People living in a multi-unit apartment building in Chatham are asking for changes to the winter hydro disconnection rules in Ontario.
They want to know why their power and electric heating were turned off for four hours on Thursday at a senior’s apartment building located at 73 Taylor Avenue, just one day before a severe cold snap.
Ontario prohibits disconnecting residential customers during winter from November 15 until April 30. However, multi-unit apartment buildings that are classified as commercial properties do not currently fall under the Ontario Energy Board’s winter disconnection ban, and the tenants on Taylor Avenue are looking for this to be updated.
Tenant Terry Wheaton shared with CK News Today that the disconnection ban should also apply to commercial buildings where people reside, as it puts them in danger otherwise.
“This should be classified as rental-commercial, and with the rental, they couldn’t get away with the crap they’re getting away with,” said Wheaton, a retired army veteran. “It needs to be refined. You can’t keep killing the same horse all the time.”
Entegrus informed CK News Today that it “follows all Ontario Energy Board regulations, including situations where a commercial customer has tenants.”
CK News Today has contacted Chatham-Kent-Leamington MPP Trevor Jones to see if he will advocate for change at Queen’s Park but hasn’t received any response yet.
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