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The money is included in the territory’s 2021-22 budget.
In 2017, Qulliq Energy Corp. introduced a net-metering program that allowed homeowners to generate their own electricity and integrate it into the corporation’s grids for an energy credit. The program’s aim was the reduce the amount of power a customer needs from the corporation and decrease Nunavut’s dependency on diesel power.
“Due to start-up cost there has not been that much of an uptake on it,” said Environment Minister Joe Savikataaq during the legislature’s committee of the whole on Friday morning.
For homeowners, this new rebate program aims to fix that by covering 50 per cent of renewable energy improvements up to $30,000.
Posted: Feb 16, 2021 10:57 AM CT | Last Updated: February 16
John Mabberi-Mudonyi, Saq Temela, Naomi Akavak, Nakashoo Michael, and Martha Ikkidluak all help keep local radio going in the hamlet office in Kimmirut.(Submitted by John Mabberi-Mudonyi)
Every few days, John Mabberi-Mudonyi gets a call that jolts him out of bed and into the Kimmirut hamlet office where he works as the senior administrative officer.
The problem? CBC Radio is off the air.
The solution? Hitting refresh on a laptop that streams the radio signal off the internet and into the community s rebroadcaster. I started doing it and now there is an expectation in the community that I have to do it, Mabberi-Mudonyi said with a laugh. Sometimes I come in at four in the morning.