Responding to Distributed Energy Resources (DERs)

Case number

EB-2018-0288

Launched

March 15, 2019

Sector

Electricity

Status

Archived

Details

The OEB is initiating a consultation to develop a more comprehensive regulatory framework that facilitates investment and operation of DERs on the basis of value to consumers and supports effective DER integration so the benefits of sector evolution can be realized.

On March 23, 2021, the OEB issued a letter setting out proposed priority workstreams to be undertaken in the near term and the approach to work in the Sector Evolution consultations: Utility Remuneration (EB-2018-0287) and Responding to Distributed Energy Resources (EB-2018-0288). The letter also announced the renaming of these consultations to Framework for Energy Innovation: Distributed Resources and Utility Incentives (EB-2021-0118).

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Updates

Date	Issue / Document
March 23, 2021	The OEB has issued a letter setting out proposed priority workstreams to be undertaken in the near term and the approach to work in the Sector Evolution consultations: Utility Remuneration (EB-2018-0287) and Responding to Distributed Energy Resources (EB-2018-0288). The letter also announces the renaming of these consultations to Framework for Energy Innovation: Distributed Resources and Utility Incentives (EB-2021-0118). Letter
February 19, 2021	The OEB has posted written comments following the February stakeholder meeting. Advanced Energy Management Alliance Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters ChargePoint City of Ottawa Coalition of Large Distributors Consumers Council of Canada Distributed Resource Coalition Environmental Defence Electricity Distributors Association Energy Probe Energy Storage Canada Report Electric Vehicle Society Hydro One Networks Inc. Industrial Gas Users Association London Property Management Association Ontario Chamber of Commerce Ontario Energy Association Ontario Power Generation PeakPower Pollution Probe School Energy Coalition The Atmospheric Fund Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited Vulnerable Energy Consumers Coalition
February 5, 2021	The OEB has posted the transcript and presentations made by LEI and ICF at the February 3, 2021 stakeholder meeting. Transcript LEI Presentation on COVID-19 Impact Studies ICF Presentation on DER Impact Study
January 18, 2021	The OEB has posted a DER Impact Study prepared by ICF. The OEB has also issued a letter inviting stakeholders to a meeting to discuss the results of LEI’s COVID-19 Impact Studies and ICF’s DER Impact Study. Letter DER Impact Study Appendices to DER Impact Study
December 16, 2020	The OEB has posted a series of reports related to the COVID-19 pandemic prepared by London Economics International LLC. Cover Letter COVID-19 Impact Study A Report on Regulatory Principles, Policies and Accounting Treatments Applied in Other Jurisdictions in Response to COVID-19 COVID-19 Impact on Distributed Energy Resources
September 24, 2020	The OEB issued a letter announcing two expert studies it has commissioned, a COVID-19 Impact Study and a DER Impact Study, to assist in confirming the scope and next steps in the Utility Remuneration and Responding to Distributed Energy Resources initiatives. Letter
April 9, 2020	The OEB has posted written comments following the February stakeholder meeting. Advance Energy Management Alliance Association of Major Power Consumers in Ontario Association of Power Producers of Ontario Building Owners and Managers Association, Greater Toronto Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters CanSIA: Comments Discussion Paper Coalition of Large Distributors Consumers Council of Canada Distributed Resource Coalition Electric Vehicle Society Electricity Distributors Association Energy Probe Entegrus Environmental Defence Hydro One Networks Inc. Independent Electricity System Operator Industrial Gas Users Association London Property Management Association Ontario Energy Association Ontario Sustainable Energy Association Pollution Probe Power Workers’ Union QUEST and the Ontario CHP Consortium School Energy Coalition The Atmospheric Fund Vulnerable Energy Consumers Coalition WSP Canada
March 26, 2020	The OEB has extended the deadline for written comments to April 30, 2020. Letter
March 10, 2020	The OEB has issued a letter extending the deadline for written comments to March 27, 2020 in response to a stakeholder request. Letter
