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Utilities don’t always get what they ask for

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December 5, 2018
In 2017-2018, the OEB issued decisions on major, 5-year rate applications from 9 utilities. As you can see by the table below, the utilities that applied for rate increases did not receive everything they asked for. In fact, utilities asked for increases to their revenue requirement totalling more...

Whats new - 2018-11-29

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November 29, 2018
The OEB has issued a letter with the adopted Cyber Security Readiness Report & Amendments to the Electricity Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements.

Whats new - 2018-11-29

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November 29, 2018
The OEB has issued its final report on Energy Retailer Service Charges.

Whats new - 2018-11-29

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November 29, 2018
The OEB has issued its Report of the Ontario Energy Board: Mid-Term Review of the Demand Side Management (DSM) Framework for Natural Gas Distributors (2015-2020).

Whats new - 2018-11-23

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November 23, 2018
The OEB has issued the Input Price Index of 1.5% to be used as the inflation adjustment for rates adjusted through the Price Cap IR and Annual Index plans for electricity distribution rates effective in 2019.

Whats new - 2018-11-22

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November 22, 2018
The OEB has issued a letter which sets out the Cost of Capital Parameter Updates for Cost of Service Applications with Rates effective in 2019.
Advisory Committee on Innovation: Report to the Chair of the Ontario Energy Board

The Advisory Committee on Innovation delivers recommendations to the OEB

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November 22, 2018
The Committee was convened by the Chair of the OEB in January 2018, following the release of the OEB’s Strategic Blueprint: Keeping Pace with an Evolving Energy Sector. The broad actions described in the report are intended to support cost-effective innovation in energy services to consumers. Its...

Whats new - 2018-11-22

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November 22, 2018
The Advisory Committee on Innovation submitted its report to the Chair of the OEB, providing recommendations on advancing its regulatory work to meet the demands of the evolving energy sector. As a next step, the OEB invites stakeholders to a session on January 16, 2019 to discuss the contents of...

Whats new - 2018-11-19

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November 19, 2018
Consumer Alert: Consumers warned against apparent energy rebate scam

Whats new - 2018-10-31

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October 31, 2018
The OEB is reminding households and small businesses that the winter time-of-use (TOU) hours for the Regulated Price Plan (RPP) begin on November 1. The RPP prices themselves are not changing.

Whats new - 2018-10-26

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October 26, 2018
The OEB has posted Price Comparison templates for Natural Gas Contracts for Utilities Kingston valid from November 1, 2018.

Whats new - 2018-10-25

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October 25, 2018
The OEB has issued its Report of the Ontario Energy Board: Framework for the Assessment of Distributor Gas Supply Plans (Framework). The Framework sets out guiding principles, criteria and the OEB’s process for review and assessment of a natural gas distributor’s plan to determine whether the plan...

Whats new - 2018-10-25

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October 25, 2018
The OEB is initiating Phase 2 of the review of customer service rules for electricity distributors, rate-regulated natural gas distributors and unit sub-meter providers.

Whats new - 2018-10-18

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October 18, 2018
The OEB has issued a bulletin providing guidance to electricity distributors on three related issues concerning the Industrial Conservation Initiative (ICI) for the purpose of billing Global Adjustment (GA) charges.

Whats new - 2018-10-10

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October 10, 2018
The OEB is launching an initiative to develop Activity and Program Based Benchmarking (APB) to encourage continuous improvement by regulated utilities.

Whats new - 2018-10-05

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October 5, 2018
The OEB has posted updated supply mix data with information from 2017. As per Ontario Regulation 416/99 made under the OEB Act, and the Board’s Directive, this information is required to be disclosed to Ontario consumers.

Whats new - 2018-10-01

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October 1, 2018
The OEB has published the 2017 Scorecards of Electricity Distributors. The scorecard measures how well Ontario’s electricity distributors are performing each year.

Whats new - 2018-10-01

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October 1, 2018
The OEB has initiated a review of the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program Emergency Financial Assistance (LEAP EFA).

Whats new - 2018-09-27

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September 27, 2018
The OEB has approved changes to the prices Enbridge, EPCOR and Union will charge its customers for natural gas effective October 1, 2018.

Whats new - 2018-09-27

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September 27, 2018
The OEB has posted Price Comparison templates for Natural Gas Contracts for Enbridge, EPCOR and Union valid from October 1 - December 31, 2018.

Whats new - 2018-09-20

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September 20, 2018
The OEB has issued a letter proposing a Cyber Security Readiness Report & Amendments to the Electricity Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements (RRR) for licensed transmitters and distributors.

Whats new - 2018-09-20

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September 20, 2018
The OEB has issued a Decision and Order on a Notice of Intention to Planet Energy (Ontario) Corp. to make an order for compliance, restitution and payment of an administrative penalty.

Whats new - 2018-09-14

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September 14, 2018
The OEB has posted the 2018 Quarter 4 prescribed accounting interest rates applicable to the carrying charges of deferral, variance and construction work in progress (CWIP) accounts of natural gas utilities, electricity distributors and other rate-regulated entities.
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Customer service rules review

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September 6, 2018
You spoke. We listened. The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) is proposing a suite of changes to strengthen the customer service rules that protect electricity and natural gas consumers throughout the province. After hearing from consumer groups, utility and industry stakeholders and more than 2,500...

Whats new - 2018-09-06

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September 6, 2018
The OEB has issued for comment its Report on Phase 1 of its review of the customer service rules for licensed electricity distributors, rate-regulated natural gas distributors and unit sub-meter providers.

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