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Tariff of Rates and Charges
EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2010

This schedule supersedes and replaces all previously approved schedules of
Rates, Charges and Loss Factors
EB-2009-0253

 

 

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APPLICATION

• The application of these rates and charges shall be in accordance with the Licence of the Distributor and any Codes, Guidelines or Orders of the Board, and amendments thereto as approved by the Board, which may be applicable to the administration of this schedule.

 

• No rates and charges for the distribution of electricity and charges to meet the costs of any work or service done or furnished for the purpose of the distribution of electricity shall be made except as permitted by this schedule, unless required by the Distributor's Licence or a Code, Guideline or Order of the Board, and amendments thereto as approved by the Board, or as specified herein.

 

• Unless specifically noted, this schedule does not contain any charges for the electricity commodity, be it under the Regulated Price Plan, a contract with a retailer or the wholesale market price, as applicable.

 

• It should be noted that this schedule does not list any charges or assessments that are required by law to be charged by a distributor and that are not subject to Board approval, such as the Debt Retirement Charge, charges for Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure Conservation and Renewable Energy Program, the Provincial Benefit and any applicable taxes.

 

IMPLEMENTATION DATES

• Distribution Rates: May 1, 2010
  for all consumption or deemed consumption services used on or after that date.
• Specific Service Charges: May 1, 2010
  for all charges incurred by customers on or after that date.
• Retail Service Charges: May 1, 2010
  for all charges incurred by retailers or customers on or after that date.
• Loss Factor Adjustment: May 1, 2010
  unless the distributor is not capable of prorating changed loss factors jointly with distribution rates. In that case, the revised loss factors will be implemented upon the first subsequent billing for each billing cycle.
  
  

 

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SERVICE CLASSIFICATIONS

 

Residential
This classification refers to the supply of electrical energy to Customers residing in residential dwelling units. Energy is generally supplied as single phase, 3-wire, 60-Hertz, having a nominal voltage of 120/240 Volts.

 

General Service Less Than 50 kW
This classification applies to customers in General Service buildings with a connected load less than 50 kW, and Town Houses and Condominiums that require centralized bulk metering. General Service buildings are defined as buildings that are used for purposes other than single-family dwellings.

 

General Service 50 to 999 kW
This classification applies to a non residential account whose average monthly maximum demand used for billing purposes is equal to or greater than, or is forecast to be equal to or greater than, 50 kW but less than 1,000 kW.

 

General Service 1,000 to 4,999 kW
This classification applies to a non residential account whose average monthly maximum demand used for billing purposes is equal to or greater than, or is forecast to be equal to or greater than, 1,000 kW but less than 5,000 kW.

 

Unmetered Scattered Load
This classification applies to an account whose average monthly maximum demand is less than, or is forecast to be less than, 50 kW and the consumption is unmetered. Such connections include cable TV power packs, bus shelters, telephone booths, traffic lights, railway crossings, decorative street lighting, billboards, etc. The level of the consumption will be agreed to by the distributor and the customer, based on detailed manufacturer information/documentation with regard to electrical consumption of the unmetered load or periodic monitoring of actual consumption.

 

Sentinel Lighting
This classification refers to accounts for unmetered lighting loads supplied to sentinel lights.

 

Street Lighting
This classification refers to accounts for roadway lighting with a Municipality, Regional Municipality, and Minstry of Transportation. The consumptions for these customers will be based on the calculated connected load times the required lighting times established in the approved OEB street lighting load shape template.

 

microFIT Generator
This classification applies to an electricity generation facility contracted under the Ontario Power Authority's microFIT program and connected to the distributor's distribution system.

 

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MONTHLY RATES AND CHARGES

 

Residential

	Service Charge	$13.86
	Smart Meter Funding Adder	$ 1.00
	Distribution Volumetric Rate	$/kWh 0.0139
	Low Voltage Service Rate	$/kWh 0.0016
	Rate Rider for Deferral/Variance Account Disposition (2010) - effective until April 30, 2014	$/kWh (0.0058)
	Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate	$/kWh 0.0050
	Retail Transmission Rate - Line and Transformation Connection Service Rate	$/kWh 0.0058
	Wholesale Market Service Rate	$/kWh 0.0052
	Rural Rate Protection Charge	$/kWh 0.0013
	Standard Supply Service - Adminstrative Charge (if applicable)	$ 0.25

 

General Service Less Than 50 kW

	Service Charge	$27.83
	Smart Meter Funding Adder	$ 1.00
	Distribution Volumetric Rate	$/kWh 0.0120
	Low Voltage Service Rate	$/kWh 0.0015
	Rate Rider for Deferral/Variance Account Disposition (2010) - effective until April 30, 2014	$/kWh (0.0042)
	Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate	$/kWh 0.0046
	Retail Transmission Rate - Line and Transformation Connection Service Rate	$/kWh 0.0048
	Wholesale Market Service Rate	$/kWh 0.0052
	Rural Rate Protection Charge	$/kWh 0.0013
	Standard Supply Service - Adminstrative Charge (if applicable)	$ 0.25

 

General Service 50 to 999 kW

	Service Charge	$243.25
	Smart Meter Funding Adder	$ 1.00
	Distribution Volumetric Rate	$/kW 3.2562
	Low Voltage Service Rate	$/kW 0.6038
	Rate Rider for Deferral/Variance Account Disposition (2010) - effective until April 30, 2014	$/kW (0.0995)
	Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate	$/kW 1.8734
	Retail Transmission Rate - Line and Transformation Connection Service Rate	$/kW 1.9438
	Wholesale Market Service Rate	$/kWh 0.0052
	Rural Rate Protection Charge	$/kWh 0.0013
	Standard Supply Service - Adminstrative Charge (if applicable)	$ 0.25

