ontario regulation 2/01

made under the

Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998

Made: December 20, 2000
Filed: January 4, 2001
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: January 20, 2001

Amending O. Reg. 315/99

(Rural or Remote Electricity Rate Protection)

1. The definition of “rural residential premises” in subsection 1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 315/99 is revoked and the following substituted:

“rural residential premises” means residential premises, including farm buildings and other farm premises associated with a residence, that are occupied on a year-round basis and are located in,

(a) an area of Ontario in which a subsidiary of the Services Corporation distributes electricity and in which Ontario Hydro distributed electricity on March 31, 1999,

(b) a municipality referred to in the Schedules in which a subsidiary of the Services Corporation does not distribute electricity and in which Ontario Hydro distributed electricity on February 29, 1996, or

(c) a First Nation community listed in subsection 4 (5) in which Ontario Hydro distributed electricity before December 16, 1997;

2. Subsection 3 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

4. Consumers who occupy rural residential premises in a First Nation community listed in subsection 4 (5) in which electricity is distributed to consumers by a distributor who is connected to the IMO-controlled grid.

3. Section 4 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(5) The Board shall calculate the amount of the rural or remote rate reduction for  consumers referred to in paragraph 4 of subsection 3 (1) who occupy rural residential premises located in a First Nation community listed in one of the following paragraphs in a manner that ensures that the total amount of the rural or remote rate reduction for consumers in that community is the amount set out in that paragraph for each 12-month period starting with the day on which electricity is first distributed to those consumers by a distributor who is connected to the IMO-controlled grid:

1. For Attawapiskat, the amount of $640,000.

2. For Fort Albany, the amount of $360,000.

3. For Kashechewan, the amount of $600,000.