Heating Oil

• 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
  
• 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
  
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• 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
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• 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
• 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
• 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
• Worried about your winter heating bill? You might be able to hedge

  You may want to lock into a fixed-rate contract as the cold season approaches.

  Money

  Oct 15, 2021
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• City of Montreal to ban oil heating by 2030 in bid to fight climate change

  Heating oil will be banned in the City of Montreal, with all municipal buildings making the switch to alternate energy sources by 2021.

  Canada

  May 6, 2019
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• Hundreds of litres of heating oil spill into storm drain near Outaouais River in Gatineau

  Between 700 and 1,200 litres of heating oil spilled onto the pavement and into a storm drain during a delivery on Friday afternoon.

  Environment

  Dec 22, 2018