Don’t stop now

Prince Edward Island ranks fourth in the 2022 Scorecard, having earned 39 points out of 100. The province is moving up the ranks and surpassed Ontario this year.

Routinely, efficiencyPEI has shown that it is a nation-leading organization. It fostered energy efficiency programs that perform exceptionally well in generating savings, and that focus on lowering energy bills for low-income households in PEI.

The province needs to be an energy efficiency leader if it is going to meet its ambitious climate target, the most robust in the country: net-zero emissions by 2040. Its latest efficiency policies are not consistent with that goal, however. While the province’s 2016 and 2017 Energy Strategies called for annual savings equal to two per cent of sales in both electric and non-electric energy sources, the latest plan will only save 0.7 per cent of electricity sales. This is lower than what efficiencyPEI achieved last year.

The province’s net-zero framework aims to make all new residential construction net-zero energy ready by 2030, establish PEI as a leading jurisdiction in the field for commercial operations, and to see 100 per cent non-fossil fuel heating in new residential homes and commercial buildings by 2025 and 2030 respectively. However, the government still needs to implement these measures through regulation.

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