MONTHLY RATES AND CHARGES
Festival Hydro Rate Schedule, Effective May 1st, 2013
Electricity Commodity Prices effective May 1 2013 to October 31 2013

Time of Use (TOU) Electricity Price - Summer*
Off-peak Price  (7:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M. ) $/kWh 0.067
Mid-peak Price  (7:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.  and  5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.) $/kWh 0.104
On-peak Price  (11:00 A.M. to 05:00 P.M.) $/kWh 0.124

Time of Use Rates

* These time of use Rates Apply from May, 1st 2013 to October, 31st 2013 to Customers on Time of Use Pricing.
Regulated Price Plan (RPP) Electricity Price***
First 600 kWh per month $/kWh 0.078
Consumption beyond 600 kWh $/kWh 0.091
** Residential Customers, General Service < 50 kW and General Service > 50 kW with consumption of less than 250,000 kWh per year. Any customer with a retailer contract pays the commodity price according to retailer contract. In addition, customers with a retailer have a separate line item called the global adjustment appear on their bill.
*** The RPP threshold for non-residential customers are as follows: First 750 kWh per month at lower tier and the remaining consumption at the higher tier.

Wholesale Electricity Price
General Service customers with consumption in excess of 250,000 kWh are subject to hourly electricity pricing. Customers with an interval meter pays the hourly spot price; customers who do not have an interval meter pay the weighted wholesale price. In addition, a customer on hourly electricity pricing has a separate line item on their bill called global adjustment. For more information on electricity pricing please refer to the IESO website at www.ieso.ca.

Residential
Monthly Service Charge $ 19.77
Distribution Volumetric (Usage) Charge $/kWh 0.0167
Low Voltage Cost Recovery Adder $/kWh 0.0002
OEB Regulated Rate Riders $/kWh 0.0005
Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate $/kWh 0.0069
Retail Transmission Rate - Connection Service Rate $/kWh 0.0049
Wholesale Market and Rural Rate Protection Charge $/kWh 0.0056
Standard Supply Service - Administrative Charge (if applicable) $ 0.25
Ontario Hydro Debt Retirement Charge $/kWh 0.0070

Residential (Hensall)
Monthly Service Charge $ 19.71
Distribution Volumetric (Usage) Charge $/kWh 0.0162
Low Voltage Cost Recovery Adder $/kWh 0.0002
OEB Regulated Rate Riders $/kWh 0.0003
Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate $/kWh 0.0069
Retail Transmission Rate - Connection Service Rate $/kWh 0.0049
Wholesale Market and Rural Rate Protection Charge $/kWh 0.0056
Standard Supply Service - Administrative Charge (if applicable) $ 0.25
Ontario Hydro Debt Retirement Charge $/kWh 0.0070

General Service Less Than 50 kW
Monthly Service Charge $ 38.90
Distribution Volumetric (Usage) Charge $/kWh 0.0147
Low Voltage Cost Recovery Adder $/kWh 0.0002
OEB Regulated Rate Riders $/kWh (0.0001)
Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate $/kWh 0.0060
Retail Transmission Rate - Connection Service Rate $/kWh 0.0045
Wholesale Market and Rural Rate Protection Charge $/kWh 0.0056
Standard Supply Service - Administrative Charge (if applicable) $ 0.25
Ontario Hydro Debt Retirement Charge $/kWh 0.0070

General Service 50 to 4,999 kW
Monthly Service Charge $ 239.65
Distribution Volumetric (Usage) Charge $/kW 2.3045
Low Voltage Cost Recovery Adder $/kW 0.0689
OEB Regulated Rate Riders $/kW (0.1846)
Retail Transmission - Network Service Charge $/kW 2.5104
Retail Transmission Rate - Connection Service Charge $/kW 1.7793
Retail Transmission - Network Service Charge - Interval Metered $/kW 2.6664
Retail Transmission Rate - Connection Service Charge - Interval Metered $/kW 1.9506
Wholesale Market and Rural Rate Protection Charge $/kWh 0.0056
Standard Supply Service - Administrative Charge (if applicable) $ 0.25
Ontario Hydro Debt Retirement Charge $/kWh 0.0070

Large Use > 5,000 kW
Monthly Service Charge $ 11461.75
Distribution Volumetric (Usage) Charge $/kW 0.9975
Low Voltage Cost Recovery Adder $/kW 0.0801
OEB Regulated Rate Riders $/kW (0.2186)
Retail Transmission - Network Service Charge - Interval Metered $/kW 2.9524
Retail Transmission Rate - Connection Service Charge - Interval Metered $/kW 2.2307
Wholesale Market and Rural Rate Protection Charge $/kWh 0.0056
Standard Supply Service - Administrative Charge (if applicable) $ 0.25
Ontario Hydro Debt Retirement Charge $/kWh 0.0070

