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On October 13, 2016, the OEB issued the Handbook for Utility Rate Applications to provide guidance to utilities and stakeholders on applications to the OEB for approval of rates. The Rate Handbook outlines the key principles and expectations the OEB will apply when reviewing rate applications under the OEB’s renewed regulatory framework, Report of the Board: A Renewed Regulatory Framework for Electricity (the RRFE Report). Three alternative rate-setting methods are available to electricity distributors: Price Cap Incentive Rate-setting (Price Cap IR); Custom Incentive Rate-setting (Custom IR); and Annual Incentive Rate-setting Index (Annual IR Index).
On December 16, 2020 the OEB issued a letter identifying a preliminary list of electricity distributors (the Rebasing List) that are scheduled to file a cost of service application in respect of their 2022 rates assuming they opt for the Price Cap IR method. This letter also sets out the deadlines by which notice must be given to the OEB in respect of various other matters relating to the setting of 2022 rates, and by which cost of service applications for 2022 rates are expected to be filed. The following table summarizes these deadlines.
Action |
OEB Deadline |
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Notification from any distributor on the 2022 Rebasing List that will be selecting either the Custom IR or Annual IR Index method and therefore will not be filing a cost of service rate application for 2022 rates | January 29, 2021 |
Notification from any distributor that is currently on Annual IR Index but that plans to file a cost of service rate application under the Price Cap IR method or a Custom IR application for 2022 rates | January 29, 2021 |
Notification from any distributor that is not included on the 2022 Rebasing List but that plans to file a cost of service application for 2022 rates under the Price Cap IR method (early rebasing) | January 29, 2021 |
Deadline for cost of service applications for January 1, 2022 rates including those distributors that wish to convert from May 1 rates to January 1 rates | April 30, 2021 |
Deadline for cost of service applications for May 1, 2022 rates | August 31, 2021 |
The following table identifies all 61 rate regulated electricity distributors in Ontario. The table contains links to select documents of a distributor’s rate application. These documents include:
- Key correspondence regarding the status of an application, including the choice of rate-setting method for 2022 rates. For applications to be decided under Delegated Authority, case management letters are used to communicate case steps and dates rather than a letter of direction and procedural order.
- The Notice of Application issued by the OEB and to be published by the distributor, if applicable. The purpose of the Notice is to inform affected ratepayers and other stakeholders of the application, its nature and the impact on affected customers.
- The Decision issued by the OEB when it has made determinations on the application and the subsequent Rate Order and Tariff of Rates and Charges that reflects the Decision.
APPLICATION DOCUMENTS
This table provides a list of select documents related to each application. To view all publicly available documents for the application, click the case number associated with that particular distributor.
DEFINITIONS:
COS: Distributors rebasing under the Price Cap Incentive Rate-setting method
Price Cap IR: Distributors not rebasing under the Price Cap Incentive Rate-setting method
Custom IR: Distributors filing under the Custom Incentive Rate-setting method
Annual IR: Distributors filing under the Annual Incentive Rate-setting Index method
Case Management Letter: Pursuant to powers granted in Section 6 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, an employee of the OEB (Delegated Authority) may make a decision on the application without holding a hearing. Certain mechanistic Price Cap IR and Annual IR applications are adjudicated by a Delegated Authority. For these applications, there are normally no formal hearings and thus, no publication requirements of a formal Notice of Application. The process and timelines associated with the assessment of the applications by OEB staff are communicated to distributors by way of Case Management letters.
NoA: Notice of Application
Click the column header to sort the table by Distributor, Process, Application Received or Updated on. Click the column again to switch between ascending/descending order.
