MONTHLY RATES AND CHARGES
Festival Hydro Rate Schedule, Effective May 1st, 2012
 
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Regulated Price Plan (RPP) Electricity Price**    
First 600 kWh per month $/kWh 0.075
Consumption beyond 600 kWh $/kWh 0.088
** Residential Customers, General Service < 50 kW and General Service > 50 kW with consumption of less than 250,000 kWh per year are eligible for Regulated Price Plan (RPP) Pricing. 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.

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 whole 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    
Service Charge $ 14.92
Distribution Volumetric Rate $/kWh 0.0166
Low Voltage Cost Recovery Adder $/kWh 0.0002
Distribution Volumetric Deferral and Variance Disposition $/kWh 0.0002
Distribution Volumetric Lost Revenue Adjustment Mechanism (LRAM) $/kWh 0.0006
Distribution Volumetric Tax Change $/kWh (0.0005)
Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate $/kWh 0.0067
Retail Transmission Rate - Line and Transformation Connection Service Rate $/kWh 0.0050
Wholesale Market Service Rate $/kWh 0.0052
Rural Rate Protection Charge $/kWh 0.0011
Standard Supply Service - Administrative Charge (if applicable) $ 0.25

Residential (Hensall)    
Service Charge $ 13.82
Distribution Volumetric Rate $/kWh 0.0149
Low Voltage Cost Recovery Adder $/kWh 0.0002
Distribution Volumetric Deferral and Variance Disposition $/kWh (0.0003)
Distribution Volumetric Lost Revenue Adjustment Mechanism (LRAM) $/kWh 0.0006
Distribution Volumetric Tax Change $/kWh (0.0003)
Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate $/kWh 0.0067
Retail Transmission Rate - Line and Transformation Connection Service Rate $/kWh 0.0050
Wholesale Market Service Rate $/kWh 0.0052
Rural Rate Protection Charge $/kWh 0.0011
Standard Supply Service - Administrative Charge (if applicable) $ 0.25

General Service Less Than 50 kW    
Service Charge $ 28.88
Distribution Volumetric Rate $/kWh 0.0146
Low Voltage Cost Recovery Adder $/kWh 0.0002
Distribution Volumetric Deferral and Variance Disposition $/kWh (0.0003)
Distribution Volumetric Lost Revenue Adjustment Mechanism (LRAM) $/kWh 0.0001
Distribution Volumetric Tax Change $/kWh (0.0003)
Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate $/kWh 0.0058
Retail Transmission Rate - Line and Transformation Connection Service Rate $/kWh 0.0045
Wholesale Market Service Rate $/kWh 0.0052
Rural Rate Protection Charge $/kWh 0.0011
Standard Supply Service - Administrative Charge (if applicable) $ 0.25

General Service 50 to 4,999 kW    
Service Charge $ 223.24
Distribution Volumetric Rate $/kW 2.2889
Low Voltage Cost Recovery Adder $/kW 0.0689
Distribution Volumetric Deferral and Variance Disposition $/kW (0.2726)
Distribution Volumetric Lost Revenue Adjustment Mechanism (LRAM) $/kW 0.0389
Distribution Volumetric Tax Change $/kW (0.0358)
Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate $/kW 2.4342
Retail Transmission Rate - Line and Transformation Connection Service Rate $/kW 1.7981
Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate - Interval Metered $/kW 2.5854
Retail Transmission Rate - Line and Transformation Connection Service Rate - Interval Metered $/kW 1.9712
Wholesale Market Service Rate $/kWh 0.0052
Rural Rate Protection Charge $/kWh 0.0011
Standard Supply Service - Administrative Charge (if applicable) $ 0.25

Large Use > 5,000 kW    
Service Charge $ 10,676.92
Distribution Volumetric Rate $/kW 0.9908
Low Voltage Cost Recovery Adder $/kW 0.0801
Distribution Volumetric Deferral and Variance Disposition $/kW (0.3770)
Distribution Volumetric Lost Revenue Adjustment Mechanism (LRAM) $/kW 0.1910
Distribution Volumetric Tax Change $/kW (0.0355)
Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate - Interval Metered $/kW 2.8627
Retail Transmission Rate - Line and Transformation Connection Service Rate - Interval Metered $/kW 2.2542
Wholesale Market Service Rate $/kWh 0.0052
Rural Rate Protection Charge $/kWh 0.0011
Standard Supply Service - Administrative Charge (if applicable) $ 0.25

Unmetered Scattered Load    
Service Charge (per connection) $ 12.79
Distribution Volumetric Rate $/kWh 0.0126
Low Voltage Cost Recovery Adder $/kWh 0.0002
Distribution Volumetric Deferral and Variance Disposition $/kWh 0.0006
Distribution Volumetric Tax Change $/kWh (0.0006)
Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate $/kWh 0.0058
Retail Transmission Rate - Line and Transformation Connection Service Rate $/kWh 0.0045
Wholesale Market Service Rate $/kWh 0.0052
Rural Rate Protection Charge $/kWh 0.0011
Standard Supply Service - Administrative Charge (if applicable) $ 0.25

Sentinel Lighting    
Service Charge (per connection) $ 2.02
Distribution Volumetric Rate $/kW 10.6140
Low Voltage Cost Recovery Adder $/kW 0.0504
Distribution Volumetric Deferral and Variance Disposition $/kW (0.1158)
Distribution Volumetric Tax Change $/kW (0.1362)
Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate $/kW 1.8451
Retail Transmission Rate - Line and Transformation Connection Service Rate $/kW 1.4192
Wholesale Market Service Rate $/kWh 0.0052
Rural Rate Protection Charge $/kWh 0.0011
Standard Supply Service - Administrative Charge (if applicable) $ 0.25

Street Lighting    
Service Charge (per connection) $ 1.08
Distribution Volumetric Rate $/kW 4.9197
Low Voltage Cost Recovery Adder $/kW 0.0494
Distribution Volumetric Deferral and Variance Disposition $/kW (0.0340)
Distribution Volumetric Tax Change $/kW (0.1191)
Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate $/kW 1.8358
Retail Transmission Rate - Lien and Transformation Connection Service Rate $/kW 1.3901
Wholesale Market Service Rate $/kWh 0.0052
Rural Rate Protection Charge $/kWh 0.0011
Standard Supply Service - Administrative Charge (if applicable) $ 0.25

microFIT Generator    
Service Charge (per connection) $ 5.25

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 % 1.50
Late Payment - per annum % 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

 

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