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The OEB has posted Price Comparison templates for Natural Gas Contracts for Enbridge and EPCOR valid from January 1 - March 31, 2025.

The OEB has approved changes to the prices Enbridge Gas Inc. and EPCOR Natural Gas Limited Partnership will charge its customers for natural gas effective January 1, 2025.

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 draft version of the Vulnerability Assessment (VA) Report as a part of its Vulnerability Assessment and System Hardening (VASH) initiative, along with the VA Toolkit, a resource designed to assist distributors in preparation of VA analyses. Stakeholders are invited to provide written feedback on the VA Report and VA Toolkit by January 23, 2025.

The OEB has issued a Notice of Proposal to amend the Distribution System Code. The proposed amendments establish minimum requirements for licensed electricity distributors in communicating with customers when there are widespread power interruptions in a distributor’s service area caused by severe weather. The purpose of these requirements is to provide customers with timely information to help them prepare for and stay safe during extended electrical service interruptions. The OEB invites stakeholders to provide feedback on the proposal by January 17, 2025.

The OEB has issued version 2.0 of the Ontario Cyber Security Standard and a letter describing changes that include requirements for electricity distributors and transmitters to periodically submit an independent cyber security assessment based on the Ontario Cyber Security Framework to the OEB.

The OEB has announced the membership of the newly established Capacity Allocation Model Advisory Group (CAMAG) and the process for ensuring stakeholders can stay aware of its work.

The OEB has published the 2025 Quarter 1 prescribed accounting interest rates applicable to the carrying charges of deferral, variance and construction work in progress (CWIP) accounts of natural gas utilities, electricity distributors and other rate-regulated entities.

Ahead of the 2026 rate application cycle, the OEB has released an updated version of its Filing Requirements for Electricity Distribution Rate Applications that provides guidance on several key initiatives, including: reducing regulatory burden for very small utilities (those with fewer than 5,000 customers); identifying the benefits and costs of Distributed Energy Resources (first phase of the Benefit-Cost Analysis Framework); promoting the use of non-wire solutions; and rate-making policies for utility consolidations.

The OEB is pleased to release its 2023-2024 Annual Report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.