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Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press Published Wednesday, April 23, 2014 12:05PM EDT Last Updated Wednesday, April 23, 2014 7:25PM EDT

TORONTO -- Residential consumers will still see their hydro bills go up, even though the governing Liberals are planning to remove the controversial debt retirement charge from their monthly statements in 2016.

The Ontario Clean Energy Benefit, which takes 10 per cent off hydro bills, will also expire at the same time. The majority of ratepayers will also be expected to bankroll a proposed program that would offset energy costs for lower-income families.

According to the government, a typical family consuming about 800 kilowatt hours per month would save about $75.60 a year after taxes once the debt retirement charge is removed on Jan. 1, 2016.

But those savings would be cancelled out by the loss of an $180 annual rebate from the clean energy benefit, which was introduced in 2012.

However, the Liberals are promising a support program for famillies with an income of up to $40,000 that would provide about the same savings as the clean energy benefit after it expires.

An eligible family could save on average $250 a year when combined with the removal of the DRC, Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli said Wednesday.

"We fully understand the electricity price pressures facing families, and that's why we're taking these steps," he said.

"This is real rate relief for those who need it most."

The program will add about 90 cents on the average monthly bill of the rest of the ratepayers, Chiarelli said.

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SALT LAKE CITY Utah Republicans and Democrats are gathering Saturday for their annual conventions, but it's not the candidates competing for party nominations who are attracting attention.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, a potential presidential candidate in 2016, is coming to Utah to appear at the Western Republican Leadership Conference for more than 100 GOP leaders from Utah and surrounding states.

On Thursday and Friday, the conference will feature panels on topics that include reaching out to minority and women voters and conclude with the United in Utah Rally that costs $10 to attend.

Utah GOP Chairman James Evans said that while much of the business at Saturday's convention at the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy will be perfunctory, he wants to remind the state's majority party "why we've been successful to date. It's because we've been united."

In an election year likely to produce few high-profile competitive races in Utah, Evans said Republicans need to stay involved, even if that means helping out-of-state candidates through volunteering at the new GOP call center in Utah County.

"We are a net exporter of conservatism and Republicanism," Evans said, noting the call center is already contacting voters in several out-of-state Senate races. "We want to remind our base as well we have a positive impact on other states."

Democrats are bringing in Jim Dean, the brother of former presidential candidate Howard Dean, to lead a Democracy for America training session. The main event at their state convention Saturday at the Salt Palace, however, is the battle for Utah Democratic Party chairman.

Former Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon and former Utah County Democratic Party Chairman Richard Davis are both seeking the job vacated earlier this year by state Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City, for undisclosed medical reasons.

Corroon, who lost to Gov. Gary Herbert in the 2010 governor's race, said "we need to be proud to be Democrats, but we do need to focus on the issues that resonate statewide," such as education.

Davis, a political science professor at BYU, said Democrats need to better connect with voters throughout the state.

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