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Review of the OEB's current performance standards for natural gas facilities applications, specifically Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Municipal Franchise Agreements, Storage and Well Drilling.

Consultation with stakeholders to inform its approach to existing and future electricity distribution standby rates.

Consultation to develop a Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) Framework for addressing electricity system needs.

Working group to assess opportunities for reducing regulatory burden associated with the filing and review process of major rate applications for very small electricity distributors.

Consultation to review and update the OEB’s Handbook to Electricity Distributor and Transmitter Consolidations (MAADs Handbook), and associated Filing Requirements for Consolidation Applications.

Review of LEAP EFA that includes LEAP EFA’s funding mechanism, eligibility criteria, grant amounts as well as performance metrics to measure the effectiveness of the program.

The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) and Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) commissioned a joint study to further understand how compensation mechanisms for DERs can work together to enable better design and alignment moving forward.

Consultation to review EPCOR Natural Gas Limited Partnership’s Annual Update to its natural gas supply plan.

Working with electricity transmitters and distributors to address cyber security business risks in a consistent manner that achieves the OEB’s expectations for reliability, security and privacy.

Consultation to inform a report for the Minister of Energy regarding proposals to improve distribution sector resiliency, responsiveness and cost efficiency in response to the challenges posed by climate change.

The OEB has prepared a draft update to the Chapter 4 Filing Requirements that will provide guidance on electricity transmission leave to construct applications and related matters under Part VI of the Ontario Energy Board Act.

Consultation to gather feedback on opportunities to streamline the data collected through Reporting and Record-keeping Requirements (RRR), improve the systems used to collect that data and consider new areas of interest for data collection.

Project to update the OEB’s Environmental Guidelines for the Location, Construction and Operation of Hydrocarbon Pipelines and Facilities in Ontario.

The energy transition is a global shift away from using fossil fuels (like oil, gasoline and coal) to a more sustainable, renewable energy future that includes more innovation and customer choice.

The Electric Vehicle Integration (EVI) initiative is intended to inform actions the OEB may take to ensure the efficient integration of electric vehicles (EVs) with the electricity system.

Consultation has concluded

Consultation to discuss how to enable implementation of a new optional Ultra-Low Overnight (ULO) price plan for electricity consumers on the Regulated Price Plan (RPP).

The OEB is working with the Independent Electricity System Operator to develop a plan to design and implement a dynamic electricity pricing pilot to assess the benefits for Class B consumers that don’t pay Regulated Price Plan (RPP) prices.

Consultation to review EPCOR Natural Gas Limited Partnership’s Annual Update to its natural gas supply plan.

Consultation related to proposed amendments to the Distribution System Code (DSC), the Electricity Retailer Code of Conduct, and the Retail Settlement Code (RSC) to facilitate regulatory changes to net metering and retailing that take effect July 1, 2022.

Consultation to review Enbridge Gas Inc.’s Annual Update to its five-year natural gas supply plan.

Consultation to review filing requirements for large distributors for 2024 rates and beyond.

The OEB issued a letter inviting interested parties to comment on a draft Natural Gas Facilities Handbook.

The Green Button industry-led working group (GB IWG) is a forum for distributors and other interested stakeholders to address issues that arise as distributors go through the process of implementing Green Button during the two-year implementation period.

Review of reliability and power quality in the Ontario electricity sector.

The Minister of Energy asked the OEB to report back and advise on the design(s) of an optional enhanced Time-of-Use (TOU) rate to further incent demand-shifting away from peak periods to lower-demand periods.