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The OEB has posted Price Comparison templates for Natural Gas Contracts for Kitchener Utilities valid from May 1, 2024.

The OEB has issued a letter initiating a review of the connections related sections of the Transmission System Code (TSC). The purpose of this review is to enhance the effectiveness of connection processes, procedures, and requirements. The letter outlines issues identified to date and seeks stakeholders’ input for consideration.

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 posted its adjudicative reporting dashboard to provide stakeholders with the final report for Fiscal 2023-2024, with a discussion of its adjudicative performance.

The OEB has issued a letter stating that it will not update the filing requirements for 2025 electricity distribution rates. The letter also announces details of a new pilot for intervenors that participate in cost of service applications from utilities with less than 30,000 customers.

The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) is pleased to publish our 2024-2027 Business Plan, which sets out how the OEB will provide value to the people of Ontario through consumer protection and customer choice, regulatory policy leadership, innovation, and adjudicative excellence.

The OEB has issued a letter providing guidance regarding the anticipated Code amendments that will be required when the IESO’s Market Rule amendments related to its Market Renewal Program take effect. The intent is to assist electricity distributors in understanding the type and scope of those Code changes as they prepare for Market Renewal.

The OEB has issued a letter regarding the filing of IESO System Impact Assessment (SIA) reports in electricity leave to construct applications. Effective April 4, 2024, applicants are no longer required to include SIA appendices in order to meet the criteria outlined in Chapter 4 of the OEB’s Filing Requirements for Electricity Transmission Applications.

The OEB has issued a letter to natural gas distributors regarding minor revisions that it has made to the standard conditions of approval typically attached to the OEB’s decisions approving natural gas leave to construct applications. 

The OEB has issued its response to The Very Small Utilities Working Group Report filed by OEB staff on February 28, 2024. The report contained recommendations and suggestions regarding filing requirements, the cost of service process, alternative regulatory approaches for very small utilities, and a process for monitoring the impact of regulatory approaches on these utilities.