Sell solar, protect the climate, Iqaluit MLA urges – Nunatsiaq.com

May 09, 2018

“We know that continuing to generate electricity using fossil fuels is not sustainable”

Nunavummiut can apply for funding from the Nunavut Housing Corp.’s home renovation program to help buy solar panels and wind energy systems for their home, and use that technology to sell sustainable energy back to the Qulliq Energy Corp. under its new net metering program.

That’s what Iqaluit-Manirajak MLA Adam Lightstone learned early last week during a televised committee meeting at the Nunavut legislature May 1, when MLAs reviewed a critical report by Canada’s auditor general on the Government of Nunavut’s response to climate change.

The MLA used his question to ask QEC and NHC officials if the two programs work together.

“Surprisingly, he said yes,” Lightstone said, referring to Terry Audla, president of the housing corporation.

“I wanted to spread the word … I wanted to make sure it was publicly known,” he told Nunatsiaq News May 3.

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