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5 things residential customers should know about the winter disconnection ban
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There’s help for lower-income consumers who may need it.

There’s help for lower-income consumers who may need it. Prepare now. Every year, licensed electricity distributors are banned from disconnecting their residential customers for non-payment during the winter, from November 15 to April 30.

The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has issued new customer service rules to electricity and natural gas utilities and unit sub-meter providers (USMPs) to enhance protection of consumers throughout the province.

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The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has accepted an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) from Elexicon Energy Inc. (Elexicon), an OEB-licensed electricity distributor, following an inspection into the company’s disconnection practices.
The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) announced today new electricity prices for households and small businesses, effective November 1, under the Regulated Price Plan (RPP). The winter time-of-use (TOU) hours will also take effect November 1.
Consumers are reporting being contacted by scam artists pretending to be from their utility and threatening to disconnect electricity service if they don’t receive payment immediately.
The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has accepted an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) from Wyse Meter Solutions Inc. (Wyse), an OEB-licensed unit sub-meter provider, following an inspection by the OEB into the company’s information disclosure and billing practices. In the AVC, Wyse has assured the OEB that it has made or will make changes to those practices to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, and will pay an administrative penalty to the OEB of $65,000.