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Small Business Customers - kWh

Delivery Rates — effective January 1, 2012

As a small business customer who typically uses less than 50 kilowatts (kW) on average per month, you are set up with a standard meter capable of reading kilowatt hours (kWh). If you don’t fit this description, see Rates and Pricing (kWh & kW) below.

Delivery charges vary according to the classification or type of electric service you have at your business. Your electrical service for energy-billed customers will fall into one of the following classifications:

 

Important Information for Customers
with Community-Specific Rates

  

If you have a Community Name listed beside "Your service type is General Service - ____" on Page 2 of your bill from 2010, see the OEB-approved 2011 bill impacts:

  

Look for your service type on your bill, then locate your rates in the chart below. Service type descriptions have changed on January 1, 2011. Learn more.

Metered usage in kilowatt-hours is the amount of electricity you used in kilowatt-hours (kWh). It is calculated by taking the difference in meter readings and multiplied, if applicable, by the multiplier indicated on your meter.Adjusted usage in kilowatt-hours is the amount of electricity you used in kWh adjusted to cover the line losses in the electricity system that are not measured by your meter. When electricity is transmitted over long distances and passes through wires and transformers, it’s normal for a small amount of power to be used or lost as heat. For example, if we deliver 1,000 kWh to you, we must purchase a small amount more than what you use. To determine the amount of electricity we need to buy for you, we use a calculation called an “adjustment factor.” The adjustment factor is approved by the Ontario Energy Board and varies according to your service type. For General Service - Energy Billed customers, the adjustment factor is 1.092.

Breakdown of Your Small Business Electricity Rates (kWh)

General Service Energy-billed
(less than 50 kW demand)
General Service
- Urban Energy
General Service
- Energy
1.
Electricity - up to 250,000 kWh/year:
Time-of-Use Prices (as of November 1, 2011)
      Off-Peak
      Mid-Peak
      On-Peak

RPP Prices (as of November 1, 2011)
- First 750 kWh per month
(adjusted usage - ¢/kWh)
- Additional kWh
(adjusted usage - ¢/kWh)

6.2¢
9.2¢
10.8¢


7.1¢


8.3¢

6.2¢
9.2¢
10.8¢


7.1¢


8.3¢
2. Delivery: (as of January 1, 2012)1

- Distribution service charge ($/month)
- Distribution volume charge (metered usage - ¢/kWh)
- Transmission network charge (adjusted usage - ¢/kWh)
- Transmission connection charge (adjusted usage - ¢/kWh)


$18.00

2.325¢

0.445¢

0.335¢

$39.41

3.938¢

0.431¢

0.329¢
3. Regulatory charges:

- Standard supply service
administration charge ($/kWh)
- Rural rate protection charge (adjusted usage - ¢/kWh)
- Wholesale market service rate (adjusted usage - ¢/kWh)


$0.25*

0.13¢

0.52¢

$0.25*

0.13¢

0.52¢
4.
Debt retirement charge** (metered usage - ¢/kWh):
0.70¢
0.70¢

* If you've enrolled with a retailer, the $0.25 standard supply service administration charge will be deducted from the Regulatory charges on your bill.

** Communities of Bancroft, Campbellford and Eganville have their own specific rates for the Debt Retirement Charge. They are as follows: Bancroft = 0.66¢ per kWh; Campbellford = 0.49¢ per kWh; and Eganville = 0.60¢ per kWh.

1 Effective January 1, 2012, rider 6 (Deferral/Variance account disposition 2009) and rider 8 (Green Energy Costs) have been removed from Delivery rates.


Small Business Customers - kWh & kW

Delivery Rates — effective January 1, 2012

As a small business customer who typically uses more than 50 kilowatts (kW) on average per month, you are set up with a meter(s) capable of reading both kWh and kW.

Delivery charges vary according to the classification or type of electric service you have at your business. Your electrical service will fall into one of the following classifications:

Look for your service type on your bill, then locate your rates in the chart below. Service type descriptions have changed on January 1, 2011. Learn more.

Metered usage in kilowatt-hours is the amount of electricity you used in kilowatt-hours (kWh). It is calculated by taking the difference in meter readings and multiplied, if applicable, by the multiplier indicated on your meter.

Adjusted usage in kilowatt-hours is the amount of electricity you used in kWh adjusted to cover the line losses in the electricity system that are not measured by your meter. When electricity is transmitted over long distances and passes through wires and transformers, it’s normal for a small amount of power to be used or lost as heat. For example, if we deliver 1,000 kWh to you, we must purchase a small amount more than what you use. To determine the amount of electricity we need to buy for you, we use a calculation called an “adjustment factor.” The adjustment factor is approved by the Ontario Energy Board and varies according to your service type. For General Service Demand Billed customers (50 kW and above), the adjustment factor is 1.061.

Breakdown of Your Small Business Electricity Rates - kWh & kW

General Service Demand Billed
(50 kW and above)
General Service
- Urban Demand
General Service
- Demand
1.
Electricity - up to 250,000 kWh/year:
Time-of-Use Prices (as of November 1, 2011)
      Off-Peak
      Mid-Peak
      On-Peak

RPP Prices (as of November 1, 2011)
- First 750 kWh per month (¢/kWh)
- Additional kWh (¢/kWh)


6.2¢
9.2¢
10.8¢


7.1¢

8.3¢


6.2¢
9.2¢
10.8¢


7.1¢

8.3¢

1.
Electricity - over 250,000 kWh/year with a conventional meter (¢/kWh):
weighted average spot market price or retailer contract1
weighted average spot market price or retailer contract1

1.
Electricity - over 250,000 kWh/year with an interval meter (¢/kWh): (as of January 1, 2012)2
spot market price or retailer contract
spot market price or retailer contract
2. Delivery:
- Distribution service charge ($/month)

- Distribution volume charge (billed demand - $/kW)
- Transmission network charge (billed demand - $/kW)
- Transmission connection charge (billed demand - $/kW)
$37.54

$8.173

$1.54

$1.16
$51.64

$10.499

$1.48

$1.11
3. Regulatory charges:

- Standard supply service administration charge ($/month)
- Rural rate protection charge (adjusted usage - ¢/kWh)
- Wholesale market service rate (adjusted usage - ¢/kWh)

$0.25*

0.13¢

0.52¢
$0.25*

0.13¢

0.52¢
4.
Debt retirement charge (metered usage - ¢/kWh)**
0.70¢
0.70¢

* If you've enrolled with a retailer, the $0.25 standard supply service administration charge will be deducted from the Regulatory charges on your bill.

** Communities of Bancroft, Campbellford and Eganville have their own specific rates for the Debt Retirement Charge. They are as follows: Bancroft = 0.66¢ per kWh; Campbellford = 0.49¢ per kWh; and Eganville = 0.60¢ per kWh.

1 Effective January 1, 2012, rate rider for 2009 Global Adjustment sub-Account Disposition has been removed from the Global Adjustment.  

2 Effective January 1, 2012, rider 6 (Deferral/Variance account disposition 2009) and rider 8 (Green Energy Costs) have been removed from Delivery rates.

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