O. Reg. 235/08: Smart Meters: Discretionary Metering Activity and Procurement Principles

 

ontario regulation 235/08

made under the

Electricity Act, 1998

Made: June 17, 2008
Filed: June 25, 2008
Published on e-Laws: June 26, 2008
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: July 12, 2008

Amending O. Reg. 427/06

(Smart Meters: Discretionary Metering Activity and Procurement Principles)

1. Ontario Regulation 427/06 is amended by adding the following section:

Definition

0.1 In this Regulation,

“smart meters” includes smart meters, metering equipment, systems and technology and any associated equipment, systems and technologies.

2. (1) Subsection 1 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

3.1 Metering activities conducted by a distributor listed in paragraph 3, if the smart meters were procured subsequent to the process referred to in paragraph 3.

(2) Paragraph 4 of subsection 1 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “meters, metering equipment, systems and technology and any associated equipment, systems and technologies” and substituting “smart meters”.

(3) Paragraph 6 of subsection 1 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “meters, metering equipment, systems and technology and any associated equipment, systems and technologies” and substituting “smart meters”.

(4) Subsection 1 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

8. Metering activities conducted by a distributor that has procured its smart meters pursuant to and in compliance with the parameters and process established by the Request for Proposal for Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) – Phase 1 Smartmeter Deployment dated August 14, 2007, together with any amendments to it, issued by London Hydro Inc.

(5) Subsection 1 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “meters, metering equipment, systems and technology and any associated equipment, systems and technologies” and substituting “smart meters”. 

(6) Subsection  1 (2.1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “meters, metering equipment, systems and technology and any associated equipment, systems and technologies” and substituting “smart meters”.

3. (1) Clause 2 (1) (b) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(b) that any agreement entered into as a result of the procurement is economically prudent and cost effective, taking into consideration, but not limited to,

(i) all costs associated with the agreement, and

(ii) the costs of the agreement relative to any prior agreement entered into by the distributor for comparable acquisitions.

(2) Subsection 2 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “metering equipment, systems and technology and any associated equipment, systems and technologies”.

(3) Clause 2 (4) (a) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “metering equipment, systems and technology and any associated equipment, systems and technologies”.

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