Residential Rates
To learn more about residential rates, please select an option from the list below or scroll down the page.
- Setting Rates
- Electricity Delivery Rates
- Regulated Price Plan (RPP) Customers
- Non-Regulated Price Plan Customers
- Regulatory Charges
- Debt Retirement Charge
- Total Loss Factor Adjustment
- Late Payment Charge
- Transformer Ownership Credit
- Common Miscellaneous Changes
Setting Rates
In the Province of Ontario, electricity rates are set by the Ontario Energy Board (OEB). These include the rates for the electricity commodity as generated, transmission through high voltage systems (e.g. Hydro One), and distribution through local systems (e.g. EnWin). The OEB is responsible for ensuring that all rates are "justified and reasonable". Therefore, when EnWin seeks a rate increase, it must prove that the rates sought are "justified and reasonable". The case is presented to the OEB through an application. Below you will find the justified and reasonable rates current to the date indicated. More information on rates is available at the OEB website: www.oeb.gov.on.ca.
Electricity Delivery Rates
The following rates are current as of May 1, 2008.
| Residential | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Transmission Delivery Charges | |||
| Network Service | $0.0051/kWh | ||
| Connection Service | $0.0039/kWh | ||
| EnWin Delivery Charges | |||
| Fixed Customer Charge | $8.66* | ||
| Variable Distribution Rate | $0.0211/kWh | ||
* Charge is prorated depending on number of days in the billing period.
Regulated Price Plan (RPP) Consumers
Applies to those customers who meet the legislative criteria (residential/low-volume consumer) of the program. A regulated price per kWh is charged for electricity used.
| Residential | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Commodity Charge/kWh | Price |
| May. 1 - Oct. 31, 2008 | <600 kWh | $0.050 |
| May. 1 - Oct. 31, 2008 | >600 kWh | $0.059 |
| Nov. 1 - Apr. 30, 2008 | <750 kWh | $0.050 |
| Nov. 1 - Apr. 30, 2008 | >750 kWh | $0.059 |
Non-Regulated Price Plan Consumers
The electricity price you pay per kWh is:
- A retailer contract price (dependent upon your choice of electricity provider) or
- Time-of-Use pricing (which requires a Smart Meter and a decision to move to the TOU pricing).
Regulatory Charges
| Wholesale Market Service Charge/kWh | $0.0052 |
| Rural Rate Protection Charge/kWh | $0.0010 |
| Regulated Price Plan (RPP) Admin. Charge* | $0.25 |
*Applies to customers not contracted with an energy retailer
Debt Retirement Charge
Established by the Ministry of Finance, this rate will be used to pay down Ontario Hydro's stranded debt. The total loss factor is not applied to this charge. These funds are remitted to the Ontario Electricity Financing Corporation.
| Charged per kWh | $0.007 |
Total Loss Factor Adjustment
As electricity is delivered over a power line, a small amount of power is consumed or lost as heat. This is known as line loss. Line loss is caused by equipment such as wires and transformers, which consume power before it gets to your home or business. The loss factor adjustment accounts for these losses.
| Secondary metered customers <5,000 kW | 1.0390 |
| Primary metered customers <5,000 kW | 1.0286 |
| Customers >5,000 kW | Available Upon Request |
Late Payment Charge
A Late Payment Charge of 1.5% will be applied to the unpaid portion of your account's monthly balance.
Transformer Ownership Credit
| Service < 115 kV (per kW of billing demand) | $0.060 |
Common Miscellaneous Charges
| Arrears Certificate | $15.00 |
| Pulling Post-Dated Cheques | $15.00 |
| Account History | $15.00 |
| Credit Reference/Credit Check | $15.00 |
| Returned Cheque Charge (not inclusive of bank fees) | $15.00 |
| Account Set-up/Change of Occupancy Charge | $30.00 |
| Special Meter Reads | $30.00 |
| Collection of Account Charge — No Disconnection | $30.00 |
| Disconnect/Reconnect at Meter | $65.00 |
| Meter Dispute Charge + Measurement Canada Fees (if meter found to be correct) | $30.00 |
| Dispute Test Residential | $50.00 |
| Service Call — Customer-owned Equipment | $30.00 |
| Missed Service Appointment | $65.00 |
