Province to Add Tax to Energy Bills

Monday, April 23, 2007 03:29 PM

Expect a boost in your natural gas bill and electricity bill.

The Province of B.C. is going to move to add a 0.4 percent levy on electricity, natural gas, grid propane and fuel oil that are non-transportation related.

The money collected will be put towards the Innovative Clean Energy Fund (ICE).

The increase is expected to come into effect on the First of July, and will add about $8.00 a year to your total heating and electrical bills.

Although it may seem likely that the north would be paying more, such is not the case says Terasen Gas. Northern homes use less natural gas than their lower mainland counterparts. Terasen says a typical 2,000 square foot home in the north would use about 95 gigajules of natural gas per year, while the same size home in the lower mainland would use about 110.

Better insulation in northern homes cited as one of the reasons why the north would use less fuel even though the climate is colder.

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Posted on Monday, April 23, 2007 03:29 PM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: jonnypg on April 23 2007 4:22 PM

Hard to believe with -20,-30 temperatures in pg!

Posted by: acrider54 on April 23 2007 4:26 PM

Yeah why not! We're used to it. Keep raising taxes so that is all you work for is to pay them. Another thank you to Campbell and bums.

Posted by: red2b on April 23 2007 4:44 PM

And what was it that the NDP did??

Posted by: supertech on April 23 2007 4:47 PM

what a farce--they need the money for the olympics and that's the end of story. Everthing thing are doing is for olympics and after the olympics they will have lots of money--if they're still in power. It's the same with the CO2 cleanup--they won't be in power so who cares--just like the idiots who signed the kyoto thing--not accountable. If it has something to do with politicians, it's a lie.

Posted by: snappi on April 23 2007 7:54 PM

Time to go back to wood heat and candles.

Posted by: wrinkledawg on April 23 2007 8:19 PM

Maybe its time for a tea party...Just like the one that was had in Boston. :[
I feel like I am being Taxed to death.

Posted by: thereasonableman on April 23 2007 9:02 PM

Clean Energy - So is it going to pay for a new hydroelectric project, or a nuclear facility ?

Or do they think that a big pile of money is going to make a new clean energy source magically appear out of thin air ?

I also suspect that this money will be quietly diverted to the olympics. Invite everybody to a party you can't afford to throw, then cash in all your empties, trying to pay for it.

Posted by: seamutt on April 23 2007 9:05 PM

Global warming SUPPOSINGLY caused by man is going to be the biggest scam ever. But we are going to pay big time before this plays out. Don't believe me, just do some internet searches. Start with The Great Global Warming Swindle . Did you know that barker Al Gore paid over $30,000 in 2006 in energy costs for his mansion. The cliamate has always been changing. 55% of the worlds glaciers are growing.

Posted by: acrider54 on April 24 2007 6:14 AM

"And what was it that the NDP did?"

What does the NDP have to do with it? Who said anything about the NDP?

Posted by: diplomat on April 24 2007 8:06 AM

Well, who said something about *Campbell and bums?* Expect tit for tat.

Posted by: thereasonableman on April 24 2007 11:07 AM

Oh brother....

Children, play nice or you're all staying after school to write lines and think of something intelligent to say.