Distribution System Code (DSC) Amendments - Connection Cost Responsibility for Renewable Distributed Generation

Case number

EB-2009-0077

Launched

June 5, 2009

Sector

Electricity

Status

Archived

Details

The Ontario Energy Board proposed amendments to the Distribution System Code revising its approach to assigning cost responsibility as between a distributor and a generator in relation to the connection of generation facilities to distribution systems.

Updates

Date	Issue / Document
July 15, 2010	The Board has released a Notice of Amendment to the Distribution System Code. The amendments, set out in the Board’s Notice of Amendment to a Code, come into force today. Notice of Amendment to a Code: Amendments to the Distribution System Code
March 30, 2010	The following written comments were received on the Board’s Notice of Revised Proposed Amendments to the Distribution System Code dated March 21, 2010: Association of Major Power Consumers in Ontario (AMPCO) Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) Coalition of Large Distributors (CLD) Electricity Distributors Association (EDA) Hydro One Networks London Property Management Association (LPMA) Ontario Power Authority (OPA) Power Workers Union (PWU) Vulnerable Energy Consumers Coalition (VECC)
March 11, 2010	The Board has released a Notice of Revised Proposed Amendments to the Distribution System Code for stakeholder review and comment. Notice of Revised Proposed Amendments to the Distribution System Code
October 21, 2009	The Board has released a Notice of Amendment to the Distribution System Code. The amendments, set out in the Board’s Notice of Amendment to a Code, come into force today. Notice of Amendment to a Code: Amendments to the Distribution System Code Attachment B: Comparison Copy
October 5, 2009	The following written comments were received on the Board’s Notice of Revised Proposed Amendments to the Distribution System Code dated September 11, 2009: Association of Major Power Consumers in Ontario (AMPCO) Association of Power Producers of Ontario (APPrO) Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) Coalition of Large Distributors (CLD) Electricity Distributors Association (EDA) Hydro One Networks London Property Management Association (LPMA) Northwatch Ontario Power Authority (OPA) Powerbase Energy Systems Inc. Power Workers Union (PWU) Vulnerable Energy Consumers Coalition (VECC)
September 11, 2009	The Board has released a Notice of Revised Proposed Amendments to the Distribution System Code for stakeholder review and comment. Notice of Revised Proposed Amendments to the Distribution System Code Attachment B: Comparison Copy The following supplementary written comment was received on the Board’s Notice of Proposal to Amend a Code dated June 5, 2009: Hydro One Networks Inc.
July 14, 2009	The following written comments were received on the Board’s Notice of Proposal to Amend a Code dated June 5, 2009: Agri-Energy Producers’ Association of Ontario (APAO) Association of Major Power Consumers in Ontario (AMPCO) Association of Power Producers of Ontario (APPrO) Atikokan Hydro Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) Canadian Wind Energy Association (Canwea) Chatham-Kent Hydro and Middlesex Power Distribution City of Toronto Coalition of Large Distributors (CLD) Consumers Council of Canada (CCC) Electricity Distributors Association (EDA) Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Association Cover letter Submission Gengrowth Renewables Hydro One Networks Ledgecroft Farms London Property Management Association (LPMA) National Chief’s Office (NCO) Northwatch Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) Ontario Power Authority (OPA) Ontario Waterpower Association (OWA) ORTECH Power Pierre Beaulnes Cover letter Submission Pollution Probe Power Workers Union (PWU) Cover letter Submission School Energy Coalition (SEC) Vulnerable Energy Consumers Coalition (VECC) Xeneca Power Development
June 5, 2009	The Board issued a Notice of Proposed Amendments to the Distribution System Code to revise its current approach to assigning cost responsibility. Notice of Proposed Amendments