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Notice – Ontario Electricity Rebate Eligibility Form

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Instructions

The Ontario Electricity Rebate (OER) is a provincially funded rebate that applies as a credit on qualifying electricity  bills. The following types of electricity accounts are eligible:

  • Low volume accounts (meaning the account has a demand for electricity of 50 kilowatts or less, or uses not more than 250,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year); this includes most single-family homes and many small businesses
  • Farms
  • Long-term care homes
  • Multi-unit complexes that are predominantly residential, such as condominium and apartment buildings • Common elements in multi-unit complexes that are predominantly residential (as of July 1, 2022) • Retirement residences (as of July 1, 2022)
  • Mobile home parks (as of July 1, 2022)

In addition, some accounts that are not eligible but were receiving the former 8% Provincial Rebate that was in place  before the OER was introduced on November 1, 2019 receive the OER under a legacy exemption. You should complete this form only if your account relates to:

  • A multi-unit complex
  • Any common elements of a multi-unit complex
  • A retirement residence
  • A mobile home park

If your account is a low volume account or relates to a farm or a long-term care home, you do not need to submit  this form – you are entitled to receive the OER automatically. If you have one of these accounts but you are not  already receiving the OER, please contact us. If you are not sure whether you are already receiving the OER, check  your last bill.

Definitions

1 A “multi-unit complex” is defined for OER purposes as “a building or related group of buildings containing two or  more units”. A “unit” is:

  1. a unit as defined in the Condominium Act, 1998,
  2. a residential unit or a rental unit, as those terms are defined in subsection 2 (1) of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006,
  3. a member unit or a non-member unit, as those terms are defined in the Co-operative Corporations Act, or (d) premises that is demised premises for the purposes of the Commercial Tenancies Act; but does not include a unit that is used or intended for parking or storage purposes or for the purpose of providing space for services, recreation or other facilities or mechanical installations.

2 A “qualifying unit” is defined for OER purposes as “a unit that,

  1. consists of a self-contained room or set of rooms,
  2. contains kitchen and bathroom facilities that are for the sole use of the unit, and
  3. is occupied and used as a residence.”

3 “Common elements” are defined for OER purposes as “any part of the multi-unit complex that is not a unit”. See footnote 1 for the definitions of “multi-unit complex” and “unit”.

4 See footnote 2 for the definition of “qualifying unit”.

5 See footnote 1 for the definition of “unit”.

6 A mobile home park is defined for OER purposes as “the land on which one or more occupied mobile homes are  located and includes the rental units and the land, structures, services and facilities of which the landlord retains  possession and that are intended for the common use and enjoyment of the tenants of the landlord”. A “mobile  home” is “a dwelling that is designed to be made mobile and that is being used as a permanent residence”. Trailer  parks that are not mobile home parks do not qualify for the OER.

  1. the living accommodation is provided primarily to persons under the age of majority, or all major questions related to the living accommodation are decided after  consultation with a council or association representing the residents, and
  2. the living accommodation is not intended for year-round occupancy by full-time  students or staff and members of their households
  • A university, college of applied arts and technology or other entity that provides post secondary education
  • A premises that is identified by a NAICS code commencing with the digits 21, 22, 23, 31, 32  or 33 (“NAICS” means the North American Industry Classification System maintained by  Statistics Canada; the codes starting with the digits above relate to premises that include  mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction, utilities, construction and manufacturing)