ONTARIO REGULATION 445/07

made under the

ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD ACT, 1998

Made: July 25, 2007
Filed: August 2, 2007
Published on e-Laws: August 3, 2007
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: August 18, 2007


RECLASSIFYING CERTAIN CLASSES OF CONSUMERS AS RESIDENTIAL-RATE CLASS CUSTOMERS: SECTION 78 OF THE ACT

Treating certain consumers as residential-rate class customers

1. (1) For the purposes of fixing just and reasonable rates for a distributor under section 78 of the Act, the Board shall ensure that a consumer who falls into one of the following categories shall be treated as a residential-rate class customer if the criteria in subsection (2) are satisfied:

1. A consumer who is charged by the distributor as a general service, less than 50 kilowatt demand rate-class customer.

2. A consumer who is charged by the distributor for the distribution of electricity as having a demand of greater than 50 kilowatt rate-class customer.

(2) A consumer who falls into one of the categories set out in subsection (1) shall be treated as a residential-rate class customer if,

(a) the distributor that serves the consumer is licensed to serve in an area of not less than 10,000 square kilometres in size; and

(b) the average customer density for the distributor is less than seven customers per kilometre of distribution line.

(3) The rate classifications to ensure that consumers that fall into a category set out in subsection (1) are treated as residential-rate class customers if the criteria in subsection (2) are satisfied take effect on the date of the distributor’s next rate order made on or after August 15, 2007.

2. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.