Advocates urging Ontario Energy Board to reverse decision to cut aid programs in half

The Ontario Energy Board, or OEB, has reduced its aid programs that help low-income earners pay energy bills to pre-pandemic levels.

That has the Low-Income Energy Network’s Jaqueline Wilson making a simple request on behalf of her group.

Those amounts have been slashed in half to $500 for natural gas bills or $600 for Hydro.

Wilson says it couldn’t come at a worse time.

She says bills are becoming a challenge for everyone, especially in a certain area.

Wilson says her network is asking the OEB to reverse the decision, citing the rising costs of living.

Story by Bob Perreault