Industry

The OEB has issued a letter from CEO Carolyn Calwell outlining early thinking in response to the Protect Ontario by Securing Affordable Energy for Generations Act, 2025, including initial steps to implement its new economic growth objective to align our policy work with Ontario’s economic potential.

The OEB has released an updated variance settlement factor that is to be used by electricity distributors to calculate a one-time credit or charge for consumers who choose to stop purchasing electricity through the Regulated Price Plan. This factor is called the "Final RPP Variance Settlement Factor" and is updated on the OEB website monthly.

The OEB has issued a Staff Discussion Paper on Gas-Electric Co-ordination Information Sharing, inviting feedback on the design of a gas-electric information sharing framework. The paper also outlines the OEB’s plans to establish a co-ordination forum to discuss the framework’s design as part of broader efforts to strengthen energy planning, making it more responsive to economic growth and supportive of affordability.