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Oil to Heat Pump Affordability — New Brunswick closed-to-registration

Administered by NB Power, delivering the federal programme on behalf of Natural Resources Canada.

The advance payment of up to $15,000 that let a lower-income New Brunswick household switch off oil before paying for it. Registration is closed. What remains is one deadline for people already in the queue: the work done by 31 March 2027.

source · verified 2 October 2026

What it pays

up to $15,000

How it works

  • Funding was advanced on approved contractor quotes, before the work.
  • A project costing less than $15,000 was paid the amount of the quote, not the maximum.
  • A project costing more than $15,000 left the household to pay the difference.

What you receive

  • Electrical and mechanical work needed for a new electric heat pump system
  • Ground loop piping for a ground-source heat pump
  • Safe removal of the oil tank
  • Supplemental electric heating where it is required
  • Converting other oil-fired systems, such as switching to an electric water heater

The thing most pages get wrong

Registering was not enough. All required paperwork had to reach NB Power by 1 October 2026; anything received after that gets no advance funding at all. Projects that made it must have the upgrades and final energy evaluation finished by 31 March 2027. Miss the second one and the advance payment must be repaid to NB Power.

And the second thing

This closing is why New Brunswick's other two programmes matter more than they did. A household under $70,000 goes to the Enhanced Energy Savings Program for free work; a household over it goes to Total Home and is paid up to $2,000 towards a heat pump after the fact. Neither advances money before the work.

Why it closed

The federal government closed registration on 30 June 2026. New Brunswick took no registrations after that date, and nothing replaced the advance payment.

If you do not qualify

Under $70,000, apply to the Enhanced Energy Savings Program. Over it, register with the Total Home Energy Savings Program, where heat pump rebates of up to $2,000 are still paid.