{"id":91702,"date":"2017-02-28T19:44:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T00:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=91702"},"modified":"2017-02-28T19:44:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T00:44:18","slug":"alberta-releases-info-on-how-consumers-can-get-free-energy-efficient-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/28\/alberta-releases-info-on-how-consumers-can-get-free-energy-efficient-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta releases info on how consumers can get free energy efficient products"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_91703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91703\" style=\"width: 120px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ph-mla0867.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91703\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ph-mla0867.jpg\" alt=\"Environment Minister Shannon Phillips says people need to register online for the program. (Photo: Legislative Assembly of Alberta)\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Environment Minister Shannon Phillips says people need to register online for the program. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.assembly.ab.ca\">Legislative Assembly of Alberta<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>EDMONTON \u2013Alberta has rolled out some details on how consumers can get free energy efficient products such as LED light bulbs.<\/p>\n<p>Environment Minister Shannon Phillips says people need to register online for the program.<\/p>\n<p>She says consumers who register will be contacted to make appointments with a private company called Ecofitt.<\/p>\n<p>Staff from Ecofitt will come to homes to install lights, high-efficiency shower heads, power bars and self-adjusting thermostats.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips says the program will cost $21.5 million and create 70 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The money is to come from the new carbon tax, which is increasing the cost of gasoline and home and business heating bills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can be among the first Albertans in line for savings available through this program,\u201d Phillips said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of the home upgrades are at no charge to you and they will reduce your electricity bills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Phillips has said the province plans to spend $648 million over the next five years on energy efficient products and programs.<\/p>\n<p>The Wildrose Opposition said the government should provide more details about the program, including whether there will be a cap on how many free products people can get.<\/p>\n<p>Wildrose environment critic Todd Loewen said the program could turn out to be a boondoggle for taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NDP government needs to release far more details on this program and understand that Albertans won&#8217;t stand for talking points over fact,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario-based Ecofitt says it provides conservation programs and products across North America. Some of its clients include the British Columbia government, Manitoba Hydro, Guelph Hydro and Hydro Quebec.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDMONTON \u2013Alberta has rolled out some details on how consumers can get free energy efficient products such as LED light &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":91703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[1771,15921],"class_list":["post-91702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","tag-alberta","tag-free-energy-efficient-products","mauthors-john-cotter","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}