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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 October 1, 2022.

The OEB has developed an Action Plan, which identifies 11 projects to be completed over the next 18 months, to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the adjudicative process.

The OEB is proud to announce we have won the 2022 CAMPUT Award for Innovation and Leadership, recognizing our Digital First Strategy which, in touching all areas of our operations, has significantly changed the ways we engage with the energy sector. Digital First has improved OEB's efficiency and effectiveness and supports Ontario’s Digital Government strategy.

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 launched an initiative that showcases the work it is doing to support the energy transition, a global shift towards a more sustainable, renewable energy future that includes greater innovation and customer choice. As part of that work, the OEB is gathering feedback on stakeholder priorities it should consider related to the energy transition.

The OEB has accepted an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance from Enbridge Gas Inc. following an OEB review into certain of its service quality requirements (SQRs). The review found that Enbridge Gas Inc. did not comply with its SQRs related to meter reading performance and telephone answering performance. This reflects the OEB’s commitment to protecting consumers by ensuring that regulated companies fulfil all of their regulatory requirements.

The OEB has published the 2022 Quarter 4 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.

The OEB has posted the updated electricity supply mix data information for 2021. As per Ontario Regulation 416/99 made under the OEB Act, and the OEB’s Directive, this information is required to be disclosed to Ontario consumers.

The OEB has accepted an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance from Halton Hills Hydro Inc., an electricity distributor. The Assurance responds to self-reported non-compliance related to overcharging customers as a result of a billing system error.

The OEB’s pilot initiative to issue final decisions and final rate orders twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, is now permanent, effective immediately.