Ontario's government has cancelled a number of electricity conservation programs, including one which offered pool owners a $400 rebate for upgrading to energy-efficient pumps. Ontario's Ministry of Energy told CBC News it was taking action to reduce costs and duplication by streamlining what it described as a patchwork of inefficient electricity conservation programs in the province. The government plans to centralize delivery of electricity conservation programs through the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), a provincial agency funded through electricity rates, instead of having them delivered through local utilities like Hydro Ottawa. Some programs will continueThe province said there will continue to be electricity conservation programs for businesses, institutions and low-income, and Indigenous customers. The following local programs will be ending:

Source: CBC News March 24, 2019 08:00 UTC