Current major applications

Rideau St. Lawrence Distribution Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board to raise its electricity distribution rates effective January 1, 2022. If the application is approved as filed, a typical residential customer and a typical general service customer of Rideau St. Lawrence Distribution Inc. would see the following increase.

North Bay Hydro Distribution Limited and Espanola Regional Hydro Distribution Corporation have jointly asked the Ontario Energy Board to approve:

The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), in its capacity as the Smart Metering Entity, has applied to the Ontario Energy Board for approval to:

Brantford Power Inc. and Energy + Inc. have asked the Ontario Energy Board to approve:

Enbridge Gas Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board for approval to recover the costs related to five projects under the OEB’s Incremental Capital Module policy. If the request is approved, a typical residential customer in the EGD Rate Zone and in the Union Rate Zones (former customers of Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. and Union Gas Limited, respectively) would see the following changes:

Ottawa River Power Corp. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board to raise its electricity distribution rates effective May 1, 2022. If the application is approved as filed, a typical residential customer and a typical general service customer of Ottawa River Power Corp. would see the following increase.

Other customers, including businesses, may also be affected.

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.

Enbridge Gas Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board to construct the Greenstone Pipeline Project in the Municipality of Greenstone, Ontario.

If the application is approved as filed, Enbridge Gas Inc. will construct approximately 13 kilometres of six-inch diameter, extra-high pressure, steel pipeline, and ancillary infrastructure to provide natural gas service to the Greenstone Mine Project, an open pit gold mine located near the Town of Geraldton, in the Municipality of Greenstone.

Enbridge Gas Inc. has applied for approval to construct approximately 19.8 kilometres of natural gas pipeline and ancillary facilities in the City of Ottawa.

If the application is approved as filed Enbridge Gas Inc. will replace the existing St. Laurent Pipeline in two final phases of its multiple year project.

Hydro One Networks Inc. is asking the Ontario Energy Board for permission to upgrade approximately 180 kilometres of single circuit 115 kilovolt transmission lines from Ansonville Transformer Station to Kirkland Lake Transformer Station. The work will be completed in the townships of Iroquois Falls, Black River-Matheson and Kirkland Lake. The proposed upgrade is needed to meet load requirements in the Kirkland-Lake area and to meet end-of-life sustainment requirements.

London Hydro Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board to raise its electricity distribution rates effective May 1, 2022. If the application is approved as filed, a typical residential customer and a typical general service customer of London Hydro Inc. would see the following increase:

Other customers, including businesses, may also be affected.

Milton Hydro Distribution Inc. has applied to raise its electricity distribution rates effective January 1, 2022.

Milton Hydro Distribution Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board to raise its electricity distribution rates effective January 1, 2022. If the application is approved as filed, a typical residential customer and a typical general service customer of Milton Hydro Distribution Inc. would see the following increase:

Hydro One Networks Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board for approval of a plan to set the amount it charges for using its transmission system and the amount it charges for electricity distribution in each of five years beginning on January 1, 2023 and ending on December 31, 2027.

Transmission Ratepayers

The Ontario Energy Board’s decision on the transmission portion of this application will have an effect on all electricity consumers in Ontario. The cost of transmission is reflected in the delivery charges included on customer bills.

Grimsby Power Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board to raise its electricity distribution rates effective January 1, 2022. If the application is approved as filed, a typical residential customer and a typical general service customer of Grimsby Power Inc. would see the following increase:

Hydro One Networks Inc. is asking the Ontario Energy Board for permission to reconductor approximately 21.7 kilometres of single circuit 230 kilovolt transmission line from Trafalgar Transformer Station to Richview Transformer Station and 13.7 kilometres of single circuit 230 kilovolt transmission line from Trafalgar Transformer Station to Tomken Junction. The work will be completed in the cities of Toronto and Mississauga. These facilities are required to facilitate increased transfers from western Ontario supply and to increase the efficiency of the Ontario electricity grid. 

The Ontario Energy Board is commencing a hearing on its own motion to consider the inflation factor to be used to set rates for electricity transmitters and electricity and natural gas distributors for the year 2022.

The OEB is initiating this proceeding on its own motion to review the inflation factors that are to be used to set rates for the year 2022.

Canadian Niagara Power Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board to increase its electricity distribution rates effective January 1, 2022. If the application is approved as filed, a typical residential customer and a typical general service customer of Canadian Niagara Power Inc. would see the following change.

Enbridge Gas Inc. has applied to dispose of the balances in certain deferral and variance accounts.

If the application is approved as filed, a typical residential customer of Enbridge Gas Inc. will see the following one-time billing adjustment, effective October 1, 2021:

Residential Customer Bill Impacts

Brantford Power Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board to raise its electricity distribution rates effective January 1, 2022. If the application is approved as filed, a typical residential customer and a typical general service customer of Brantford Power Inc. would see the following increase.

Other customers may also be affected.

Enbridge Gas Inc. is asking the Ontario Energy Board for approval of a new natural gas demand side management (conservation) framework, effective January 1, 2022 and for approval of the conservation programs that would be offered to customers under the framework during 2022 to 2027.

Enbridge Gas Inc. is asking the Ontario Energy Board to approve the conservation program budget for 2022, the base year of the 6-year plan, and its proposal to escalate the base year budget annually, using a formula which would adjust the base year budget for inflation and other factors.

Lakefront Utilities Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board to increase its electricity distribution rates effective January 1, 2022. If the application is approved as filed, a typical residential customer and a typical general service customer of Lakefront Utilities Inc. would see the following change.

Wataynikaneyap Power LP is the owner and operator of a new transmission system that is being constructed in northwestern Ontario to reinforce part of the existing transmission system and to connect certain remote First Nations communities to the provincial electricity transmission system.

Ontario Power Generation Inc. has applied to the Ontario Energy Board with a plan to increase the amount it charges for the output of its nuclear generating facilities in each of the five years beginning January 1, 2022 and ending on December 31, 2026. Ontario Power Generation Inc. has also applied to the Ontario Energy Board to maintain, with no change, the base payment amount it charges for the output of its regulated hydroelectric generating facilities for the period from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026 at the payment amount in effect on December 31, 2021.

The OEB has issued its Decision regarding the steps to be taken by Hydro One to eliminate its seasonal rate class.

These changes will start January 1, 2023 at the earliest, and will be implemented over a 10-year period.