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Electricity rebates coming for Summerside customers
2018-07-13
Summerside’s residential power customers will receive a refund on household electricity from the Prince Edward Island government. A 10 percent rebate will be applied to the first block – 2,000 kilowatts-hours – of electricity for the Summerside utility’s residential customers. Effective July 16,...
Province issuing rebates to Maritime Electric residential customers
2018-06-29
Islanders will begin receiving rebates on the cost of household electricity under terms of a new agreement between Prince Edward Island and Maritime Electric. A 10 percent rebate will be applied on the first block – 2,000 kilowatts-hours – of all residential customers served by Maritime Electric....
Don't Idle Your Vehicle Engine
2018-05-15
If you stop for more than 10 seconds, except in traffic, turn off your engine. Unnecessary idling wastes money and fuel, and, produces greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change., Why do drivers idle?, Warming up or cooling down a vehicle is the most common reason given for idling‚ in the...
Province acts to address climate change
2018-05-11
Prince Edward Island’s plan to confront climate change is aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions while steering Islanders toward cleaner, cheaper energy sources. The target of the five-year Climate Change Action Plan is to reduce the Island’s greenhouse gases by 30 percent (below 2005 levels)...
Our Changing Climate
2018-04-13
What is the climate of Prince Edward Island?, Prince Edward Island has a mild maritime climate, strongly influenced by the warm waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Each year, the Island gets about 890 mm of rain and 290 cm of snow. The average temperature is -7 °C (19 °F) in January and 19 °C (67 °...