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The Ontario Energy Board is pleased to welcome two new members to our Board of Directors. Cheryl Fort and Michael Liebrock join our existing Board members to strengthen trust within the sector through strong leadership and governance. 

The OEB has released annual reliability performance improvement targets and peer group assignments for all rate-regulated electricity distributors. These targets and peer group assignments are based on 2020-2024 reliability data, reflecting each distributor’s historical performance trend and benchmarking results. This update builds on the OEB’s January 2025 methodology for setting enhanced reliability performance expectations. The new targets will be applied when distributors file for new base rates effective in 2027 and beyond. Distributors are expected to incorporate these targets into their rebasing applications and scorecards. The targets will remain in effect until new ones are set through future rebasing applications.

The OEB invites stakeholders to a meeting on October 14, 2025, to advance the development of a DSO roadmap as part of its DSO Capabilities consultation.

The OEB has published the Activity and Program-based Benchmarking (APB) – 2024 Unit Cost Report, which aims to encourage continuous improvement by regulated electricity distributors. The report includes unit cost results for 2024 based on the latest Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements (RRRs) data. 

The OEB has published the 2024 Scorecards of Electricity Distributors. The scorecard measures how well Ontario’s electricity distributors are performing each year.

The OEB has posted Price Comparison templates for Natural Gas Contracts for Enbridge and EPCOR valid from October 1 - December 31, 2025.

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 October 1, 2025.

The OEB has issued a letter setting out the requirements for licensed distributors to provide standardized available distributed energy resource (DER) hosting capacity data for inclusion in the Centralized Capacity Information Map (CCIM). The CCIM with both DER hosting and load customer capacity information will launch in December 2025. It is expected to help customers, developers and planners identify where new generation facilities can connect and support more informed discussions with distributors about connection feasibility. 

On September 16, 2025, the Distribution System Code (DSC) amendments establishing a Capacity Allocation Model (CAM) to facilitate electricity system expansions in support of housing development came into force. In response to stakeholder feedback received during the consultation process, the OEB has issued a letter setting out its expectations and guidance to support the CAM implementation, including record-keeping and accounting.

The OEB is sharing template opt-in forms, a record-keeping template and communication materials to support electricity distributors implementing the Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Rate, which aims to support the efficient integration of EVs in Ontario.