Solar rebate applications no longer being accepted as P.E.I. government hits pause button [Video]

The Prince Edward Island government’s decision to pause new applications for its solar rebate program is raising concerns among some businesses that install solar panels.

At the end of February, Efficiency P.E.I. notified installers that it would no longer process new pre-approval letters.

Gilles Arsenault, the Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Action, said the program is currently “oversubscribed,” and the pause is necessary to review its structure.

“Everybody that’s been pre-approved is gonna be serviced, and the ones that are applying as new customers will be paused at the moment until we redefine what we’re going to do with the program,” he told CBC News.

Arsenault said it will be late summer before the province starts accepting any new applications to the program.

The government wants to ensure the program is being administered effectively and in a fiscally responsible manner while also reviewing eligibility criteria for applicants, he said.

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