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The OEB has issued a Decision and Order amending the licences of all Ontario electricity distributors to ban the disconnection of residential consumers from November 15 through April 30, and to require that disconnected homes be reconnected at no charge. The OEB continues to consult on disconnection practices as part of its customer service rules review and encourages consumers to take its survey.
The Market Surveillance Panel has submitted to the OEB the Panel’s report on its investigation into the conduct of Goreway Station Partnership in the wholesale electricity market.
The OEB has issued a letter to electricity distributors providing accounting guidance on the Ontario Fair Hydro Act related transactions.
The OEB has issued an Order immediately revoking Utility Savings Corp.’s Gas Marketer and Electricity Retailer licences.
The OEB has published the 2016 Scorecards of Electricity Distributors. The scorecard measures how well Ontario’s electricity distributors are performing each year.
The OEB issued proposed amendments to the Transmission System Code (TSC) and the Distribution System Code (DSC) which are aimed at ensuring the cost responsibility provisions for load customers in the TSC and DSC are better aligned and facilitate the implementation of regional plans.
The OEB gave written notice to Utility Savings Corp. that it intends to make an order revoking its licences due to non-payment of its licence fees and other allegations related to its licences and the Code of Conduct for Gas Marketers and Electricity Retailer Code of Conduct.
The OEB is announcing commodity rates for natural gas will decline on October 1st. The changes include the regular quarterly adjustment for the market price of the natural gas commodity. In addition the OEB has released its Decision and Order on the natural gas utilities’ Cap and Trade program compliance plans.
The OEB has posted Price Comparison templates for Natural Gas Contracts for Enbridge, NRG and Union valid from October 1 - December 31, 2017.