Unmetered Scattered Load
Monthly Service Charge (per connection) $ 13.73
Distribution Volumetric (Usage) Charge $/kWh 0.0127
Low Voltage Cost Recovery Adder $/kWh 0.0002
OEB Regulated Rate Riders $/kWh (0.0004)
Retail Transmission - Network Service Charge $/kWh 0.0060
Retail Transmission Rate - Connection Service Charge $/kWh 0.0045
Wholesale Market and Rural Rate Protection Charge $/kWh 0.0056
Standard Supply Service - Administrative Charge (if applicable) $ 0.25
Ontario Hydro Debt Retirement Charge $/kWh 0.0070

Sentinel Lighting
Monthly Service Charge (per connection) $ 2.16
Distribution Volumetric (Usage) Charge $/kWh 0.0297
Low Voltage Cost Recovery Adder $/kWh 0.0001
OEB Regulated Rate Riders $/kWh 0.0006
Retail Transmission - Network Service Charge $/kWh 0.0053
Retail Transmission Rate - Connection Service Charge $/kWh 0.0039
Wholesale Market and Rural Rate Protection Charge $/kWh 0.0056
Standard Supply Service - Administrative Charge (if applicable) $ 0.25
Ontario Hydro Debt Retirement Charge $/kWh 0.0070

Street Lighting
Monthly Service Charge (per connection) $ 1.16
Distribution Volumetric (Usage) Charge $/kW 4.9532
Low Voltage Cost Recovery Adder $/kW 0.0494
OEB Regulated Rate Riders $/kW (0.0453)
Retail Transmission - Network Service Charge $/kW 1.8933
Retail Transmission Rate - Connection Service Charge $/kW 1.3756
Wholesale Market and Rural Rate Protection Charge $/kWh 0.0056
Standard Supply Service - Administrative Charge (if applicable) $ 0.25
Ontario Hydro Debt Retirement Charge $/kWh 0.0070

microFIT Generator
Monthly Service Charge (per connection) $ 5.40

Specific Service Charges
Customer Administration
Arrears certificate $ 15.00
Income tax letter $ 15.00
Credit reference/credit check (plus credit agency costs) $ 15.00
Returned Cheque (plus bank charges) $ 15.00
Account set up charge/change of occupancy charge (plus credit agency costs if applicable) $ 30.00
Meter dispute charge plus Measurement Canada fees (if meter found correct) $ 30.00

Non-Payment of Account
Late Payment - per month (HST exempt) % 1.50
Late Payment - per annum (HST exempt) % 19.56
Collection of account charge - no disconnection $ 30.00
Disconnect/Reconnect Charge - At Meter During Regular Hours $ 65.00
Disconnect/Reconnect Charge - At Meter After Hours $ 185.00
Disconnect/Reconnect at pole - during regular hours $ 185.00
Disconnect/Reconnect at pole - after regular hours $ 415.00
Install/Remove load control device - during regular hours $ 65.00
Install/Remove load control device - after regular hours $ 185.00
Service call - customer owned equipment $ 30.00
Service call - after regular hours $ 165.00
Temporary service install & remove - overhead - no transformer $ 500.00
Temporary service install & remove - underground - no transformer $ 300.00
Temporary service install & remove - overhead - with transformer $ 1000.00
Specific Charge for Access to the Power Poles - per pole/year $ 22.35

Allowances
Transformer Allowance for Ownership - per kW of billing demand/month $/kW (0.60)
Primary Metering Allowance for transformer losses - applied to measured demand and energy % (1.00)

Retail Service Charges (if applicable)
Retail Service Charges refer to services provided by a distributor to retailers or customers related to the supply of competitive electricity
One-time charge, per retailer, to establish the service agreement between the distributor and the retailer $ 100.00
Monthly Fixed Charge, pre retailer $ 20.00
Monthly Variable Charge, per customer, per retailer $/cust. 0.50
Distributor-consolidated billing charge, per customer, per retailer $/cust. 0.30
Retailer-consolidated billing credit, per customer, per retailer $/cust. -0.30
Service Transaction Requests (STR)
Request fee, per request, applied to the requesting party $ 0.25
Processing fee, per request, applied to the requesting party $ 0.50
Request for customer information as outlined in Section 10.6.3 and Chapter 11 of the Retail Settlement Code directly to retailers and customers, if not delivered electronically through the Electronic Business Transaction (EBT) system, applied to the requesting party Up to twice a year $ no charge
More than twice a year, per request (plus incremental delivery costs) $ 2.00

LOSS FACTORS
Total Loss Factor - Secondary Metered Customer <5,000 kW 1.0307
Total Loss Factor - Secondary Metered Customer >5,000 kW 1.0176
Total Loss Factor - Primary Metered Customer <5,000 kW 1.0204
Total Loss Factor - Primary Metered Customer >5,000kW 1.0075

 

Electricity Commodity Prices