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The OEB has initiated a review of its current performance standards for natural gas facilities applications, specifically Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Municipal Franchise Agreements, Storage and Well Drilling. The OEB is considering updates to these standards and invites Interested stakeholders to participate in a meeting during which the proposed changes will be discussed.

The OEB has developed a resource document for stakeholders that provides an overview of the outcomes from the Regional Planning Process Review consultation. Ten documents were either amended or created and this overview includes a link to each.

The OEB has issued a letter which provides the calculations for 2024 preliminary Uniform Transmission Rates (UTRs) and facilitates their implementation in applicable 2024 electricity distributor rate applications. The OEB is issuing preliminary UTRs to improve regulatory efficiency.

The OEB has made changes to the form and content of its Notices of Hearing (Notice), as well as how Notices are served and published.

As part of its Reliability and Power Quality Review (RPQR) initiative, the OEB has established a new Transmission Subgroup to review the policy framework related to the current customer-specific reliability standards – called “customer delivery point performance standards” – that apply to electricity transmitters. The review includes the scope of those standards. The RPQR Transmission Subgroup held its first meeting today.

The OEB has issued a letter that sets out the process for nominations for Term #2 of the OEB’s Adjudicative Modernization Committee.

The OEB has posted Price Comparison templates for Natural Gas Contracts for Enbridge and EPCOR valid from October 1 - December 31, 2023.

The OEB has initiated a consultation to develop a Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) Framework for addressing electricity system needs. This BCA Framework will identify the full energy system benefits and costs of Distributed Energy Resource solutions.

The OEB has approved changes to the prices Enbridge Gas Inc. and EPCOR Natural Gas Limited Partnership will charge their customers for natural gas effective October 1, 2023.

The OEB has released an updated variance settlement factor that is to be used by electricity distributors to calculate a one-time credit or charge for consumers who choose to stop purchasing electricity through the Regulated Price Plan. This factor is called the "Final RPP Variance Settlement Factor" and is updated on the OEB website monthly.