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The OEB has issued a letter setting out the requirements for licensed distributors to provide standardized available system capacity information to connect new loads. Aligned with the Minister’s Integrated Energy Plan Directive, this new, province-wide screening tool responds to customers' interest in a centralized map that will help to identify where new facilities can connect and support more informed discussions with distributors about connection feasibility. The OEB's work with stakeholders will now shift to focus on defining minimum data reporting requirements that will support the ability to demonstrate where distribution systems have capacity to host new distributed energy resources.

The OEB has approved changes to the prices Enbridge and EPCOR will charge its customers for natural gas effective July 1, 2025.

The OEB has posted Price Comparison templates for Natural Gas Contracts for Enbridge and EPCOR valid from July 1 - September 30, 2025.

The OEB has issued updated Filing Requirements for Electricity Distribution Rate Applications – Chapter 3 Incentive Rate-Setting Applications. A key update pertains to electricity distribution Retail Transmission Service Rates (RTSRs). Additional revisions include the introduction of the 'OEB Approval(s) Requested' table and updates to reflect the most current information.

The OEB has released its annual Compliance Report for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. A key component of the OEB’s compliance program, the Report highlights the important work and results of the compliance activities undertaken in fulfilling the OEB’s mandate to protect consumer interests and deliver public value.

The OEB has released an updated variance settlement factor that is to be used by electricity distributors to calculate a one-time credit or charge for consumers who choose to stop purchasing electricity through the Regulated Price Plan. This factor is called the "Final RPP Variance Settlement Factor" and is updated on the OEB website monthly.

The OEB has issued a Final Notice of Amendments to the Distribution System Code. These amendments, which come into force on September 16, 2025, introduce a Capacity Allocation Model to facilitate housing development connections by allocating capacity and costs for system expansions to supply qualifying development areas. The OEB is also giving notice of a supplemental proposed amendment to Appendix B of the DSC.

The OEB has published the 2025 Quarter 3 prescribed accounting interest rates applicable to the carrying charges of deferral, variance and construction work in progress (CWIP) accounts of natural gas utilities, electricity distributors and other rate-regulated entities.

The OEB has issued a letter on the inflation factors to be used to set rates for certain electricity transmitters and electricity and natural gas distributors for 2026.

The OEB has launched a stakeholder consultation on proposed updates to Chapters 1 and 2 of its Filing Requirements for Electricity Transmission Applications. These updates reflect current legislative and OEB policy frameworks, as well as general regulatory practices. They are intended to apply to transmission rebasing applications for 2027 rates.