Region Overview

The London Region includes the municipalities of Oxford County (comprising Township of Blandford-Blenheim, Township of East Zorra-Tavistock, Town of Ingersoll, Township of Norwich, Township of South-West Oxford, Town of Tillsonburg, Township of Zorra), City of Woodstock, Middlesex County (comprising Municipality of Adelaide Metcalfe , Municipality of Lucan Biddulph, Municipality of Middlesex Centre, Municipality of North Middlesex, Municipality of Southwest Middlesex, Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc, Municipality of Thames Centre, Village of Newbury), City of London, Elgin County (comprising Municipality of Town of Aylmer, Municipality of Bayham, Municipality of Central Elgin, Municipality of West Elgin, Municipality of Dutton/Dunwich, Township of Malahide, Township of Southwold), City of St. Thomas. In addition, the transmission facilities in this region also supply part of Norfolk County.

Region's Local Distribution Companies

  • Entegrus Powerlines lnc.

  • ERTH Power Inc.

  • Hydro One Networks Inc.

  • London Hydro Inc.

  • Tillsonburg Hydro Inc.



Map: London Area
 

Current Status

The second regional planning cycle for the London Area Region has been completed with the publication of the Regional Infrastructure Plan (RIP) report in August 2022. It is expected that the next planning cycle for this region will be initiated in 2025 or earlier, beginning with the Needs Assessment (NA) phase.

 
Accomplishment (Most Recent Shown First) Status Completion Date
Regional Infrastructure Planning (2nd Cycle) Completed August 2022
Local Planning (Greater London Sub-Region) Completed October 2021
Needs Assessment (2nd Cycle) Completed May 2020
Regional Infrastructure Plan Completed August 2017
Integrated Regional Resource Plan - Greater London Completed January 2017
​Local Plan - Strathroy TS Capacity Completed September 2016
​Scoping Assessment Completed August 2015

*Based on second cycle Needs Assessment report, no further regional co-ordination was required.



As recommended by the Scoping Assessment report, a Local Plan was developed by Hydro One and relevant LDCs for the Strathroy TS Capacity issue. In addition, the IRRP for the Greater London Sub-region was completed. 

Relevant Documents

Regional Infrastructure Planning (RIP)
Name Completion Date
London Area RIP - Report (2nd cycle) August 2022
London Area RIP - Report August 2017
Integrated Regional Resource Planning
Name Completion Date
London Area IRRP – Report January 2017
London Area IRRP – Appendices January 2017

Local Planning (LP)
Name Completion Date
Greater London Sub-Region Restoration Local Planning Report October 2021
Woodstock Restoration Local Planning Report May 2017
Local Planning Report - Strathroy TS September 2016

Needs Assessment (NA) & Scoping Assessment (SA)
Name Completion Date
London Area NA – Report (2nd Cycle) May 2020
London Area SA - Report August 2015
London Area NA - Report April 2015