February 21, 2020	The OEB has posted the transcript from the February 20, 2020 stakeholder meeting. Transcript
February 10, 2020	The OEB has posted the agenda and presentation for the stakeholder meeting taking place on February 20, 2020. Agenda Presentation
January 21, 2020	The OEB has issued the attached letter inviting stakeholders to a meeting on February 20, 2020 where OEB staff will: summarize input from stakeholder presentations, comments made during the September stakeholder meeting and written comments received outline and seek input on staff’s current thinking for the scope of each initiative Letter
October 22, 2019	The OEB has posted written comments following the September stakeholder meeting. Advance Energy Management Alliance Alectra Utilities Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters CanSIA Distributed Resource Coalition Electric Vehicle Society Electricity Distributors Association Energy Probe Entegrus Environmental Defence Essex Power Hydro One Networks Inc. London Property Management Association Ontario Energy Association Ontario Power Generation Peak Power Pollution Probe Power Workers’ Union QUEST / Ontario CHP Consortium School Energy Coalition Storage Power Solutions
October 9, 2019	The OEB has now posted StrategyCorp’s Facilitation Report related to the September stakeholder meeting on the Utility Remuneration and Responding to DERs policy consultations. StrategyCorp Facilitation Report
September 26, 2019	The OEB has issued a letter making provision for written comments from stakeholders on what the objectives, specific problems or issues to be addressed and guiding principles should be for each of these initiatives. Letter
September 19, 2019	The OEB has posted the transcript and stakeholder presentations from day three of the stakeholder meeting. Transcript Presentations: City of Ottawa Toronto Hydro-Electric System Environmental Defence Infrastructure Energy Electric Vehicle Society Distributed Resource Coalition Independent System Electricity Operator
September 18, 2019	The OEB has posted the transcript and stakeholder presentations from day two of the stakeholder meeting. Transcript Presentations: Energy Storage Canada Energy Probe Enbridge Gas Canadian Solar Industries Association Advanced Energy Management Alliance Association of Power Producers of Ontario Hydro Ottawa EPCOR Utilities London Hydro
September 18, 2019	The OEB has received the following stakeholder comments. Electricity Distributors Association Electricity Distributors Association Vision Paper Ontario Energy Association Ontario Home Builders’ Association
September 17, 2019	The OEB has posted the transcript and stakeholder presentations from day one of the stakeholder meeting. Transcript Presentations: Industrial Gas Users Association Pollution Probe School Energy Coalition Hydro One Networks Alectra Utilities Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters Ontario Power Generation Niagara-on-the-Lake Hydro
September 12, 2019	The OEB has posted the agenda for the stakeholder meeting taking place on September 17, 18, and 19, 2019. Agenda
August 28, 2019	The OEB has posted presentations, prepared by OEB staff’s consultants, for the September 17, 2019 stakeholder meeting: London Economics International LLC – Approaches to Utility Remuneration and Incentives ICF – Responding to DERs
July 17, 2019	The OEB has issued a letter outlining its updated stakeholder engagement approach in respect of the integrated consultation processes on Utility Remuneration and Responding to DERs, and how interested stakeholders may participate. Letter
March 15, 2019	To support the evolution of the electricity sector, the OEB is initiating two integrated consultation processes: Utility Remuneration and Responding to Distributed Energy Resources (DERs). Letter

Cost Award Matters

Date	Issue / Document
April 22, 2021	The OEB has posted a letter re: Cost Awards Process. Letter Cost Claim Form
January 18, 2021	The OEB has issued a Supplementary Decision on Cost Eligibility for this initiative. Supplementary Decision on Cost Eligibility
November 12, 2020	The OEB has issued a Decision and Order on Cost Awards. Decision and Order on Cost Awards
September 9, 2019	The OEB has issued a Supplementary Decision on Cost Eligibility for this initiative. Supplementary Decision on Cost Eligibility
July 17, 2019	The OEB has issued a Decision on Cost Award Eligibility for this initiative. Decision on Cost Award Eligibility