home heating oil for 3 years, Trudeau says

  Trudeau said the federal government will be rolling out incentives to Atlantic Canada households who are more reliant on heating oil to make a switch to heat pumps easier.

  Politics

  Oct 26, 2023
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• Carbon pricing good idea complicated by rising energy costs: N.S. advocate

  The Affordable Energy Coalition of Nova Scotia believes most people will be helped by the federal government's plan to provide quarterly rebates to offset carbon pricing costs.

  Canada

  Nov 24, 2022
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• High gas prices hitting Atlantic Canada hard due to region’s reliance on heating oil

  The four provinces with the highest percentages of fuel oil for residential heating in 2019 were all in Atlantic Canada, according to Nova Scotia's Finance and Treasury Board.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2022