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Canadian Electric Budgets

Ontario and British Columbia Lead Electric Budgets

Canadian electric budgets rose 32 percent,4 with Ontario and British Columbia leading the way. Ontario passed legislation requiring all available cost-effective efficiency as a first choice for new supply, increasing its budget by 87 percent to over $300 million USD, while British Columbia’s budget rose 66 percent, to $120 million USD. Some of the growth in electric budgets came from load management and low income programs. Ninety-four percent of Canadian electric budgets reported are administered by CEE members.

2008 Energy Efficiency Budgets, Electric Programs

The above table includes Evaluation, Measurement, and Verification (EM&V) in the totals. The below table breaks out EM&V from the subset of organizations who reported EM&V as a separate line item.

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4 Calculated in Canadian dollars, this budget increase would be higher.