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Gas Distribution Access Rule (GDAR) Electronic Business Transactions (EBT) Standards

Gas Distribution Access Rule (GDAR) Electronic Business Transactions (EBT) Standards. Kick-off Meeting June 9, 2005. OEB Direction. File draft standard form of Service Agreement by July 8/05 File a proposed EBT Standards Appendix by September 6/05 In each case, 30 days to comment

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Gas Distribution Access Rule (GDAR) Electronic Business Transactions (EBT) Standards

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  1. Gas Distribution Access Rule (GDAR)Electronic Business Transactions (EBT) Standards Kick-off Meeting June 9, 2005

  2. OEB Direction • File draft standard form of Service Agreement by July 8/05 • File a proposed EBT Standards Appendix by September 6/05 • In each case, 30 days to comment • Use retail electricity as a model (“mirror”) • Subject to: • No conflict with GDAR • Applicability to the natural gas market • Enough detail to allow for competition and maximum choice of supplier

  3. OEB Staff Plan Overview • Two main activities • Service Agreements – Alison Cazalet • EBT Standards – Barb Robertson • Overall coordination – Russ Houldin • Service Agreements • Draft released June 3 • Ad-hoc meetings to clarify comments • EBT Standards • Intensive Work group meetings • Straw Man available for June 20

  4. GDAR TIMELINE July 8 File SA Meetings as necessary SERVICE AGREEMENT(SA) Draft SA June 3 Comment deadline June 10 Comment period File Standards Sept 6 EBT STANDARDS meetings meetings meetings Kickoff meeting June 9 Draft Standards text June 20 Final Draft Standards text (& Protocol) Aug 19 Draft Transport protocol July 1

  5. GDAR EBT Standards Logistics • Participation • Lead representatives • specialists • Group structure – need for subgroups • Transport protocol, ad-hoc • Meetings schedule – Straw Man • Continuing need for Work Group • Meetings conduct • Focus on working Standards document • Minutes, issues-list, etc. TBD

  6. GDAR EBT Standards – Meetings “Straw Man”

  7. GDAR KICKOFF KEY POINTS • Staff instructed to file SAs and EBT Standards • Looking to the gas industry to file best possible documents • Everyone will have to “live with” the results • Looking to advice from electricity industry to leverage a system that works suitably modified for the natural gas industry • Both types of expertise are essential • GDAR is incomplete in places (e.g. billing) • Electricity model to be the basis to fill in the gaps • Respecting existing practices • Need for a continuing role for the Work Group • Implementation

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