2021-Feb-19
GBA Asks OEB for Concessions on Seasonal Hydro Rate Cancellation Terms
The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) decision on this is now final and the cancellation will go ahead. GBA has asked for the current planned implementation date of January 1, 2022 to be postponed, and for the maximum phase in period for billing increases.
As previously reported, the main reason cited for this decision is to uphold the principle of “user-pay” meaning that seasonal customers, who only use hydro for part of the year, pay the cost of maintaining the supply infrastructure for the months that they are not using hydro. The elimination of the seasonal rate class will have a significant impact on the vast majority of GBA members who use hydro. Those customers will be moved from the seasonal to the R2 rate class and face an estimated doubling of their hydro costs. A few GBA members in more densely populated areas will move to the R1 rate class and see a nominal decrease in cost.
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