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Ganley/Phillips

NDP seeking audit of UCP’s utility rebates

May 17, 2022 | 12:46 PM

Alberta’s NDP says families across the province deserve answers on why the UCP has failed to deliver utility rebates after months of shifting timelines and delay.

The Opposition says it is asking the Auditor General to investigate.

“Utility bills have grown by hundreds of dollars since the UCP removed the price protection we put in place, and now the bills are piling up every month,” said Kathleen Ganley, NDP critic for energy. “Alberta families need real relief but the UCP can’t even get its tiny rebates out the door after months of talk. They keep promising, failing to deliver, and shifting the timeframes. This is just plain incompetence.”

“The Government of Alberta is making money off of high energy prices, and the utility companies are making money, but families are really struggling,” added Shannon Phillips, NDP critic for finance. “Why can’t the UCP get these modest rebates out the door?”

The party says Ganley and Phillips wrote the Auditor General Tuesday, requesting a performance audit of the program.

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“Albertans are rightly frustrated that rebates promised by the government, on the timelines promised, have not been realized,” they wrote. “As a matter of public policy, it is also clear that some processes and systems within the government have failed. Given the lack of transparency from the government on these two rebate programs, and their fiscal scope, we strongly believe performance audits are warranted.”