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Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-09-09, Page 2• s, IIIIIIIL .a!'i:;•� lair _ ^�, Page 2. The Wingham Advanc tYleiv�;,. tember 9, 1981 a m will offer A new oaand 1oeal ui�am roukn by Ontario Hydro throughout the province will offer alined energy advisory servieq lmgjners. Under the programs., 'known as the Residential Energy advisory Program (REAP), a homeowteer can call in Hydro or utility commission staff to do an energy audit. The free audit would cover areas such as insulation, weatherstripping and heating systems and would provide a list of recommendations how to increase the energy efficiency of the house. Requests from rural Hydro customers will be handled by Hydro staff; homeowners in towns and cities can contact their local utilities. While Hydro is starting its program this fall, the announcement was not made in time to allow most utilities to get staff trained for the energy audit. As a con- sequence they will not begin the program until later this year or early next. year. Ken Saxton, manager of the Wingham Public Utilities Commission, reported the commission currently has one man, Bernie Haines, training for the new program. The local PUC will begin to offer the service once his training is completed, possibly later this year, he said. During a meeting of the PUC last Thurs- day, Mr. Saxton directed a blast at Ontario Hydro for the high-handed way in which it has introduced the program. "It irritates me to think they start some- thing and say, "You do it,' but we can't start until '82," he said. Federal and Alberta oil aagreement "If we had been notified that p; coming, we could have had They're assuming small utlhti? �o Hydro do it and will pay (Hydr However the commission a participate in the program. " 1' there is any alternative," Cb Bennett commented. "Either yo4 somebody else will.". Mr. Saxton said the energy au }takes two phases. The first is a fivgage questionnaire which the homeowner fills out himself. In the second phase, a staff member visits the home for a personal in- spection. Mr. Bennett and Commissioner Rod Wraith suggested that when Mr. Haines has t. fitlisitfed tubers also thebe train �g �is, to conduct audit,. "I ttllill� #trmakes a l+ot of • sense," Mr. Wraithcomm ed, In addttigh to the energy audit, the REAP programi provide loans of up to $2,� through Ontavio Hydro for improvements which will. increase, a home'.s energy ef- ficiency. The loan is in addition to CHIP and COSP (off -oil) grants and is repayable over five years at the Hydro borrowing rate, currently about 17 per cent. Rural customers who wish to take ad- vantage of the program shouid.contact their Hydro representative, while homeowners in town can contact the PUC for details. Energy prices skyrocket for the consumer Canadian consumers face paying much higher prices for gasoline, home heating oil and natural gas during the next five years under the terms of an energy deal signed last week by the federal and Alberta governments.' The higher prices will take effect starting Oct. 1 and rising in stages until the end of 1986, when the agreement expires. By that time oil prices will have tripled their current levels, while the price of natural gas will have doubled. According to current estimates this will put the price of gasoline up to $3.60 a gallon by the end of 1986, with heating oil rising to $2.54 a gallon and natural gas to $10 per thousand cubic feet. However a faster than anticipated rise in world oil prices could boost domestic prices even further, while an independent petroleum association has predicted that profiteering by the major oil companies will push gasoline prices to $6.00 a gallon by 1986. Both sides claimed victory in the settlement, which ended an 18 -month oil war during which Alberta cut back production to press its demands for higher oil prices. In the interim Canadian consumers were forced to pay a surcharge for additional oil imports to make up the difference. The federal government abandoned several pro- visions of its National Energy Program, in- troduced last October, by dropping its export tax on natural gas and agreeing to significantly higher prices. In return Ottawa will get a Listowel has best gas prices in Huron, Perth By Stephanie Levesque In a survey taken on Thursday and Friday last week, the town of Listowel was found to have the lowest - gas prices in Huron and Perth counties. Gas price increases were experienced last week, and the survey showed the aver- age price for a litre of regu- lar gasoline in the two counties is 38 cents. The city of. Stratford was excluded from the survey. The average price for a litre of unleaded gas is 40 cents. � ' To compare these prices to gallons, 40 cents a litre is approximately $1.81.9 per gallon and 38 cents a litre is about $1.72 cents a gallon. The list of communities surveyed includes St. Marys, Mitchell, Goderich, Wing- ham, Seaforth, Clinton, Exeter, Milverton and Listo- wel. There were also several gas stations still operating on gallons. In each town, gas prices from three service stations were obtained. .. Listowel The prices in Listowel are as follows: Jackson Motors Limited, 35.3 cents per litre regular gas, 37.6 cents per litre unleaded gas, and 40 cents per litre premium gas; Bud's BP, $1.60.6 per gallon regular gas, $1.72 per gallon unleaded gas, $1.84.2 per gallon premium gas; Co-op Gas Bar, 35.1 cents per litre regular gas, 37.4 cents per litre unleaded gas, and 39.8 cents per litre premium gas. Goderich In Goderich, the gas prices are: Ed's Shell Self -Serve, 37.3 cents a litre regular gas, 39.4 cents a litre unleaded gas, and 41.4 cents a litre premium gas; Worth's Esso Self -Serve, 37.3 cents a litre regular gas, 39.4 cents a litre unleaded, gas, and 41.4 cents a litre premium gas; Kirky's Texaco, 38 cents a litre regu- lar gas, 41 cents a litre un- leaded gas, and 42 cents a litre premium. "Seaforth The gas prices in Seafortb are as follows: Cord's Gulf 38.7 cents a litreegular gas, 40.9 cents a lite" unleaded gas, and 44.6 cents a litre for super unleaded; Archie's Sunoco, 38 cents a litre regu- lar gas, 40:2 cents a litre un- leaded gas, and 43.5 cents a litre premium gas; Row- cliffe's Garage, 87.6 cents per half -gallon, regular gas, and 93.1 cents per half -gallon unleaded gas. St. Marys in St. Marys, the prices are as follows: Marziali Garage, 38.2 cents a litre regular gas, and 40.5 cents a litre unleaded gas; O'Hara Shell, 39.1 cents a litre regu- lar gas; and 41.3 cents a litre unleaded gas; Watt's Esso, 38.4 cents a litre regular gas, and 40.8 cents a litre un- leaded gas. Milverton The gas prices in Milver- ton are as follows: Milverton Garage, $1.67.9 per gallon regular gas, $1.85.4 per gallon unleaded , gas ; Roul- ston Fuels, 37.9 cents a litre regular gas, and 40.1 cents a litre unleaded gas, and Kipfer Garage, 37.2 cents a litre regular gas, , and 39.4 cents a litre unleaded gas. Wingham In the town off Wingham, the gas prices are: Nixon's Texaco, 37.7 cents a .litre regular gas, 40.5 cents a litre unleaded gas, and 41.8 cents a litre premium gas; Top Valu, 37.7 cents a litre regu- lar gas, 40.4 cents a litre un- leaded gas, and 41.7 cents a litre premium gas; Mac's Sunoco Self -Serve, 37.5 cents a litre regular gas, 40.0 cents ,a litre unleaded gas, and 41.3 cents a litre premium gas. Clinton In Clinton, the gas prices are as follows: Goldsworthy BP, 38.7 cents a litre regular gas, 40.5 cents a litre un- leaded gas; King's Shell, 39.1 cents a litre regular gas, and 41.5 cents a litre unleaded gas; Ron's Sunoco, 38.0 cents a litre regular gas, 40.4 cents a litre unleaded gas, 41.6 cents a litre unleaded premium gas, and 40.5 cents a litre leaded premium. Mitchell Mitchell's gas prices are as follows: Houze Service Station, 38.1 cents a litre regular gas, and 39.9 cents a . litre unleaded gas; Ed- mund's Garage, 38.9 cents a litre regular gas, and 41 cents per litre unleaded gas; Koebel's BP, 38.6 cents per litre regular gas, and 40.6 cents a litre unleaded gas. One other gas station sur- veyed, Charlie's „ Discount Gas, is located on Highway 7 south of Stratford. its prices are as follows: 37.4 cents a litre regular gas and 39.6 cents a litre unleaded gas. Exeter In Exeter, the gas prices are as follows: Save U, 37.3 cents per litre regular gas, 39.7 cents a litre unleaded gas, 40.9 cents a litre premium gas, Walper's Sunoco, 36.8 cents a litre regular gas, 39.4 cents a litre unleaded gas, 40.9 cents a litre premium gas; Mather's Arrow, 36.8 cents a litre regular gas and 39.4 cents a litre unleaded gas 1 larger share of the revenue generated by the price in- crease. The agreement sets out a schedule of price increases covering five years, with a ceiling on the price of "old" oil - stocks discovered prior to 1981 - of 75 per cent of the world price. For oil from new discoveries or projects such as the tar sands, the ceiling is 100 per cent of world prices. Reactions to the oil pact have been mixed. Federal government and some in- dustry representatives claimed the agreement will spur the economy, boost employment, raise the value off the dollar and lower in- terest rates by removing investor uncertainty. On the other hand, op- position spokesmen pre- dicted the higher prices will worsen inflation and result in a loss of jobs in Ontario. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture warned the pact means higher.input costs for far- mers, which will result in higher food prices. Ontario Premier William Davis, who vigorously op- posed previous proposals to raise oil prices, had no immediate reaction to the energy pact,. The Ontario government stands to gain a large share of the windfall through its ad valorem tax on gasoline and diesel fuel, introduced in the recent budget, which pushes up the provincial take every time oil prices rise. VIMY RIDGE VETS-Among,Legion officers taking the salute at the march past at the Legion drumhead service held Sunday in conjunction with the Howick 125th anniversary celebrations were George Inglis (left) and James. Vinic, both of Howick Legion and both veterans of World War 1 and the battle of Vimy Ridge. A' . cbooi, fair i Sot for Tuesday The ae grave, Blyth tiad $xa§sele Seha0l Falp wlrbe' held oest Th Sday. •.sept, 15, instead of Wbdnesdaras in preytous years. Organizers explained that with Labor Day falling in the second week of September this year, holding the fair on the second Wednesday alter the holiday would have put it into conflict with the Brussels Fall Fair. As a result the school fair has been moved ahead by a day. 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