Residents of a multi-unit apartment complex in Chatham are urging for updates to the winter hydro disconnection policies in Ontario.
They are puzzled as to why their electricity and heating were cut off for four hours on Thursday at a senior’s apartment building located at 73 Taylor Avenue in Chatham, just a day before a severe cold snap.
Ontario prohibits disconnecting residential customers during winter from November 15 until April 30. However, multi-unit apartment buildings categorized as commercial properties do not fall under this winter disconnection rule enforced by the Ontario Energy Board, and tenants on Taylor Avenue want that changed.
Tenant Terry Wheaton shared with CK News Today that the ban on disconnections should apply to commercial buildings if they house residents, as failing to do so puts them in danger.
“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 has yet to receive a response.
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