Transmission Rates set by Ontario Energy Board
January 15, 2015
Provincial Transmission Service rates and the Export Transmission Service tariff, effective January 1, 2015, have been set under a recent Ontario Energy Board (OEB) rate order.
The Provincial Transmission Service rates billed by the IESO are:
· Network Service Rate: $3.78/kW of demand (down from the 2014 rate of $3.82/kW)
· Line Connection Service Rate: $0.86/kW of demand (up from the 2014 rate of $0.82/kW)
· Transformation Connection Service Rate: $2.00/kW of demand (up from the 2014 rate of $1.98/kW)
The IESO collects OEB-regulated transmission service charges from applicable market participants and distributes payments to transmitters. These are billed monthly by the IESO using the following Charge Types:
· 650 Network Service Charge
· 651 Line Connection Service Charge
· 652 Transformation Connection Service Charge
The 2015 Export Transmission Service (ETS) rate is down from the 2014 rate of $2.00/MWh to $1.85/MWh. The ETS rate applies to all wheel-through and export transactions from Ontario and is billed monthly by the IESO using Charge Type 653, Export Transmission Service Charge.
The January 8, 2015 OEB rate order is available at: http://www.rds.ontarioenergyboard.ca/webdrawer/webdrawer.dll/webdrawer/rec/461669/view/Rate%20Order_%202015%20UTR_20150108.PDF.