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Carbon Tax Scam ! CRAZY GAS BILL 300$ 1 Month to Heat My House in BC Canada TAXED TO DEATH

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Channel: Mike Martins · 2017 · News & Politics

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My Opinion: there is no Competition and Gas is so Expensive ! Im willing to Bet if we go to war there gonna use that as an excuse to crank up the cost of fuel to power our homes 

Here is a situation we covered on here Before on the channel
$1,000 heating bill brings Stoney Creek customer to tears
When Tracey Diamanti saw her February heating bill, she broke down and sobbed.

The bill was for $1,086.

Diamanti and her partner, Larry Brown, live in Stoney Creek's countryside where there is no natural gas line available to hook into. So they use propane.

They had been using electric heat but switched when the propane industry promised to make heating costs more reasonable, and for some time it did. They went from paying $1,000 every two months for hydro eight years ago to $300 every six weeks for propane, Diamanti said.

But they got a shock this winter when propane prices shot up. They said they called their supplier, EDPRO Energy, and were told the price is based on supply and demand, and there was nothing the company could do about it.

It's a hard pill to swallow this winter, one of the coldest in years that has propelled heating and hydro energy use up.

While there are some relief programs for heat and hydro bills for qualifying low-income and regular Union Gas and Horizon Utilities customers, there is nothing for propane users.

To make matters worse, natural gas and hydro prices are regulated in this province by the Ontario Energy Board. Propane is not.

Diamanti is beside herself. Her Nov. 17 bill was $328. Dec. 31 was $626 and by February 11, it had jumped to more than $1,000. (The price per litre went from 64 cents in November to $1.03 in the February bill.)

"When we saw the last bill, I just cried. How are we supposed to pay it?" she said.

"We live in Canada. We know it's freakin' cold … how can you say to a customer, 'Oh well, it's supply and demand.' It's bullshit."

Diamanti said the couple doesn't have the flexibility to switch back and forth between different energy sources and feels they shouldn't have to. "Canadians shouldn't be exposed to this sort of volatility."

Diamanti said not only are she and Brown behind in their payments as a result of these prices, they are barely making ends meet.

They keep their three-bedroom house at 18 C in hopes of keeping costs down, and use extra clothes and blankets to try to stay warm.

"We're not sure how to save any more energy."

About 1 per cent of Canadian households are heated with propane, said Stacey Squires, communications officer for the National Energy Board (NEB). Most are in rural Ontario, where there is a lack of natural gas infrastructure, she noted.

The shocking propane spikes have caused an outrage in rural Canada and pushed Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver at the end of January to ask the NEB and the Competition Bureau "to review propane market issues, including high prices and scarcity".

Squires said the NEB has already sent its preliminary report to the minister.

Alexandra Lemieux, a spokesperson in the minister's office, said Oliver is expected to release the report to the public in a few days once it has been translated into French.

Calls by The Spectator to EDPRO Energy Group officials were not returned. The company website states propane is a resource Canada has in abundance, but it also has a current disclaimer giving a number of reasons for the present high pricing.

Allison Mallette, spokesperson for The Canadian Propane Association, said the association "does not monitor or provide an analysis of propane prices or supply, and is not in a position to comment on individual businesses' operations."

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