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OEB Electricity CDM Initiatives to date May 26, 2006

Electricity Conservation & Demand Management Programs & Low-income Customers Role of the Ontario Energy Board by Zora Crnojacki, OEB Staff LIEN Annual Conference, Peterborough May 26, 2006. OEB Electricity CDM Initiatives to date May 26, 2006. 2005 CDM Plans Approved

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OEB Electricity CDM Initiatives to date May 26, 2006

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  1. Electricity Conservation & Demand Management Programs& Low-income CustomersRole of the Ontario Energy Boardby Zora Crnojacki, OEB StaffLIEN Annual Conference, PeterboroughMay 26, 2006

  2. OEB Electricity CDM Initiatives to dateMay 26, 2006 • 2005 CDM Plans Approved • Board required Quarterly Reporting • Board required Annual Reporting • 2006 Electricity Distribution Rates-Board approved additional CDM spending (where applied for) • Review of 2005 Annual Plans (in progress)

  3. CDM 2005 Initiative • 2005 CDM applications approved: Final Orders Issued 77 Budget-Approved Plans $163 million To be spent by September 30, 2007 Quarterly and Annual Reporting to the Board

  4. 2005 CDM Approved Budgets

  5. Review of 2005 Annual Reports • March 31, 2006 “Annual Reports” filed by the LDCs with the Board. • May 12, 2006 the Board posted a letter on the web site regarding the review of the “2005 Annual Reports”: • The Board called for a 2-phase review: • Public Review by stakeholders • “Audit” Review by Board Staff.

  6. How to see the 2005 Annual Reports? Individual 2005 Annual Reports can be viewed at: http://www.oeb.gov.on.ca/html/en/industryrelations/ongoingprojects_distconservation_applications.htm

  7. Letter re: review of the “2005 Annual Reports”

  8. Public Review of the2005 Annual Reports • The deadline for submissions to the Board is June 9, 2006. Submissions to be sent to the attention of Board Secretary.

  9. Audit Review of selected 2005 CDM Reports • The “Audit” Review is not envisioned as a strict audit process. It’s a focused review of a sample of the reports. • Board Staff, under the direction of the Chief Regulatory Auditor, will conduct a review of a selected sample of the CDM reports.  • The scope of the “audit” review will be: • The accuracy of the Total Resource Cost calculation. • Spending the money according to the proposed timing. • Programs implementation as committed.

  10. Preliminary Overview 2005 CDM Implementation (as reported by LDCs) Reported 2005 CDM Savings and Spending

  11. Utilities with Low Income and Social Housing Programs Implemented in 2005 (as reported by LDCs) Low Income Measures • Aurora Hydro Connections Limited • Bluewater Power Distribution Corporation • Brantford Power Inc. • Centre Wellington Hydro Ltd. • Collus Power Corp. • EnWin Powerlines Ltd. • Guelph Hydro Electric Systems Inc. • Haldimand County Hydro Inc. • Hydro One Networks Inc. • Kitchener-Wilmot Hydro Inc. • Niagara Falls Hydro Inc. • Parry Sound Power Corporation • Peninsula West Utilities Limited • Port Colborne Hydro Inc. • St. Catharines Hydro Utility Services Inc. • Tillsonburg Hydro Inc. • Waterloo North Hydro Inc. • Wellington Electric Distribution Company Inc. • Whitby Hydro Electric Corporation

  12. 2005 Reported Spending and Energy SavingsSocial Housing CDM Programs

  13. 2005 Reported Spending and Energy SavingsLow Income CDM Programs

  14. 2006 Electricity Distribution Rates-additional CDM spending approved • The following LDCs had the CDM budget approved as part of their distribution rates 2006 approval by the OEB: • Bluewater Power ($ 90 K rate base incremental CDM + $ 160 K) expense CDM) • Brantford Power ($ 313 K CDM expense) • Burlington Hydro ($ 400 K CDM expense) • Enersource (about $ 1.5 million CDM expense) • Festival Hydro ($ 9,000 expense on CDM) • Halton Hills Hydro ($ 90 K rate base incremental CDM + $ 88 K expense on CDM)

  15. 2006 Electricity Distribution Ratesadditional CDM budget approved • As part of approval of 2006 electricity distribution rates the Board approved additional $ 2.8 million for CDM spending by local distribution utilities. • How to see Board Orders approving CDM in 2006 EDR? http://www.oeb.gov.on.ca/html/en/consumers/understanding/2006edr_decisions.htm

  16. Closing Remarks • Year 2005 was spent by utilities setting up their programs. • In 2006 focus will be on implementation and results. • Still huge budget “out there” for Social Housing and Low Income programs.

  17. Board’s CDM web site • Where to find the information on the OEB related CDM initiatives: • http://www.oeb.gov.on.ca/html/en/industryrelations/ongoingprojects_distconservation.htm

  18. Thank You May 26, 2006 • For more information contact OEB Staff: Zora Crnojacki zora.crnojacki@oeb.gov.on.ca Stephen McComb stephen.mccomb@oeb.gov.on.ca

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