Feds End ecoEnergy Program 2 Months Early

January 30, 2012

The federal government has halted its ecoEnergy Retrofit Program two months before its March 31 deadline. The program offered grants of up to $5,000 for home improvements that result in energy savings.

If you have already registered for the program you are still eligible for grants, but no new applicants will be accepted beyond the 250,000 in the program already. Work must be completed by March 31 and the deadline for getting an evaluation of completed work and submitting a grant application is now June 30, 2012. Natural Resources Canada has further details.

“We are shocked that the federal government is cutting back its investment in job-creating and energy saving retrofits at a time of global economic, environmental and energy uncertainty,” says Jeff Murdock, vice-president of the energy audit firm Building Insight Technologies.

He says that home retrofit incentive programs save energy, help families, and are proven low-tax job creation measures, generating $2 in tax revenue for every $1 invested in homeowner grants.

Read the press release here.

Find out about other grants and rebate programs here.