Everyone loves coupons – and Ontario’s saveONenergy program has coupons for energy saving and money-saving homeowners.

On October 31, 2011 the Ontario government announced that they have begun a review of the Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program, expected and scheduled two years ago when the FIT program was first announced

After extensive upgrades to make our home more efficient and environmentally friendly we are now looking to install a solar array on rooftop to take advantage of the Ontario Power Authority’s MicroFIT program.

We recently signed up for a great program that our power company (Horizon Utilities) offers called PeakSaver. The program is a win-win-win.
WE WIN because Horizon installs a brand-new, high-end thermostat (see right) in our home for free (yes we own it – I checked) with zero installation costs! In fact, for participating in the program, we [...]

I was reading the Customer Green Stories at Canadian Tire’s site – I know, what a loser, eh?  – and I came across this nugget from “top 1000 contributor” Anon123 in Toronto:
Recently, I’ve been hearing more and more about phantom power…[that] your TV, computer and other appliances use when they are turned off… If you [...]

Living in Dundas, we are one of only a few neighbourhoods covered by our utility company, Horizon Utilities (serving all of Hamilton and St. Catharines, Ontario)  that will get Time-of-Use billing on our electricity use starting in Jan. 2010.
(Full disclosure: I have recently been contracted by Horizon Utilities to assist with a project.)
To make that [...]