Advanced Regulatory Document Search (RDS)

Search regulatory documents issued by or filed with the Ontario Energy Board

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APPLICANT SEARCH

The Applicant option searches for regulatory documents submitted (authored) by the selected company.

Select Applicant from the drop-down list
Select the company type (eg. "Electricity Distributor") from the second drop-down list that appears
Select a company from the third drop-down list that appears

CASE NUMBER SEARCH

The Case Number option searches for regulatory documents associated with a case.

Select Case Number from the drop-down list
Type the Case Number in the text box using the exact format EB-YYYY-NNNN (eg. EB-2017-0001)
Note: you can also use wildcards (ex. *0001)

DATE SEARCH (DATE ISSUED, DATE RECEIVED)

The Date options (Date Issued, Date Received) can be used to search for regulatory documents by date.

Select one of the date search options from the drop-down list
Enter the date in the following format: YYYY-MM-DD
Note: you can set a date range by adding a comma between two dates. For example searching by Date Issued 2017-05-05, 2017-05-31 returns all the document in the range including the dates specified

DOCUMENT CONTENT

The Document Content option searches through the contents of regulatory documents for keywords.

Select Document Content from the drop-down list
Enter a keyword to search for in the text box
Search for joined/consecutive words by wrapping them in single quotes. Example: 'cushion gas'
Note: you can search for multiple keywords by separating them with "AND" or "OR". See below for a full list of search operators:

Search operator What the search operator does

'Administration Project' Finds any documents with the term 'Administration Project'

Administration AND Project Administration and Project in the same document. Finds any document with both words in it.

Administration OR Project Administration or Project in same document. Finds any document with either of the words in it.

Administration NOT Project Administration and not Project in same document. Finds all documents with Administration but excludes those that also have Project in them.

Administration EXCEPT Project Administration but only if Project is not in the same paragraph as Administration

Administration // Project Project within the same paragraph as Administration

Administration \\ Project Administration and Project within 1 paragraph of each other

Administration \2\ Project Administration within 2 paragraphs of Project

Administration + Finds Administration plus any synonyms

Search operator	What the search operator does
'Administration Project'	Finds any documents with the term 'Administration Project'
Administration AND Project	Administration and Project in the same document. Finds any document with both words in it.
Administration OR Project	Administration or Project in same document. Finds any document with either of the words in it.
Administration NOT Project	Administration and not Project in same document. Finds all documents with Administration but excludes those that also have Project in them.
Administration EXCEPT Project	Administration but only if Project is not in the same paragraph as Administration
Administration // Project	Project within the same paragraph as Administration
Administration \\ Project	Administration and Project within 1 paragraph of each other
Administration \2\ Project	Administration within 2 paragraphs of Project
Administration +	Finds Administration plus any synonyms

DOCUMENT TYPE

The Document Type option searches for regulatory documents of a specific type.

Select Document Type from the drop-down list
Select a document type from the second drop-down list that appears
Note: document types with * will find all document types that include that word (ex. selecting Cost* will return results for the following document types: Cost Claim, Cost Claim Objection, Cost Eligibility Request, etc.)

ENERGY TYPE

The Energy Type option searches for regulatory documents of a specific energy type.

Select Energy Type from the drop-down list
Select an energy type from the second drop-down list that appears (Electricity, Natural Gas or Generic)

PRIMARY APPLICATION TYPE

The Primary Application Type option searches for regulatory documents from a specific application category.

Select Primary Application Type from the drop-down list
Select an application category from the second drop-down list that appears (Facilities, Licences, MAADs or Rates)

TITLE

The Title option searches for regulatory documents with specific words in the document title (file name).

Select Title from the drop-down list
Enter a keyword to search for in the text box
Note: add additional keywords by separating them with a space (ex. 'HONI comments')

VIEWING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS

To view an electronic document or file, click on the record title to download the document

NOTE: Documents are in PDF format and therefore you will need to download the Adobe Acrobat reader to view these documents.

SORTING COLUMNS

To sort a column click on the column header text.

Columns are sorted alphabetically (for Case Number, Title, and Document Type) and by date (for Date Issued and Date Received)

For technical inquiries, contact IT Help at it.help@oeb.ca.
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