3rd Generation Incentive Regulation - Filings

Case number
EB-2007-0673
Launched
Sector
Electricity
Status
Archived
Details

Filings and Working Group materials in Relation to the Development of 3rd Generation Incentive Regulation.

 

Written comments received by the Board the week of December 15th on the stretch factor rankings for 3rd generation incentive regulation for electricity distributors:

Association of Major Power Consumers in Ontario

Coalition for an Effective Incentive Rate Mechanism

Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters

Canadian Niagara Power Inc.

Electricity Distributors Association

Haldimand County Hydro Inc.

Horizon Utilities Corporation

Hydro One Networks Inc.

Hydro Ottawa Limited

Kenora Hydro Electric Commission Ltd.

PowerStream Inc

The School Energy Coalition

Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited

The Vulnerable Energy Consumer Coalition

Whitby Hydro Electric Corporation

 

Presentations received by the Board for the Stakeholder Conference, August 5-8, 2008:

Filings received by July 29, 2008:

London Economics International LLC

School Energy Coalition

Electricity Distribution Association

Filings received by July 28, 2008:

London Property Management Association

Board Staff

Pacific Economics Group

 

 

Supplementary submissions by the School Energy Coalition received by the Board in June, 2008:

Filings received by June, 2008:

Schools Energy Coalition

  • Cover letter (June 18, 2008);
  • School Energy Coalition letter to the Bank of Canada (March 12, 2008) requesting information on the interaction between fiscal policy and monetary policy;
  • Bank of Canada response (April 14, 2008) dealing with two issues: whether inflation is likely to be influenced by pervasive corporate tax changes, and whether, if the impact were to be sustained, the Bank would counter any such influence through monetary policy.
     

 

 

Written comments received by the Board the week of May 20th on Board staff’s May 2nd and May 15th proposals for 3rd Generation IR for electricity distributors:

Association of Major Power Consumers in Ontario

Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
Chatham-Kent Hydro Inc.
The Consumers Council of Canada
Electricity Distributors' Association
Energy Cost Management Inc.
Halton Hills Hydro Inc.
Hydro One Networks Inc. and The Coalition of Large Distributors
London Property Management Association
Power Workers' Union
The School Energy Coalition
The Vulnerable Energy Consumer Coalition

 

Presentations received by the Board for the stakeholder meeting on May 6th:

Filings received by May 5, 2008:

Power Workers' Union

Electricity Distributors' Association

Calibrating Rate Indexing Mechanisms for 3rd Generation Incentive Regulation in Ontario

Filings received by May 2, 2008:

EnWin Utilities

Board Staff Proposal

 

 

Written comments received by the Board on Board staff’s February 28, 2008 Discussion Paper and on the February, 2008 Report prepared by Board staff’s expert consultant, Dr. Lawrence Kaufmann of the Pacific Economics Group (PEG), the week of April 14th:

Filings received by April 17, 2008:

The Consumers Council of Canada

London Property Management Association
The School Energy Coalition
The Vulnerable Energy Consumer Coalition
Filings received by April 15, 2008:

Association of Major Power Consumers in Ontario

Electricity Distributors' Association 

Energy Cost Management Inc.

Enwin Utilities Ltd.

Hydro One Networks Inc. and The Coalition of Large Distributors

Pollution Probe

Power Workers' Union

 

Presentations received by the Board for the stakeholder meeting on March 25th and 26th:

Filings received by March 26, 2008:

Power Workers’ Union

Electricity Distributors’ Association

Hydro One Networks, Inc. and The Coalition of Large Distributors

Filings received by March 24, 2008:

Overview of Staff Discussion Paper

  • Board Staff
    • Data supporting graph on slide 10 of staff presentation.  As mentioned during the stakeholder meeting, the values in Table 3 of the Staff Discussion Paper issued on February 28, 2008 were revised in preparation for the meeting as a result of staff’s work described in the transcripts.

Calibrating Rate Indexing Mechanisms for 3rd Generation Incentive Regulation in Ontario

 

 

Written comments received by the Board on Board Staff’s August 2, 2007 Scoping Paper:

Filings received by September 27, 2007:

Energy Probe Research Foundation

Filings received by September 25, 2007:

Electricity Distributors Association

Filings received by September 24, 2007:

School Energy Coalition

Filings received by September 21, 2007:

Association of Major Power Consumers in Ontario

Consumers Council of Canada

Chatham Kent Hydro

The Coalition of Large Distributors

Energy Cost Management Inc.

Enwin Utilities Ltd.

Green Energy Coalition

Hydro One Networks Inc.

London Property Management Association

Pollution Probe

Power Workers Union

Vulnerable Energy Consumer's Coalition

Waterloo North Hydro Inc.

 

Working Group Meetings

The Board posted materials for the December 14, 2007 Stakeholder Consultation Conference on progress of the Working Group.

 

Materials from the December 19, 2007 meeting:

   

Agenda

 

Materials from the November 29, 2007 meeting:

   

Agenda & Presentation Materials

  • Agenda
  • Presentation (Inflation and Productivity Values, Larry Kaufmann, Partner Pacific Economics Group)
  • Report on Benchmarking Methods (External Benchmarks, Benchmarking Methods, and Electricity Distribution Network Regulation: A Critical Evaluation, Lawrence Kaufmann, Ph.D., Partner, Pacific Economics Group and Margaret Beardow, Principal, Benchmark Economics). This report contains an extensive discussion of different benchmarking methods

 

Materials from the November 7 and November 9, 2007 meetings:

   

Agenda & Presentation Materials

  • Agenda
  • Presentation (Capital Investment Mechanisms: Some Options for IRM3, Larry Kaufmann, Partner Pacific Economics Group)
  • Presentation (Alternative Capital Treatment under Indexed IRM)
  • Presentation (Distributor Diversity: Issues and Options for IRM3, Larry Kaufmann, Partner Pacific Economics Group)
  • Presentation (Lost revenue due to changes in electricity consumption - Alternative mechanisms)

 

Materials from the October 31, 2007 meeting:

Agenda

 

Materials from the October 26, 2007 meeting:

Agenda

1 - Overview for the Day

2 - IRM in Ontario - A Retrospective

 

     - 1st Generation PBR

     - Enbridge Targeted PBR

     - Union Gas Comprehensive PBR

     - 2nd Generation IRM

3 - Lunch

 

4 - IRM in Ontario - Today's Context

5 - Current Work (~1 hour)

 

     - Service Quality Regulation

No Materials

     - Benchmarking

     - Incentive Rate Adjustment Mechanism

6 - Proposed Work Plan & Approach