ecoENERGY Program Full and Closed to New Entrants

Without advance warning, on January 29, 2012, the federal government made the following announcement:

"The renewed ecoENERGY Retrofit - Homes program has reached its goal of 250,000 registered homeowners and is now closed to new registrations. By ending registration at this time, the program is confident that all currently registered homeowners will have the opportunity to apply for and receive a grant for their eligible retrofit upgrades.

To help ensure that program participants have the opportunity to complete their required post-retrofit evaluation and apply for a grant, the deadline to obtain the post-retrofit evaluation is now June 30, 2012. All upgrades must still be completed by March 31, 2012 to be eligible. Only upgrades purchased and installed between the program eligibility dates of June 6, 2011 to March 31, 2012, will be considered for a grant and must be validated with receipts dated between those dates. As per current program requirements, failure to substantiate the dates of the retrofits will result in grant ineligibility.

To help homeowners, NRCan has established a dates and deadlines Web page: www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca/retrofit/dates."

In other words, if you have already obtained a CID number between July 13, 2011 and January 28, 2012, AND have receipts for upgrades dated between June 6, 2011 and March 31, 2012, you can be eligible for ecoENERGY grants if you complete all the program requirements. If you have not obtained a CID number within those dates, you can access LiveSmart BC grants for your upgrades.

If you are disappointed that you were unable to access ecoENERGY grants and/or support a renewed ecoENERGY grant program, you can contact the Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, at

Telephone: 613-992-6361
Fax: 613-992-9791
E-Mail: joe.oliver@parl.gc.ca
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6

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If you have any questions, please contact City Green at 1.866.381.9995 or savings@citygreen.ca


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