Baseline Documents for the Regulated Price Plan

The following are the most recent versions of all the Board documents required to implement the Regulated Price Plan (RPP). These documents include:

The codes that set out the rules that apply to electricity distributors and retailers
The "RPP Manual" which sets out the Board's price-setting methodology for both conventional and smart meters
The "RPP Price Report" contains the initial electricity commodity prices that applied as of April 1, 2005 (and were set in accordance with the RPP Manual) and
The "Ontario Wholesale Electricity Market Price Forecast" which was used as an input in the RPP Price Report.

Also included below are the pertinent Compliance Bulletins and a brief description of amendments made to some of the RPP Baseline documents since they were issued on March 11, 2005.

Most Recent Versions of RPP Baseline Documents

Standard Supply Service Code (revised Apr 23-09)
Retail Settlement Code amendments (issued Mar 11-05)
Regulated Price Plan Manual (revised Jul 22-09)
Regulated Price Plan Price Report (issued Oct 15-09)
Ontario Wholesale Electricity Market Price Forecast (issued Oct 15-09)

Pertinent Compliance/Information Bulletins

Three Situations where Final RPP Variance Settlement Amount should Not be Applied (issued Jun 16-06)
Ability of Consumers to exit and return to the RPP (issued Nov 3-05)
Calculation of Final RPP Variance Settlement Amount (issued Aug 3-05)
Opting Out of the Two-Tier Electricity Pricing Structure (issued May 7-04) (The information contained in this Bulletin has been superseded by recent legislation and should not be relied upon).

Description of Amendments (since March 1, 2005 Issuance)

Document	Date Amended	Description of Amendment
Standard Supply Service Code	Apr 23-09	The Board issued an SSS Code amendment to: address inconsistencies in application of the seasonal change in the RPP tier threshold for condominiums; and give effect to changes to O. Regulation 95/05 - extending eligibility for RPP designated consumers until Nov 1/09 (previously May 1/09) and enabling consumers that will cease to be eligible Nov 1st to opt out of RPP in the interim period regardless of whether or not they have an interval meter.
Standard Supply Service Code	Sep 17-07	The Board issued an amendment to the SSS Code which requires that licensed distributors provide direct notice of their election to implement time-of-use (“TOU”) pricing.
Standard Supply Service Code	Jun 27-07	The Board issued an amendment to the SSS Code to provide utilities with the ability to implement time-of-use (TOU) pricing on either a mandatory or voluntary basis during the transition period.
Standard Supply Service Code	Jul 28-06	The Board issued an amendment to the SSS Code that would allow electricity distributors to implement new pilot projects relating to time-of-use prices.
Standard Supply Service Code	Jun 9-06	The Board issued an amendment relating to the application of the RPP Settlement amount. It requires a distributor to refund the RPP Settlement amount where the distributor is notified, within 3 months, by or on behalf of a consumer that moves into the distributor's service area that the consumer had an existing retail contract prior to moving and is therefore simply remaining on that contract.
Standard Supply Service Code	Mar 24-06	The Board issued amendments to the SSS Code that: extend the period under which RPP TOU pricing is voluntary for electricity distributors; require distributors to include the terms "off-peak", "mid-peak" and "on-peak" on the electricity bill of consumers paying RPP TOU prices; amend the definition of "eligible time-of-use meter" to clarify that it includes interval meters; and broaden the scope of situations to which distributors must apply the "final RPP variance settlement".
RPP Manual	Aug 22-05	The Board revised the RPP Manual to clarify the days that are to be treated as holidays for purposes of time-of-use (smart meter) RPP pricing
Standard Supply Service Code	Jun 16-05	The Board issued amendments to the SSS Code that clarified how the final RPP variance settlement amount is to be presented on the electricity bills of consumers.

CONTACT

If you have questions regarding implementation issues, please e-mail the details to the Market Operations hotline at the following address market.operations@oeb.gov.on.ca or by phone at 416-440-7604. For information regarding policy matters and prices related to RPP, please contact Chris Cincar at 416-440-7696, Russell Chute at 416-440-7682 or by e-mail RPP@oeb.gov.on.ca. The Board's toll free number is 1-877-632-2727.