Transmission Rates set by the OEB
January 21, 2016
Provincial Transmission Service rates and the Export Transmission Service tariff were set under a recent Ontario Energy Board (OEB) rate order. The new rates are effective as of January 1, 2016.
The Provincial Transmission Service rates billed by the IESO are:
- Network Service Rate: $3.66/kW of demand (down from the 2015 rate of $3.78/kW)
- Line Connection Service Rate: $0.87/kW of demand (up from the 2015 rate of $0.86/kW)
- Transformation Connection Service Rate: $2.02/kW of demand (up from the 2015 rate of $2.00/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 2016 Export Transmission Service (ETS) is unchanged from the 2015 rate, at $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 14, 2016 OEB rate order is available at http://www.rds.ontarioenergyboard.ca/webdrawer/webdrawer.dll/webdrawer/rec/512984/view/dec_rate_order_2016%20UTR_20160114.PDF.