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Under the B.C. government’s climate plan unveiled Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of British Columbians are going to be paying more for gasoline, have to switch to electric heat and eventually buy an electric vehicle.

Calculating the cost to a B.C. household isn’t an easy task as it involves upfront and operating costs for energy switches, rebates for which the amounts aren’t known yet, behavioural changes and tax implications, agree experts — and advocates and critics of the plan.

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B.C. Premier John Horgan said Wednesday he thinks that most low- and moderate-income families will find themselves ahead when the cost effects are tallied.

His government, however, is still in the midst of calculating those costs, numbers expected to be ready in the coming weeks, according to B.C. Environment Ministry officials.

Horgan’s NDP government has already said there is money to pay for the promised incentives, but the public must wait for the details until next year’s budget, usually delivered in February.