Plug pulled on energy efficiency program

The ACT government has pulled the plug on a program that audited homes to determine their energy efficiency.

The Home Energy Advice Team (HEAT) program cost the government more than $3.5 million in subsidies and rebates. It audited more than 7000 homes in seven years.

Both Environment Minister Simon Corbell and the lone Greens MLA in the Assembly, Shane Rattenbury, have had the audit done in their own homes.

However, the HEAT program will close on Saturday. It is understood the company contracted by the government to deliver the program, Sustainability Advice Team Pty Ltd, received one week’s notice that it was being canned.

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