Adjudication Reporting Dashboard
Fiscal 2022-2023: Q1 and Q2 Results (April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022)
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The OEB has issued more than 100 decisions in this fiscal year as of September 30, 2022 – 98% of which met or surpassed OEB performance standards (the OEB target is 90%).
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Of all decisions issued, more than 80% were issued more than 14 days in advance of the decision metric date.
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The OEB, on average, performed well with respect to decision writing timelines partly due to five rate applications achieving full settlement.
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September 2022 was the month in which the most decisions were issued by the OEB.
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Total Decisions Issued
The majority of decisions (81%) issued by the OEB were heard by Delegated Authority. This is consistent with Q1 and Q2 of Fiscal 2021-2022 where 78% of the decisions issued by the OEB were heard by Delegated Authority.
83% of the decisions issued in Q1 and Q2 of Fiscal 2022-2023 were for applications related to electricity.
52% of all the decisions issued were for Licence applications; Facilities comprised 18% of decisions, followed by Rates (16%) and MAADs (14%).
The OEB met the decision writing timelines 100% of the time.
Decision Issuance Spectrum
In addition to monitoring whether a decision is issued on time or late, the OEB also monitors the degree to which decisions were issued early or late relative to the decision metric date established by the applicable performance standard. This Decision Issuance Spectrum highlights the fact that more than 80% of decisions issued this reporting period were issued more than two weeks in advance of the metric date.
Two panel decisions (EB-2022-0173 and EB-2022-0174) were each issued four days late. On the day that the OEB was planning to issue these decisions, the applicant requested an additional change on its rate schedule. To address this, the OEB needed more time to finalize and issue the two decisions.
Key Documents Issued
The OEB issues many documents aside from decisions each month. Key Documents refers to all other documents that are issued by the OEB, but are not a final Decision and Order (e.g., Notice, Procedural Order, Letter to Industry, etc.). The OEB issued 35 Key Documents on average each month in Q1 and Q2 of Fiscal 2022-2023.
Average Time for Procedural Order No. 1 (PO#1), Decision Writing and Total Cycle
The OEB has committed to report on the performance of key application milestones for applications heard by panels of Commissioners for major application types. The three graphs illustrate the performance for various application types relative to the performance standard for:
This graph provides the average time from receipt of a complete application to the issuance of PO#1, and compares this to the performance standard.
This graph provides the average time from the close of the record to the issuance of the decision, and compares this to the performance standard. The average decision writing time for the Rates <$500M performance standard is much lower than the metric of 60 calendar days. Five applications heard under this performance standard all had full settlement proposals that were accepted by the panels of Commissioners. Full settlements generally reduce the amount of time required for decision writing relative to the performance standard.
This graph provides the average time from a complete application to the issuance of the decision, and compares it to the performance standard.
As previously noted, there were five full settlement proposals filed for rates applications that were accepted by the panels of Commissioners in Q1 and Q2 of Fiscal 2022-2023.