• Q&A | Yukon energy minister says power bills could go up by 53% without federal help

  Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
  Date: 2026-10-22 12:31:09.0
  Tags: [National, Energy, Infrastructure, Affordability, Governance]

  Yukon Energy Minister Ted Laking announced that Yukon power bills could increase by 53 per cent without federal funding support to address critical power infrastructure upgrades and a projected 60 per cent rise in grid demand over the next decade. Laking is lobbying the federal government in Ottawa for a 75-25 per cent cost-sharing partnership for infrastructure projects, noting that connecting to the British Columbia power grid is estimated to cost over $4 billion, which far exceeds the territorial government's $2 billion annual budget. In response to recent grid capacity strains, the Yukon government has repealed the Clean Energy Act, reallocated electric vehicle rebates toward home energy efficiency and heat pumps, and planned thermal backup generation utilizing Whitehorse Power Centres.

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• New Brunswick utility is proposing rate hikes over next three years

  Source: New Brunswick - Regional News
  Date: 2026-10-07 18:31:29.0
  Tags: [New Brunswick, Energy, Affordability, Infrastructure]

  New Brunswick's public utility, NB Power, is proposing an average electricity rate hike of 5.5 per cent for each of the next three years, which would result in an increase of $13.25 a month for a home using 1,350 kilowatt hours. The multi-year rate application submitted to the province's power regulator is intended to help households and businesses plan ahead while addressing the utility's aging system infrastructure and $6-billion debt. If approved following a review by the New Brunswick power regulator, the new rates could come into force starting next April.

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• N.W.T residents feeling strain of rising home heating oil costs

  Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
  Date: 2026-09-15 11:00:00.0
  Tags: [National, Energy, Affordability, Infrastructure]

  Residents across the Northwest Territories face extreme strain as home heating oil prices surge to approximately $2.30 to $3.17 per litre compared to $1.40 the previous winter. While the Government of the Northwest Territories supplies subsidized fuel to 16 communities via its Petroleum Products Program—keeping prices around $2.54 per litre in fly-in communities like Wekweètì—unserviced municipalities such as Norman Wells experience severe cost pressures forcing discussions on winter closures of public buildings. Territorial infrastructure departments point to the existing senior home heating subsidy for low-to-modest income seniors, though many residents, such as Norman Wells Mayor Frank Pope, fall just above qualifying income thresholds.

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