" ... I would like to see utiities offering geothermal systems on a predictable interest loan over the long term, and paying them back on the utiity bill. ..."
SaskPower (what you guys would call "~Hydro") offers $25,000 at 6~7% (depending on the term of the loan) for Geothermal Conversions if you currently have electric heat, with payments via your utility bill. They also offer another $25,000 loan to install a "renewable electricity" generating system (solar, wind). You can combine the loans for a total of up to $50,000. Minimum loan is $5,000.
If you are using natural gas (and probably heating oil ... nobody in Sask does), you need to finance it yourself but are eligible for $10K in grants, and government grants are also available for Geotherm if your new home is built to R-2000 standard. In addition to the government aid, SaskPower will kick in a $3,500 grant for any R-2000 compliant home.
Each province decides how they want to organize their home energy grants, but the Feds offer matching grants if your province comes to the plate.
Net Metering projects (you tie into the grid and send excess electricity to the utility) that have a capacity of 100kW or less are eligible for a grant of 35% up to a maximum of $35,000 from SaskPower. Eligible projects can be wind, solar, biomass, heat reclaim, low-impact hydro, or flare gas. SaskPower provides electricity to most of the province, but the cities of Saskatoon and Swift Current own their own utility. All three allow Net Metering systems.
One interesting thing about the SaskPower Net Metering grant is the prominent notation that all grants from all sources cannot exceed 100% of the cost of the project, implying that other money is available.
Large scale wind isn't feasible in Saskatchewan because along with Manitoba it's the North American goose and duck flyway, so small scale wind is the only option here.
As for the small-scale nuclear generator, we won't be seeing these in homes within 5 years even if everything was 100% Go right now ... it takes 15+ years to get past the regulatory hurdles for our current nuclear projects; the factory would take a very long time to go from startup to production, and who knows how long before you could actually install the thing in your house. Around here it takes 2 years to get a plumber.