Regulatory Treatment of Pensions and Other Post-Employment Benefit Costs
Case number
EB-2015-0040
Launched
Sector
Electricity
Natural Gas
Status
Complete
Details
The Ontario Energy Board initiated a consultation on rate-regulated utility pensions and other post-employment benefits (OPEBs) in the electricity and natural gas sectors. The objectives of the consultation are to develop standard principles to guide the OEB’s review of pension and OPEB costs in the future, to establish specific information requirements for applications that will be incremental to current filing requirements, and to establish appropriate regulatory mechanisms for cost recovery which can be applied consistently across the gas and electricity sectors for rate-regulated entities. In conducting this consultation, the OEB will also take into consideration the Government of Ontario’s ongoing review of pensions and any actions which arise from that initiative that may overlap with the OEB’s consultation.