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ontario regulation 17/20

made under the

Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016

Made: February 13, 2020
Filed: February 14, 2020
Published on e-Laws: February 14, 2020
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: February 29, 2020

Amending O. Reg. 364/16

(INVOICING REQUIREMENTS)

1. Subsubparagraph 1 i B of subsection 3 (1) of Ontario Regulation 364/16 is revoked and the following substituted:

B. the amount of financial assistance to which the person is entitled for that period under the Act or a regulation made under the Act in respect of any fees and charges for unit sub-metering under section 4 of Ontario Regulation 363/16 (General) made under the Act and, if applicable, any lump sum payment under section 4.1 of that Regulation, and

2. Section 5 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Transition

5. (1) If, for technical or operational reasons, an electricity vendor or a unit sub-meter provider is unable to adapt its invoices by the time its first invoice is issued on or after March 1, 2020 to reflect compliance with amendments made by sections 2, 3 and 4 of Ontario Regulation 16/20 made under the Act to Ontario Regulation 363/16 (General) made under the Act,

(a) the electricity vendor or unit sub-meter provider shall adapt its invoices as soon as is reasonably possible and, in any event, no later than by the time its first invoice is issued on or after May 1, 2020; and

(b) any financial assistance to which a consumer is entitled shall be included as a lump sum credit on an invoice as soon as is reasonably possible and, in any event, no later than the first invoice issued on or after May 1, 2020.

(2) An electricity vendor or unit sub-meter provider to whom subsection (1) applies shall, on or before February 29, 2020, give a notice to the Board explaining the applicable technical or operational reasons for its inability to adapt its invoices and setting out the date by which compliance is expected to be reflected on its invoices.

Commencement

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

Made by:

Greg Rickford

Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Date made: February 13, 2020