Ontario Energy
Commission de l’énergie
Board
de l’Ontario NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND HEARING FOR AN ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION RATE CHANGE Cooperative Hydro Embrun
EB-2012-0117
Cooperative Hydro Embrun (“CHE”) has applied to the Ontario Energy Board for permission to change its delivery charges beginning May 1, 2013. The application was filed on August 31, 2012 under section 78 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c.15 (Schedule B), under the Board’s guidelines for 3rd Generation Incentive Regulation Mechanism which provides for a mechanistic and formulaic adjustment to distribution rates between cost of service applications. Delivery charges are one of four regular items on Residential and General Service customers’ electricity bills and vary depending on the amount of electricity consumed. If the application is approved as applied for, the monthly bill for a Residential customer who consumes 800 kWh per month would increase by about $0.09. The monthly bill for a General Service customer consuming 2,000 kWh per month and having a monthly demand of less than 50 kW would decrease by about $12.29. The proposed changes to the Delivery charges are separate from other potential changes to the electricity bills, which are not affected by this application.
For additional information on billing items visit the Consumer page of the Board’s website at http://www.ontarioenergyboard.ca. The Board has assigned the application File No. EB-2012-0117. The Board’s decision on this application may have an effect on all of CHE’s customers..
How to see CHE’s Application
To see a copy of the application, go to the Consumer page of the Board’s website and enter the case number EB-2012-0117 in the “Find an Application” box. A copy can also be seen at the Board’s office and at the applicant’s office at the addresses indicated below, or on the applicant’s website www.hydroembrun.com.
Written Hearing
The Board intends to proceed with this matter by way of a written hearing unless a party satisfies the Board that there is a good reason for not holding a written hearing. If you object to a written hearing, you must provide written reasons why you believe an oral hearing is necessary. Any submissions objecting to a written hearing must be received by the Board and copied to the applicant within 10 days of the publication or service date of this notice.
How to Participate
Comment If you wish to give your opinion on the proceeding to the Board Members hearing the application, you are invited to send a written letter of comment to the Board no later than 30 days after the publication or service date of this notice. A complete copy of your letter of comment, including your name, contact information, and the content of the letter, will be provided to the applicant and the Hearing Panel. Observe If you do not wish to actively participate in the proceeding but you do wish to receive documents issued by the Board, you may request observer status. Your written request must be received by the Board no later than 10 days from the publication or service date of this notice. Personal Information in Letters of Comment and Observer Requests All letters of comment or letters requesting observer status will be placed on the public record, which means that the letters can be seen at the Board’s office and will be available on the Board’s website. Before placing the letters on the public record, the Board will remove any personal (i.e. not business) contact information from the letters (i.e. the address, fax number, phone number, and e-mail address of the individual). However, the name of the individual and the content of the letter will become part of the public record. Please address your letter to the Board Secretary at the address below, and reference file number EB-2012-0117 at the top of your letter. Intervene If you wish to actively participate in the proceeding (e.g., submit questions, file argument), you may request intervenor status from the Board no later than 10 days after the publication or service date of this notice. The Board does not intend to award costs in this proceeding as the applicant has only made proposals of a mechanistic nature within the Board’s guidelines. Instructions for requesting intervenor status are available on the Board’s website at www.ontarioenergyboard.ca/participate. Everything an intervenor files with the Board, including the intervenor’s name and contact information, will be placed on the public record, which can be seen at the Board’s office and will be available on the Board’s website.
If you do not have internet access, please call 1-877-632-2727 to receive information about this proceeding and how to participate..
Interrogatories and Submissions
Board-approved intervenors or Board staff wishing information and material from CHE that is in addition to the evidence filed with the Board and that is relevant to the hearing shall request it by written interrogatories filed with the Board and delivered to CHE on or before October 29, 2012 . CHE shall file with the Board complete responses to the interrogatories and deliver them to all intervenors no later than November 12, 2012. Written submissions by an intervenor or Board staff must be filed with the Board, and copied to all other parties, by November 26, 2012. If CHE wishes to respond to the submissions, its written response must be filed with the Board and delivered to all other parties by December 10, 2012.
IMPORTANT
IF YOU DO NOT FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION TO A WRITTEN HEARING OR DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS NOTICE, THE BOARD MAY PROCEED WITHOUT YOUR PARTICIPATION AND YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO FURTHER NOTICE IN THE PROCEEDING.
Addresses
The Board::
The Applicant::
DATED at Toronto, September 27, 2012
ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD
Ontario Energy Board P.O. Box 2319 27th Floor 2300 Yonge Street Toronto ON M4P 1E4 Attention: Board Secretary Filings: https://www.pes.ontarioenergyboard.ca/eservice/ E-mail: boardsec@ontarioenergyboard.ca Tel: 1-888-632-6273 (Toll free) Fax: 416-440-7656
Cooperative Hydro Embrun 821 Notre-Dame, Suite 200 Embrun, ON K0A 1W1
Original signed by
Attention: Mr. Benoit Lamarche E-mail: embrunhydro@magma.ca
Kirsten Walli Board Secretary
Tel: 613-443-5110 Fax: 613-443-0495
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