Distributor |
Process |
Letters |
App. Received |
NoA |
Decision / Rate Order |
Updated |
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Alectra Utilities Corporation EB-2021-0005 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Algoma Power Inc. EB-2021-0006 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Atikokan Hydro Inc. EB-2021-0007 |
Cost of Service | Letter re: COS deferral (Jan 28-21) | 2021/01/28 | |||
Attawapiskat Power Corporation | ||||||
Bluewater Power Distribution Corporation EB-2021-0008 |
Annual IR |
Letter re: COS deferral (Dec 16-20)
OEB response: COS deferral (Feb 3-21) |
2021/02/03 | |||
Brantford Power Inc. EB-2021-0009 |
Cost of Service | |||||
Burlington Hydro Inc. EB-2021-0010 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Canadian Niagara Power Inc. EB-2021-0011 |
Cost of Service | |||||
Centre Wellington Hydro Ltd. EB-2021-0012 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Chapleau Public Utilities Corporation EB-2021-0013 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Cooperative Hydro Embrun Inc. EB-2021-0014 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
E.L.K. Energy Inc. EB-2021-0016 |
Cost of Service | |||||
Elexicon Energy Inc. EB-2021-0015 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Energy + Inc. EB-2021-0018 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Entegrus Powerlines Inc. EB-2021-0017 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
ENWIN Utilities Ltd. EB-2021-0019 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
EPCOR Electricity Distribution Ontario Inc. EB-2021-0020 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
ERTH Power Corporation EB-2021-0021 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Espanola Regional Hydro Distribution Corporation EB-2021-0022 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Essex Powerlines Corporation EB-2021-0023 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Festival Hydro Inc. EB-2021-0024 |
Cost of Service | Letter re: COS deferral (Nov 27-20) | 2020/11/27 | |||
Fort Albany Power Corporation | ||||||
Fort Frances Power Corporation EB-2021-0025 |
Cost of Service | |||||
Greater Sudbury Hydro Inc. EB-2021-0026 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Grimsby Power Incorporated EB-2021-0027 |
Cost of Service | |||||
Halton Hills Hydro Inc. EB-2021-0028 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Hearst Power Distribution Co. Ltd. EB-2021-0029 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Hydro 2000 Inc. EB-2021-0030 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Hydro Hawkesbury Inc. EB-2021-0031 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Hydro One Networks Inc. EB-2021-0032 |
Custom IR Annual Update | |||||
Hydro One Networks Inc. - Norfolk, Haldimand, Woodstock EB-2021-0033 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Hydro One Networks Inc. - Orillia EB-2021-0050 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Hydro One Networks Inc. - Peterborough EB-2021-0053 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Hydro One Remote Communities Inc. EB-2021-0034 |
Custom IR Annual Update | |||||
Hydro Ottawa Limited EB-2021-0035 |
Custom IR Annual Update | |||||
Innpower Corporation EB-2021-0036 |
Price Cap IR | Letter re: COS deferral (Nov 30-20) | 2020/11/30 | |||
Kashechewan Power Corporation | ||||||
Kingston Hydro Corporation EB-2021-0037 |
Cost of Service | Letter re: COS deferral (Jan 29-21) | 2021/01/29 | |||
Kitchener-Wilmot Hydro Inc. EB-2021-0038 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Lakefront Utilities Inc. EB-2021-0039 |
Cost of Service | |||||
Lakeland Power Distribution Ltd. EB-2021-0040 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
London Hydro Inc. EB-2021-0041 |
Cost of Service | |||||
Milton Hydro Distribution Inc. EB-2021-0042 |
Cost of Service | Letter re: COS deferral (Jan 28-21) | 2021/01/28 | |||
Newmarket – Tay Power Distribution Ltd. EB-2021-0044 |
Annual IR | |||||
Niagara Peninsula Energy Inc. EB-2021-0043 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Niagara-on-the-Lake Hydro Inc. EB-2021-0045 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
North Bay Hydro Distribution Limited EB-2021-0046 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Northern Ontario Wires Inc. EB-2021-0047 |
Cost of Service | Letter re: COS deferral (Jan 22-21) | 2021/01/22 | |||
Oakville Hydro Electricity Distribution Inc. EB-2021-0048 |
Cost of Service | Letter re: COS deferral (Feb 24-21) | 2021/02/24 | |||
Orangeville Hydro Limited EB-2021-0049 |
Annual IR | |||||
Oshawa PUC Networks Inc. EB-2021-0051 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Ottawa River Power Corporation EB-2021-0052 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
PUC Distribution Inc. EB-2021-0054 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Renfrew Hydro Inc. EB-2021-0055 |
Cost of Service | Letter re: COS deferral (Dec 17-20) | 2020/12/17 | |||
Rideau St. Lawrence Distribution Inc. EB-2021-0056 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Sioux Lookout Hydro Inc. EB-2021-0057 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Synergy North Corporation EB-2021-0058 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Tillsonburg Hydro Inc. EB-2021-0059 |
Annual IR | |||||
Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited EB-2021-0060 |
Custom IR Annual Update | |||||
Wasaga Distribution Inc. EB-2021-0061 |
Cost of Service | Letter re: COS deferral (Jan 25-21) | 2021/01/25 | |||
Waterloo North Hydro Inc. EB-2021-0062 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Welland Hydro Electric System Corp. EB-2021-0063 |
Cost of Service | Letter re: COS deferral (Jan 8-21) | 2021/01/08 | |||
Wellington North Power Inc. EB-2021-0064 |
Price Cap IR | |||||
Westario Power Inc. EB-2021-0065 |
Price Cap IR |
ASSOCIATED DECISIONS
Date |
Issue/document |
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UPDATES
Date |
Issue/document |
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Dec 16-20 |
The OEB has issued a letter identifying a preliminary list of distributors that are scheduled to file a cost of service application in respect of their 2022 rates assuming they opt for the Price Cap IR method. This letter also sets out the deadlines by which notice must be given to the OEB in respect of various other matters relating to the setting of 2022 rates, and by which cost of service applications for 2022 rates are expected to be filed. |