Not exact matches
This figure is a good deal higher than the 1.7
per cent for the latest year - ended rise in the CPI, but the pick - up includes the effect of dropping out the impact of the health insurance
rebate, which reduced the CPI in the March
quarter 1999, some further effects from past movements in crude oil prices, and an increase in tobacco taxes in the December
quarter.
The year - ended inflation rate rose to 1.7
per cent, or 2.2
per cent abstracting from the estimated effect of the health insurance
rebate which reduced the March
quarter CPI.
They have tightened up the
rebates in the «Get More» categories of late, limiting them to perhaps $ 400 or $ 500 in spending
per quarter.
However the
rebate breaks down this time, $ 1 million
per quarter in funding should help a substantial number of small solar projects get off the ground.
Funding for Commonwealth Solar II, providing
rebates for small residential and commercial photovoltaic (PV) systems (5 kilowatts or less), will come from $ 1 million
per quarter in existing funds from the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust.