Current major applications

InnPower Corporation has applied to the Ontario Energy Board to raise its electricity distribution rates effective January 1, 2024.

If the application is approved as filed, residential customers would see no change to their monthly distribution service charge, which is capped under the provincial Distribution Rate Protection program.

A typical customer of InnPower Corporation in the General Service less than 50kW rate class would see an increase of $1.97 per month if the application is approved as filed. Other customers, including businesses, may also be affected.

Enbridge Gas Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board for approval to dispose of amounts recorded in certain 2021 deferral and variance accounts related to its delivery of natural gas conservation and energy efficiency programs.

If the application is approved as filed, Enbridge Gas Inc. says that it would have the following bill impact on typical customers:

Niagara-on-the-Lake Hydro Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board to raise its electricity distribution rates effective January 1, 2024. If the application is approved as filed, a typical residential customer and a typical general service customer of Niagara-on-the-Lake Hydro Inc. would see the following increase:

Other customers, including businesses, may also be affected.

The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) has applied to the Ontario Energy Board for approval of its proposed revenue requirements, expenditures and usage fees for fiscal years 2023, 2024 and 2025. If the applications are approved as filed, domestic and export customers of the IESO will see an increase in usage fees in each fiscal year.

The IESO is asking the Ontario Energy Board to approve the following:

Synergy North Corporation (Synergy North) filed an application with the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) on March 13, 2023, under section 78 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 seeking approval to dispose of the balances in two deferral and variance accounts.

The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) is holding a hearing to determine a request by Newmarket-Tay Power Distribution Ltd. (Newmarket-Tay Power) for approval to dispose balances in Account 1588 – RSVA Power and Account 1589 – RSVA Global Adjustment.

Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG) filed an application with the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) on March 1, 2023, under section 78.1 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 seeking approval to establish a variance account to record the nuclear revenue requirement impacts resulting from the Ontario Superior Court overturning the Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019 (Bill 124).

Entegrus Powerlines Inc. (Entegrus Powerlines) filed an application with the Ontario Energy Board (OEB), under section 74 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, to amend its licensed service area, as described in Schedule 1 of its distribution licence ED-2002-0563, to include the property and industrial customer (the Customer) located at 1 Cosma Court, St. Thomas, ON, N5R 4J5. The Customer is currently served by Hydro One Networks Inc. (Hydro One).

Hydro One Networks Inc. (Hydro One) is asking the Ontario Energy Board for permission to expropriate interests in certain lands in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent and the Municipality of Lakeshore in Essex County, to construct and operate a new 230 kilovolt double-circuit transmission line between Chatham Switching Station and Lakeshore Transformer Station (Project).

Enbridge Gas Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board for an order granting leave to construct natural gas pipelines in the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory and the Township of Tyendinaga, in Hastings County. The pipelines consist of approximately 2.8 km of Nominal Pipe Size (NPS) 4-inch polyethylene (PE) natural gas distribution pipeline, and approximately 14.5 km of NPS 2-inch PE natural gas distribution pipeline. Enbridge Gas Inc. is also proposing to construct ancillary facilities. The location of the proposed pipelines is shown in the map (see Notice).

Enbridge Gas Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board for an order granting leave to construct natural gas pipelines in the Township of Selwyn. The pipelines consist of approximately 1.8 kilometres of Nominal Pipe Size (NPS) 2-inch polyethylene (PE) distribution pipeline and approximately 6.6 kilometres of NPS 4-inch PE distribution pipeline. Enbridge Gas Inc. is also proposing to construct ancillary facilities. The location of the proposed pipelines is shown in the map (see Notice).

Enbridge Gas Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board for an order granting leave to construct natural gas pipelines in the Town of Huntsville and District of Muskoka. The pipelines consist of approximately 4 kilometres of Nominal Pipe Size 2-inch polyethylene pipeline. Enbridge Gas Inc. is also proposing to construct ancillary facilities. The location of the proposed pipelines is shown in the map (see Notice).

