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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 Price Comparison templates for Electricity Contracts and Net Metering valid from November 1, 2023.

The OEB has published data files that mimic sections previously found in the Yearbook of Natural Gas Distributors. These files are in Microsoft Excel format and are intended to supplement the previously published Open Data files by providing users with an alternate means of viewing data submitted to the OEB under the Reporting and Record-keeping Requirements.

Ontario Energy Board announces changes to electricity prices for households, small business and farms.

The OEB has posted its adjudicative reporting dashboard to provide stakeholders with a semi-annual snapshot report for Q1 and Q2 of Fiscal 2023-2024, with a discussion of its adjudicative performance.

The OEB has accepted an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance from Niagara Peninsula Energy Inc., an electricity distributor. The Assurance responds to non-compliance with its rate orders related to overcharging customers as a result of a billing system error.

The OEB is proud to release its 2022-2023 Annual Report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.

The OEB has posted Price Comparison templates for Natural Gas Contracts for Kitchener Utilities valid from November 1, 2023.

The OEB is proud to be a 1st Place recipient in the 2023 Granicus Digital Government Awards. As a modern top quartile regulator, this award shines a spotlight on the encompassing work associated with the development and implementation of our Digital First Strategy, including use of our stakeholder engagement platform Engage with Us, an easy, accessible sister website to OEB.ca.

The OEB has published the Activity and Program-based Benchmarking (APB) – 2022 Unit Cost and Econometrics Reports, which aims to encourage continuous improvement by regulated electricity distributors. The reports include unit cost results for 2022 and updated econometrics results using Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements (RRRs) data reported for 2021 and 2022.