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The OEB has posted Price Comparison templates for Natural Gas Contracts for Kitchener Utilities valid from May 1, 2024.

The OEB has posted its adjudicative reporting dashboard to provide stakeholders with the final report for Fiscal 2023-2024, with a discussion of its adjudicative performance.

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 letter stating that it will not update the filing requirements for 2025 electricity distribution rates. The letter also announces details of a new pilot for intervenors that participate in cost of service applications from utilities with less than 30,000 customers.

The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) is pleased to publish our 2024-2027 Business Plan, which sets out how the OEB will provide value to the people of Ontario through consumer protection and customer choice, regulatory policy leadership, innovation, and adjudicative excellence.

The OEB has issued a letter providing guidance regarding the anticipated Code amendments that will be required when the IESO’s Market Rule amendments related to its Market Renewal Program take effect. The intent is to assist electricity distributors in understanding the type and scope of those Code changes as they prepare for Market Renewal.

The OEB has issued a letter regarding the filing of IESO System Impact Assessment (SIA) reports in electricity leave to construct applications. Effective April 4, 2024, applicants are no longer required to include SIA appendices in order to meet the criteria outlined in Chapter 4 of the OEB’s Filing Requirements for Electricity Transmission Applications.

The OEB has issued a letter to natural gas distributors regarding minor revisions that it has made to the standard conditions of approval typically attached to the OEB’s decisions approving natural gas leave to construct applications. 

The OEB has published materials from its February 2024 Webinar and Q&A Session on OEB’s Accounting Order (003-2023) for the Establishment of a Deferral Account to Record Incremental Cloud Computing Arrangement Implementation Costs. The materials include responses to questions received during the session.

As part of its ongoing Reliability and Power Quality Review consultation, the OEB has developed a Guide to Addressing Electricity Distribution Power Quality Issues. The Guide is intended to enhance transparency and consistency by fostering a uniform approach for addressing power quality issues across Ontario.