Demand for electricity bill assistance is growing in Waterloo Region

As Waterloo Region residents’ hydro bills continue to skyrocket, 919 people sought help from the Waterloo Region Energy Assistance Program in 2013.

Most of those recipients – 55 per cent – live in Kitchener. Cambridge recipients totalled 32 per cent and Waterloo recipients totalled 9 per cent, with four per cent going to the townships.

The amount dolled out by the region for the program was $461,608, paid to low-income consumers whose hydro bills were in arrears.

A staff report paints a picture of the average household using the energy assistance program. It’s a family with children, whose average monthly income is $1,432.

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