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Doing more to facilitate innovation

Companies that are granted temporary licence exemptions by the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) will also now be exempt from certain legislative provisions.

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Ontario Energy Board Named One of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers

For the second year in a row, the OEB is proud to be recognized as one of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers, the benchmark for workplace best practices.

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Realizing Ontario’s Energy Advantage

As Ontario’s independent regulator of the electricity and natural gas sectors, we implement government policy imperatives while remaining focused on delivering efficient and effective adjudication, and continually enhancing reliability, resilience, customer choice and consumer protection. In addition, we are supporting a generational energy transition that is reshaping the economic, environmental, and social landscape of our province.

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Winter Disconnection Ban

The Winter Disconnection Ban is now in effect. Residential customers cannot be disconnected by their electricity or natural gas utility for non-payment between the period of November 15, 2023 and April 30, 2024.

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Speeches and presentations

 

Delivering on Our Commitments

CEO Susanna Zagar provided an update in April 2022 on the OEB’s activities related to modernization and working toward becoming a top-quartile regulator.

 


Innovating to Support the Energy Transition

OEB CEO Susanna Zagar addressed APPrO 2021: The Electric Future, the 33rd Annual Canadian Power Conference, on November 29, 2021. Read her remarks and listen to her speech, below.

Full Speech (pdf version)

Full Speech (audio version)

 


 

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the OEB and the Energy Sector at Large

On November 25, 2021, OEB CEO Susanna Zagar delivered the keynote address, and participated in a question-and-answer session, at the Electricity Distributors Association’s 2021 Women Connected event. The theme of the day was diversity, equity and inclusion.

 


 

Energize, Optimize, Modernize: Towards Regulatory Excellence

On February 11, 2021, the OEB hosted the virtual symposium Energize, Optimize, Modernize: Towards Regulatory Excellence. It was an opportunity to explore regulatory modernization as the OEB seeks to answer the question: “What does a top quartile regulator look like?”

Keynote Address from OEB CEO Susanna Zagar
CEO Susanna Zagar’s keynote address about the OEB's new direction as it charts a path towards a best-in-class standing.

Panel Discussion with Industry Thought-Leaders
OEB Registrar Christine Long moderates an engaging and informative discussion with an internationally assembled three-personal panel of industry thought-leaders: Colette Honorable of Reed Smith LLP and former FERC Commissioner, noted administrative law scholar David Mullan, and Ben Wilson, CEO of the Australian Gas Infrastructure Group.

NOTE: Below is a playlist containing a series of videos. Click the icon playlist icon on the top-right of the video to view the list.

Q&A Session with Symposium Panellists and OEB’s COO and CEO
OEB Registrar Christine Long moderates an audience Q&A with symposium panellists Colette Honorable, David Mullan and Ben Wilson, as well as the OEB’s COO Mary Anne Aldred and CEO Susanna Zagar.

NOTE: Below is a playlist containing a series of videos. Click the icon playlist icon on the top-right of the video to view the list.

 

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Media releases

The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has accepted an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) from Newmarket-Tay Power Distribution Ltd. (NT Power), following an inspection into the company’s disconnection practices which were found to be non-compliant with OEB rules. NT Power is a licensed electricity distributor serving approximately 50,000 customers in the Towns of Newmarket and Midland and in Tay Township.

The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has accepted an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) from licensed electricity distributor Milton Hydro Distribution Inc. (Milton Hydro), which serves approximately 43,000 customers in the Town of Milton.

The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has accepted an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) from licensed electricity distributor E.L.K. Energy Inc. (E.L.K.), which serves approximately 12,600 customers in six communities in Southwestern Ontario.

The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has selected six projects to receive one-time total funding of $1.5 million to support innovation in the energy sector as part of its Innovation Sandbox Challenge.

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