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The legislation capped retail prices at 4.3 cents per kWh and Ontario Power Generation (the successor of Ontario Hydro's electricity generation division) was to provide customers with a rebate for 100% of all electricity charges above that mark, retroactive to the market opening and continuing until 1 May 2006. Transmission and distribution ...
The Ontario Energy Board is the provincial regulator of natural gas [1] and electricity utilities in Ontario, Canada. [2] This includes setting rates, and licensing all participants in the electricity sector including the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), generators, transmitters, distributors, wholesalers and electricity retailers, as well as natural gas marketers who sell to ...
Three major policy documents, the Advisory Committee on Competition in Ontario's Electricity System (1996), chaired by former federal minister Donald Macdonald, a government White Paper on electricity policy (1997) and the Market Design Committee report (1999) paved the way for a major overhaul of the industry. [2]
MicroFIT [9] is a renewable energy microgeneration program (less than 10 kW) in the province of Ontario, launched in October 2009 following the Green Energy Act, alongside feed-in tariff (FIT) to provide incentives for landowners to generate wind, solar, hydroelectric or other clean energy to sell to the electrical grid. Most applications for ...
[27] [28] It was introduced by the federal Liberal government, against the backdrop of the global recession following the Energy crisis of the 1970s—which included two major oil price shocks: the 1973 oil crisis and the 1979 oil crisis, [29] From the mid-1970s to mid-1980s, energy policies—particularly policy regarding the oil and gas ...
Electricity prices are dependent on many factors, such as the price of power generation, government taxes or subsidies, CO 2 taxes, [1] local weather patterns, transmission and distribution infrastructure, and multi-tiered industry regulation. The pricing or tariffs can also differ depending on the customer-base, typically by residential ...
This category relates to electricity policy of Ontario. Pages in category "Ontario electricity policy" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
In 1973, the Ministry of Energy was re-established, [4] assuming responsibilities over energy policy; energy conservation and planning; and energy technology development. Agencies which reported to the ministry included the Ontario Energy Board, the Ontario Energy Corporation, and Ontario Hydro .