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The OEB has issued a notice regarding amendments to the Natural Gas Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements (RRR) Rule for Gas Utilities (Natural Gas RRR Rule). The notice also advises natural gas utilities of an update to the RRR Filing Portal regarding cloud computing costs.

The OEB has issued the final Notice of Amendments to the Distribution System Code. The amendments are intended to enable electricity distributors to offer flexible hosting capacity arrangements.

The OEB has issued a letter regarding an update on activities arising from its report to the minister, entitled, "Improving Distribution Sector Resilience, Responsiveness and Cost Efficiency." The initiatives the OEB has planned will enable significant progress to mature the sector’s capability to anticipate and respond to adverse weather - all while ensuring distributors continue to deliver on service expectations and value for customers. More information can be found on the Distribution Sector Resilience, Responsiveness and Cost Efficiency (DRRCE) Hub. 

The OEB has issued a letter to electricity licensees and licensed natural gas marketers which includes a summary of changes to the Reporting and Record-keeping Requirements (RRR) for the 2024 filing and updates to RRR documentation. The letter also highlights new RRR changes expected for the April 2025 filing and beyond for electricity distributors, including interruption sub-cause codes and voluntary feeder-level reliability reporting.

The OEB has posted Price Comparison templates for Natural Gas Contracts for Enbridge and EPCOR valid from April 1 - June 30, 2024.

The OEB has approved changes to the prices Enbridge Gas Inc. and EPCOR Natural Gas Limited Partnership will charge their customers for natural gas effective April 1, 2024.

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 published the 2024 Quarter 2 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 will engage stakeholders to inform its policy review of the electricity distribution system expansion for housing development, with specific focus on the connection and revenue horizons. We are inviting stakeholders to a meeting on April 3, 2024.

On March 18, 2024, the OEB will launch an update to the online portal for filing cost claims that aims to improve the efficiency of the cost claim process. The update will change the layout and categorization of some cost claim activities, as well as adding one new activity and removing three activities. Many of the activities remain the same.

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