Rates and Charges
The Ontario Energy Board (OEB), at the request of the Minister of Energy,
developed an electricity price plan known as the Regulated Price Plan (RPP). The
RPP is designed to ensure that the price consumers pay for electricity better
reflects the price paid to electricity generators. RPP applies to residential
consumers, small businesses and other designated consumers such as
municipalities, schools, universities and hospitals. It does not, however, apply
to large commercial customers using more than 250,000 kWh per year. Large volume
commercial or industrial consumers will continue to pay the Hourly Ontario
Energy Price (HOEP) or spot market price delivered through Standard Supply
Service. The OEB has developed a series of fact sheets to help residential
consumers, small businesses and others who are considered low volume users of
electricity learn more about the province’s electricity sector and their options
for buying electricity.
General Service <50 kW Rates
Time-of Use | Cost |
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Off Peak | $0.085 per kWh |
Mid Peak | $0.119 per kWh |
On Peak | $0.176 per kWh |
Tiered Cost
less than or equal to 1,000 kWh $0.101 per kWh
greater than 1,000 kWh $0.118 per kWh
OR Retail Contract²
Charge | Cost |
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Wholesale Market Service Rate (WMS) – excluding CBR | $0.0030 per kWh |
Capacity Based Recovery (CBR) – Class B customers | $0.0004 per kWh |
Rural or Remote Electricity Rate Protection Charge (RRRP) | $0.0005 per kWh |
Standard Supply Service – Administrative Charge | $0.25 per invoice |
2 Retail Contract Price – dependent upon your choice of electricity
provider Loss Factor Adjustment for all Rate Classes: 1.0713
General Service >50 kW Rates
Charge | Cost |
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Monthly Fixed Service Charge | $238.79 per month |
Distribution Volumetric Charge | $2.5201 per kW |
Low Voltage Service Charge | $1.0438 per kW |
Rate Rider: Disposition of Global Adjustment (Non-RPP) | ($0.0012) per kWh |
Rate Rider: Disposition of Deferral/Variance Accounts (non-wholesale) | $0.4306 per kW |
Rate Rider: Disposition of Deferral/Variance Accounts | $0.1041 per kW |
Rate Rider: Disposition of Capacity Based Recovery (Class B only) | ($0.0200) per kWh |
Transmission: Network Service Rate | $2.4502 per kW |
Transmission: Line and Transformation Connection Service Rate | $1.8308 per kW |
Charge | Cost |
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Wholesale Market Service Rate (WMS) – excluding CBR | $0.0030 per kWh |
Capacity Based Recovery (CBR) – Class B customers | $0.0004 per kWh |
Rural or Remote Electricity Rate Protection Charge (RRRP) | $0.0005 per kWh |
Standard Supply Service – Administrative Charge | $0.25 per invoice |
Cost of Power – Spot Market Price OR
Weighted Average Price OR Retailer Contract3
3 Retail Contract Price – dependent upon your choice of electricity
provider 4 Applies to Non-Wholesale Market Participants * For a
detailed breakout of Rate Riders; please review Tariff of Rates and Charges (EB-2019-0074)
Loss Factor Adjustment for Secondary Metered: 1.0713
Loss Factor Adjustment for Primary Metered: 1.0607
Rates shown above are effective February 23, 2021
Ontario Electricity Rebate (OER)
The Ontario Electricity Rebate (OER) is for most households, farms, long-term care homes and small businesses. The government introduced the OER in November 2019 to help keep bills low and show Ontarians the true cost of electricity. Eligible consumers automatically receive the rebate, which appears on bills as a separate line item.
Starting January 1, 2021, the OER will provide eligible consumers with a 21.2% rebate from the province on the subtotal of their electricity bill. This means the average residential bill will not go up compared to November 2020.
Consumers that are currently receiving the OER under the grandfathering regulatory provisions will continue to receive the rebate until April 30, 2021. Consumers that have been grandfathered include those that were previously receiving the 8% Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers as of October 22, 2020 but are not eligible for the OER, if they met requirements to provide notice to their utility before February 1, 2020. The grandfathering period was previously slated to end on October 31, 2020.
Delivery Charges
Delivery Charges includes those charges previously known as Customer Fixed
Monthly Service Charge, Distribution Charge, Transmission Connection Service
Charge and Network Service Charge and includes the Loss Factor Adjustment. These
are the costs for delivering electricity from generating stations across the
province to Westario Power then to your home or business. This includes the
costs to build and maintain the transmission and distribution lines, towers and
poles and operate provincial and local electricity system.
Security Deposit Requirements
The Distribution System Code, Section 2.4.9 provides Local Distribution
Companies (LDC) the right to require a security deposit from all
homeowners/tenants/commercial entities. A distributor may use any risk
mitigation options available to manage customer non-payment risk. A distributor
shall not discriminate among customers with similar risk profiles or risk
related factors except where expressly permitted under the Distribution System
Code.
Tariff of Rates and Charges
The application of these rates and charges shall be in accordance with the
Licence of the Distributor and any Code or Order of the Ontario Energy Board,
and amendments thereto as approved by the Ontario Energy Board, which may be
applicable to the administration of this schedule. No charges to meet the costs
of any work or service done or furnished for the purpose of the distribution of
electricity shall be made except as permitted by this schedule, unless required
by the Distributor’s Licence or a Code or Order of the Ontario Energy Board, and
amendments thereto as approved by the Ontario Energy Board, or as specified
herein. It should be noted that this schedule does not list any charges,
assessments, or credits that are required by law to be invoiced by a distributor
and that are not subject to Ontario Energy Board approval, such as the Debt
Retirement Charge, the Global Adjustment and the HST.
Charge | Cost (+HST) |
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Arrears Certificate | $15.00 |
Statement of Account | $15.00 |
Pulling Postdated Cheques | $15.00 |
Duplicate Invoices for Previous Billing | $15.00 |
Request for Other Billing Information | $15.00 |
Easement Letter | $15.00 |
Income Tax Letter | $15.00 |
Notification Charge (Tagging Charge) | $15.00 |
Account History | $15.00 |
Credit Reference/Credit Check (plus credit agency costs) | $15.00 |
Charge to Certify Cheque | $15.00 |
Legal Letter Charge | $15.00 |
Account Set Up Charge/Change of Occupancy Charge (plus credit agency costs if applicable) |
$30.00 |
Meter Dispute Charge Plus Measurement Canada Fees (if meter found correct) |
$30.00 |
Charge | Cost (+HST) |
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Late Payment-per month(effective annual rate 19.56% per annum or 0.04896% compounded daily rate) |
1.50 % |
Reconnection at Meter – During Regular Hours | $65.00 |
Reconnection at Meter – After Regular Hours | $185.00 |
Reconnection at Pole – During Regular Hours | $185.00 |
Reconnection at Pole – After Regular Hours | $415.00 |
Install/Remove Load Control Device – During Regular Hours | $65.00 |
Install/Remove Load Control Device – After Regular Hours | $185.00 |
Charge | Cost (+HST) |
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Special Meter Reads | $30.00 |
Service Call – Customer-Owned Equipment | $30.00 |
Service Cal l- After Regular Hours | $165.00 |
Temporary Service – Install & Remove – Overhead – No Transformer | $500.00 |
Temporary Service – Install & Remove – Underground – No Transformer | $300.00 |
Temporary Service – Install & Remove – Overhead – With Transformer | $1,000.00 |
Specific Charge for Access to the Power Poles – $/pole/year (with the exception of wireless attachments) |
$44.50 |