Rates

General Service Less Than 50 kW - Effective November 1, 2011

 

Monthly Customer Service Charge (per month)	$23.95
Distribution Volumetric Rate (per kWh)	$0.0113
Electricity - First 750 kWh	$0.071
Electricity - Beyond 750 kWh	$0.083
Transmission Network Charge (per kWh)	$0.0044
Transmission Connection Charge (per kWh)	$0.0021
Wholesale Market Service & Rural Rate Charge (per kWh)	$0.0035
Debt Retirement Charge - Pembroke (per kWh)	$0.0049
Debt Retirement Charge - Almonte (per kWh)	$0.0042
Debt Retirement Charge - Beachburg & Killaloe (per kWh)	$0.0070
Standard Service Supply Charge (per month)	$0.25
Global Adjustment for Non RPP Customers (per kWh)	$0.0045
Deferral Rate Rider (per kWh)	($0.0067)
Rate Rider for Recovery of Late Payment Penalty	$0.30/per month
Ontario Clean Energy Benefit (for customers eligible for the RPP rate on the above noted costs)	(10%)

 

General Service Greater Than 50 kW

Monthly Customer Service Charge (per month)	$371.10
Distribution Volumetric Rate (per kW)	$1.0285
Electricity	Weighted Average Price
Transmission Network Charge (per kW)	$1.7987
Transmission Connection Charge (per kW)	$0.8304
Wholesale Market Service Charge & Rural Rate (per kWh)	$0.0035
Debt Retirement Charge - Pembroke (per kWh)	$0.0049
Debt Retirement Charge - Almonte (per kWh)	$0.0042
Debt Retirement Charge - Beachburg & Killaloe (per kWh)	$0.0070
Standard Service Supply Charge (per month)	$0.25
Global Adjustment for Non RPP Customers (per kWh)	$0.0045
Deferral Rate Rider (per kW)	($1.2203)
Rate Rider for Recovery of Late Payment Penalty	$3.82/per month

For other miscellaneous charges see OEB Rate Order for Ottawa River Power.

 

Your New Electricity Bill

The Ontario Government has issued a Regulation that requires all electricity distributors to simplify and standardize the bills they send to residential and small business customers.  The bill has fewer lines and a new format with four major components. 

Electricity

Residential and small business customers will pay 5.7 cents for the 1st 600kWh each month and 6.6 cents for the remaining kWh each month.  This is a rate set by the Minister of Energy.  Large business consumers continue to pay the market price for their electricity or the contract price if they purchase their electricity from a retailer.

The total amount of electricity consumed is multiplied by an adjustment factor, previously called the loss factor.  The transmission equipment consumes this power before it gets to your home or business.  Your local utility collects the cost of this power from consumers through the adjustment factor and passes the amount directly to its suppliers. 

Delivery

This charge is made up of the following components which are approved by the Ontario Energy Board:

Distribution Costs

These costs cover the costs that your local utility incurs in delivering the electricity to your home.  The customer service charge covers administrative costs such as meter reading, billing, customer service and maintenance of accounts.  This is a fixed cost.  The distribution charge includes the cost of building and maintaining the wires and poles. 

Transmission Costs

This component covers the costs of delivering electricity from the generating station to your utility along the high-voltage transmission system owned by Hydro One Networks Inc.  The Network Service Charge covers the cost of delivering the electricity while The Line and Transformation Connection Service Charge covers the costs your utility incurs in connecting to Hydro One’s transmission lines.

 

Debt Retirement

This charge pays down the residual stranded debt incurred by the former Ontario Hydro.  All customers in Ontario will pay this charge and this is remitted directly to the Ministry of Finance.  This varies as to the percent of the load that was purchased from Ontario Hydro due to local generation.

 

Regulatory Charges

 

Wholesale Market Service Charge

This charge covers the cost of services provided by the Independent Electricity Systems Operator.  The IESO operates Ontario's competitive electricity market, where electricity is bought and sold.  This charge also includes a 0.1 cent per kWh charge for Rural and Remote Rate Protection, which all customers pay to offset the higher cost of distributing electricity to consumers in rural and remote areas of Ontario. 

 

Standard Service Supply Charge

This charge of $0.25 per month covers the administrative costs incurred by your utility in providing electricity to Standard Supply Service customers.  This is a fee regulated by the Ontario Energy Board.