On December 17, 2010, the Ontario Energy Board initiated a consultation process to ensure that distributor investment plans are demonstrably economically efficient and cost-effective, and paced so as to match required expenditures with fair and reasonable rate adjustments and predictable changes to the elements of customer bills affected by the plans.
This initiative is part of a coordinated consultative process to develop a Renewed Regulatory Framework for Electricity.
On October 18, 2012 the Board issued its Report of the Board - Renewed Regulatory Framework for Electricity Distributors: A Performance-Based Approach. In a letter dated October 30, 2012, the Board set out a plan for implementing the Renewed Regulatory Framework. Among other things, the letter announced the members of a working group selected to provide advice to Board staff on implementation matters in relation to Distribution Network Investment Planning.
Related policy initiatives:
Working Group Member Organizations:
- Association of Major Power Consumers of Ontario
- Canadian Niagara Power Inc.
- Consumers Council of Canada
- Entegrus Powerlines Inc.
- Horizon Utilities Corporation
- Hydro One Networks Inc.
- Hydro Ottawa Limited
- Milton Hydro Distribution Inc.
- Orangeville Hydro Limited
- Thunder Bay Hydro Electricity Distribution Inc.
- Vulnerable Energy Consumers Coalition
Links to working group meeting materials are provided below.
Working Group
| Date | Issue / Document |
|---|---|
| February 12, 2013 | Working Group Meeting 6 |
| February 7, 2013 | Working Group Meeting 5 |
| January 24, 2013 | Working Group Meeting 4 |
| January 14, 2013 | Working Group Meeting 3 |
| December 13, 2012 | Working Group Meeting 2 |
| December 6, 2012 | Working Group Meeting 1 |