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And that will offset nearly one-third of the LiberalsÂ’ planned conservation target, says Bruce Sharp of Aegent Energy Advisors.
The Liberals have acknowledged that electricity prices are heading steadily higher, in part because more expensive renewable energy sources are being used to generate electricity.
They said householders and small businesses will get a 10 per cent discount on their hydro bills for the next five years.
But in a newsletter to Aegent clients, Sharp says that economic theory predicts lower prices will lead to higher consumption.
Using a model developed by the U.S.-based Electric Power Research Institute, he calculates that the rebate will lead to an increase in consumption of about 3 per cent for households.
Small businesses, which are also eligible for the rebate, will increase their consumption by about 2 per cent under the model, says Sharp.
Large businesses are not part of the rebate program although the province gave them a price break earlier this year.
The higher usage by households and small businesses could push the overall usage in the province higher by about 1.3 per cent, he figures.
ThatÂ’s at odds with the provinceÂ’s goal of encouraging conservation, Sharp says.
The province has ordered local utilities to mount conservation programs that will trim over-all consumption by about 4.2 per cent, Sharp notes. But the price cut will offset part of the conservation effort.
“One third of what they’re trying to achieve in four years, they do the opposite in one fell swoop,” he said in an interview.
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