Enbridge Gas Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board for approval to construct approximately 831 metres of natural gas pipelines in the City of Toronto. Enbridge Gas Inc. states that the project will be constructed in two phases. The first phase of the project is proposed to commence in September 2023 and will entail the relocation and construction of approximately 430 metres of natural gas pipelines. The second phase is proposed to commence in April 2025 and will entail the relocation and construction of approximately 401 metres of natural gas pipelines. Enbridge Gas Inc.

Bluewater Power Distribution Corporation has applied to the Ontario Energy Board to raise its electricity distribution rates effective May 1, 2023. If the application is approved as filed, a typical residential customer and a typical general service customer of Bluewater Power Distribution Corporation would see the following increase.

Other customers, including businesses, may also be affected.

Enbridge Gas has applied for approval of rates for the sale, distribution, transmission, and storage of gas commencing January 1, 2024. Enbridge Gas has also applied for approval of an incentive rate-making mechanism (IRM) for the years from 2025 to 2028. This is the first cost-based rate application for Enbridge Gas since the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) approved the amalgamation of Enbridge Gas Distribution and Union Gas.

Hydro One Networks Inc. (Hydro One) filed a Service Area Amendment (SAA) application (the Application) on August 18, 2022 requesting an amendment to its Electricity Distribution Licence (ED-2003-0043) to provide for the connection of one new customer located at 626 Principale St. in the Municipality of Casselman (Customer). The proposed service connection on the Customer’s property is in Hydro Ottawa Limited’s (Hydro Ottawa) licensed distribution service area, which is immediately adjacent to Hydro One’s licensed distribution service area.

PUC Distribution Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board to raise its electricity distribution rates effective May 1, 2023. If the application is approved as filed, a typical residential customer and a typical general service customer of PUC Distribution Inc. would see the following increase.

Other customers, including businesses, may also be affected.

Hydro One Remote Communities Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board to raise its electricity rates effective May 1, 2023. If the application is approved as filed

Enbridge Gas Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board for approval to construct approximately 5.7 kilometres of 4-inch diameter extra high pressure steel pipeline, in Blenheim, in the Municipality of Chatham Kent. The proposed pipeline will transport renewable natural gas produced at Waste Connections of Canada Inc.’s planned renewable natural gas facility at Ridge Landfill and connect to Enbridge Gas Inc.’s natural gas distribution system. Enbridge Gas Inc. also plans to construct a renewable natural gas injection station at Ridge Landfill.

Enbridge Gas Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board for approval to construct two pipelines and associated ancillary facilities, which are collectively referred to as the Panhandle Regional Expansion Project. The first pipeline, called the Panhandle Loop, involves the construction of approximately 19 kilometres of 36-inch diameter steel pipeline that will originate at Enbridge Gas Inc.’s existing Dover Transmission Station in the Municipality of Chatham Kent and tie in to an existing pipeline at a new valve site station, in the Municipality of Lakeshore. Enbridge Gas Inc.

Enbridge Gas Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board for approval to construct the Bobcaygeon Community Expansion Project which involves the construction of:

(i) A Supply Lateral, through the City of Kawartha Lakes to Bobcaygeon consisting of:

The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) is initiating this proceeding on its own motion to consider the price paid by rate-regulated natural gas distributors (Distributors) for natural gas produced in Ontario. The price that Distributors currently pay Ontario producers for natural gas is ultimately passed on to their system gas customers through the OEB’s Quarterly Rate Adjustment Mechanism (QRAM) rate process.

The Ontario Energy Board is commencing a hearing on its own motion to consider various issues related to Ontario’s Uniform Transmission Rates (UTRs). These issues have been identified in the years since Ontario’s UTR framework was established in Hydro One’s first rate application proceeding in 2000, and implemented in 2002 following the opening of Ontario’s electricity market.