 

General Service 1,000 To 4,999 kW

	Service Charge	$1488.45
	Smart Meter Funding Adder	$ 1.00
	Distribution Volumetric Rate	$/kW 1.2490
	Low Voltage Service Rate	$/kW 0.6518
	Rate Rider for Deferral/Variance Account Disposition (2010) - effective until April 30, 2014	$/kW 0.2871
	Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate	$/kW 1.9898
	Retail Transmission Rate - Line and Transformation Connection Service Rate	$/kW 2.1309
	Wholesale Market Service Rate	$/kWh 0.0052
	Rural Rate Protection Charge	$/kWh 0.0013
	Standard Supply Service - Adminstrative Charge (if applicable)	$ 0.25

 

Unmetered Scattered Load

	Service Charge (per customer)	$10.28
	Distribution Volumetric Rate	$/kWh 0.0083
	Low Voltage Service Rate	$/kWh 0.0015
	Rate Rider for Deferral/Variance Account Disposition (2010) - effective until April 30, 2014	$/kWh (0.0065)
	Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate	$/kWh 0.0046
	Retail Transmission Rate - Line and Transformation Connection Service Rate	$/kWh 0.0048
	Wholesale Market Service Rate	$/kWh 0.0052
	Rural Rate Protection Charge	$/kWh 0.0013
	Standard Supply Service - Adminstrative Charge (if applicable)	$ 0.25

 

Sentinel Lighting

	Service Charge (per connection)	$16.08
	Distribution Volumetric Rate	$/kW 59.4148
	Low Voltage Service Rate	$/kW 0.4672
	Rate Rider for Deferral/Variance Account Disposition (2010) - effective until April 30, 2014	$/kW (5.3293)
	Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate	$/kW 1.42
	Retail Transmission Rate - Line and Transformation Connection Service Rate	$/kW 1.5341
	Wholesale Market Service Rate	$/kWh 0.0052
	Rural Rate Protection Charge	$/kWh 0.0013
	Standard Supply Service - Adminstrative Charge (if applicable)	$ 0.25

 

Street Lighting

	Service Charge (per connection)	$5.13
	Distribution Volumetric Rate	$/kW 5.7139
	Low Voltage Service Rate	$/kW 0.4612
	Rate Rider for Deferral/Variance Account Disposition (2010) - effective until April 30, 2014	$/kW (1.7072)
	Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate	$/kW 1.4129
	Retail Transmission Rate - Line and Transformation Connection Service Rate	$/kW 1.5027
	Wholesale Market Service Rate	$/kWh 0.0052
	Rural Rate Protection Charge	$/kWh 0.0013
	Standard Supply Service - Adminstrative Charge (if applicable)	$ 0.25

 

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microFIT Generator Charges

Service Charge	$5.25

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SPECIFIC SERVICE CHARGES

 

Customer Administration:
	Notification charge	$15.00
	Account History	$15.00
	Returned Cheque Charge (plus bank charges)	$15.00
	Legal letter charge	$15.00
	Account set up charge/change of occupancy charge (plus credit agencey costs if applicable)	$30.00
	Special Meter Reads	$30.00
	Meter dispute charge plus Measurement Canada fees (if meter found correct)	$30.00
Non-Payment of Account:
	Late Payment - per month	1.5%
	Late Payment - per annum	19.56%
	Collection of account charge - no disconnection	$30.00
	Disconnect/Reconnect at meter - during regular hours	$65.00
	Disconnect/Reconnect at meter - after regular hours	$185.00
	Disconnect/Reconnect at pole - during regular hours	$185.00
	Disconnect/Reconnect at meter - after regular hours	$415.00

 

 

Install/Remove load control device - during regular hours	$65.00
Interval meter Load Management Tool	$50.00
Service call - customer-owned equipment	$30.00
Service call - after regular hours	$165.00
Temporary service install & remove - overhead - no transformer	$500.00
Specific Charge for Access to the Power Poles - per pole/year	$22.35

Allowances:
	Transformer Allowance for Ownership - per kW of billing demand/month	$/kW (0.60)
	Primary Metering Allowance for transformer losses - applied to measured demand and energy	% (1.00)

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RETAIL SERVICE CHARGES (if applicable)

 

Retail Service Charges refer to services provided by a distributor to retailers or customers related to the supply of competitive electricity.

 

One-time charge, per retailer, to establish the service agreement between the distributor and the retailer		$100.00
Monthly Fixed Charge,per retailer		$20.00
Monthly Variable Charge, per customer, per retailer		$/cust. 0.50
Distributor-consolidated billing charge, per customer, per retailer		$/cust. 0.30
Retailer-consolidated billing credit, per customer, per retailer		$/cust.(0.30)
Service Transaction Requests (STR):
	Request fee, per request, applied to the requesting party	$0.25
	Processing fee, per request, applied to the requesting party	$0.50
Request For Customer Information as outlined in Section 10.6.3 and Chapter 11 of the Retail Settlement Code directly to retailers and customers, if not delivered electronically through the Electronic Business Transaction (EBT) system, applied to the requesting party
	Up to twice a year	No Charge
	More than twice a year, per request - plus incremental delivery costs	$2.00

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LOSS FACTORS

Total Loss Factor - Secondary Metered Customer	< 5,000 kW	1.0699
Total Loss Factor - Secondary Metered Customer	> 5,000 kW	N/A
Total Loss Factor - Primary Metered Customer	< 5,000 kW	1.0592
Total Loss Factor - Primary Metered Customer	> 5,000 kW	N/A