O. Reg. 310/19: INVOICING REQUIREMENTS

 

ontario regulation 310/19

made under the

Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016

Made: September 10, 2019
Filed: September 13, 2019
Published on e-Laws: September 16, 2019
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: September 28, 2019

Amending O. Reg. 364/16

(INVOICING REQUIREMENTS)

1. The definition of “Minister” in section 1 of Ontario Regulation 364/16 is revoked and the following substituted:

“Minister” means the Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines.

2. Paragraph 3 of subsection 2 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

3. The credit must be labelled as follows: “Ontario Electricity Rebate”.

3. Paragraph 3 of subsection 3 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

3. The credit must be labelled as follows: “Ontario Electricity Rebate”.

4. Section 4 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Alternative invoicing requirement authorized by Minister

4. (1) If any of the following circumstances apply, the Minister may, on the request of an electricity vendor or a unit sub-meter provider who issues invoices, give notice in writing to the person, specifying an alternative invoicing requirement to an invoicing requirement set out in this Regulation:

1. The Minister is satisfied that, for technical or operational reasons, it would be impossible, impractical or unreasonably difficult for the electricity vendor or unit sub-meter provider to comply with an invoicing requirement set out in this Regulation.

2. The Minister is satisfied that, on the basis of an electricity vendor or unit sub-meter provider’s assessment of the preferences of its consumers, an alternative invoicing requirement is warranted.

(2) The alternative invoicing requirement specified in the notice must, in the opinion of the Minister, promote the purposes of the invoicing requirement for which the alternative is being specified.

(3) If the Minister is satisfied that the alternative invoicing requirement specified in the notice may be used in a circumstance described in subsection (1) by other electricity vendors or unit sub-meter providers who issue invoices, the Minister may give a copy of the notice to the Board and set out the circumstances in which the alternative invoicing requirement specified in the notice may be applied by electricity vendors or unit sub-meter providers who issue invoices.

(4) The Board shall notify all electricity vendors and unit sub-meter providers who issue invoices of the alternative invoicing requirement it receives from the Minister and the circumstances in which the alternative invoicing requirement may be applied.

(5) If an electricity vendor or unit sub-meter provider who issues invoices receives notice from the Minister under subsection (1), it shall comply with the alternative invoicing requirement specified in the notice instead of the relevant requirement set out in this Regulation.

(6) A person who receives a notification under subsection (3) may, in the circumstances set out in the notification, comply with the invoicing requirement set out in the notification instead of the relevant requirement set out in this Regulation.

5. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

Transition

5. Despite subsections 2 (1) and 3 (1), an electricity vendor or unit sub-meter provider may, if the invoice is issued on or before January 31, 2020, make the following adjustments:

1. The credit may be labelled as “Provincial Rebate” instead of “Ontario Electricity Rebate”.

2. If the invoice is issued for a billing period that includes days in both October and November 2019, the credit may be shown as two line items on the face of the invoice as follows:

i. The first line item shall be in respect of the portion of the billing period in October 2019, labelled “8% Provincial Rebate”.

ii. The second line item shall be in respect of the portion of the billing period in November 2019, labelled “Provincial Rebate” or “Ontario Electricity Rebate”.

Commencement

6. This Regulation comes into force on the later of the day subsection 5 (3) of Schedule 4 to the Fixing the Hydro Mess Act, 2019 comes into force and the day this Regulation is filed.

Made by:

Greg Rickford

Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Date made: September 10, 2019