If you’re a family in need of assistance with your energy bill, help is now available.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2021 Home Energy Assistance Program.
It provides $100 to low income families, who fit the criteria.
They must have a family income of $30, 000 or less in 2019.
- Have been a resident of New Brunswick as of Dec. 31, 2019 and have filed a 2019 New Brunswick income tax return.
- Maintain a principal place of residence in New Brunswick at the time of application (either a house, an apartment or a living unit that is a self-contained domestic establishment with its own access and contains a kitchen, bathroom and sleeping facilities).
- Provide a copy of an electricity bill for your home dated after Nov. 1, 2020. If electricity costs are included in your rent, provide the name and telephone number of your landlord at the time of application.
The deadline to apply is June 30th.
Individuals may obtain an application form by going to the Department of Finance and Treasury Board website, visiting any of the Service New Brunswick centres or contacting the Department of Finance and Treasury Board at 1-800-669-7070.
