Sask. premier says province will stop collecting carbon levy on electric heat

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the province intends to stop collecting the carbon levy on electric heat.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the province intends to stop collecting the carbon levy on electric heat.

In a video posted to X Thursday morning – Moe and Saskatchewan Party MLA for Athabasca Jim Lemaigre announced the change would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024.

According to the province, around 85 per cent of Saskatchewan homes are heated by natural gas – with the remaining 15 per cent using electric heat among other sources.

Many of those living in the province’s north use electricity to heat their homes.

“We’re going to need to determine who is heating their home with electricity and then estimate the percentage of their power bill that is being used for that heat,” Moe explained. “But those are details and we will get that all worked out.”

In late October, Moe announced the province won't remit the carbon charge on natural gas after Ottawa exempted home heating oil.

Moe says the federal government's exemption is unfair, as it mainly helps those in Atlantic Canada.