The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

EB-2007-0696 Ontario Energy Commission de lrgie Board de lOntario Halton Hills Hydro Inc. has submitted an application with the Ontario Energy Board, received on August 16, 2007, under section 78 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c. 15 (Schedule B), seeking approval for changes to the distribution rates that Halton Hills Hydro Inc. charges for electricity distribution, to be effective May 1, 2008. The Board has assigned the application file number EB-2007-0696. The Boards decision on this application may have an effect on all of Halton Hills Hydro Inc.s customers. Any change to Halton Hills Hydro Inc.s distribution rates will cause Halton Hills Hydro Inc.s delivery charges to change. Delivery charges are one of 4 regular items on residential and general service customers electric bills and vary depending on the amount of electricity consumed. Halton Hills Hydro Inc. is seeking approval of $10,446,283 as the revenue it requires to provide electricity distribution. Halton Hills Hydro Inc. indicates that if the application is approved as filed, a residential customer consuming 1,000 kWh per month would experience an approximate 1.8% increase in the electricity bill. A small general service customer consuming 2,000 kWh per month and having a monthly demand of 50 kW or lower would see an approximate 2.3% increase in the electricity bill. How to see Halton Hills Hydro Inc.s Application Copies of the application are available for inspection at the Boards office in Toronto and on its website, www.oeb.gov.on.ca, and at Halton Hills Hydro Inc.s office and may be on its website. How to Participate You may participate in this proceeding in one of three ways: 1. Send a Letter with your Comments to the Board Your letter with comments will be provided to the Board members deciding the application, and will be part of the public record for the application. If you wish to make an oral presentation to the Board, your letter should include this request. Your letter must be received by the Board no later than 30 days from the publication or service date of this notice. The Board accepts letters of comment by either post or e-mail at the addresses below. 2.Become an Observer Observers do not actively participate in the proceeding but monitor the progress of the proceeding by receiving documents issued by the Board. You may request observer status in order to receive documents issued by the Board in this proceeding. If you become an observer, you need to contact the applicant and others to receive documents that they file in this proceeding and they may charge you for this. Most documents filed in this application will also be available on the Boards website. Your request for observer status must be made in writing and be received by the Board no later than 10 days from the publication or service date of this notice. The Board accepts observer request letters by either post or e-mail at the addresses below; however, two paper copies are also required. You must also provide a copy of your letter to the applicant. 3. Become an Intervenor You may ask to become an intervenor if you wish to actively participate in the proceeding. Intervenors are eligible to receive evidence and other material submitted by participants in the hearing. Likewise, intervenors will be expected to send copies of any material they file to all parties to the hearing. Your request for intervenor status must be made by letter of intervention and be received by the Board no later than 10 days from the publication or service date of this notice. Your letter of intervention must include a description of how you are, or may be, affected by the outcome of this proceeding; and if you represent a group, a description of the group and its membership. The Board may order costs in this proceeding. You must indicate in your letter of intervention whether you expect to seek costs from the applicant and the grounds for your eligibility for costs. You must provide a copy of your letter of intervention to the applicant. The Board may choose to proceed with this application by way of written or oral hearing. The Board will not hold a written hearing if a party satisfies the Board that there is good reason for holding an oral hearing. Your letter of intervention should indicate your preference for a written or oral hearing, and the reason for that preference. If you already have a user ID, please submit your intervention request through the Boards web portal at www.errr.oeb.gov.on.ca . Additionally, two paper copies are required. If you do not have a user ID, please visit the Boards website under e-filings and fill out a user ID password request. For instructions on how to submit and naming conventions please refer to the RESS Document Guidelines found at www.oeb.gov.on.ca , e-Filing Services. The Board also accepts interventions by e-mail, at the address below, and again, two additional paper copies are required. Those who do not have internet access are required to submit their intervention request on a CD or diskette in PDF format, along with two paper copies. How to Contact Us In responding to this Notice, please include Board file number EB-2007-0696 in the subject line of your e-mail or at the top of your letter. It is also important that you provide your name, postal address and telephone number and, if available, an e-mail address and fax number. All communications should be directed to the attention of the Board Secretary at the address below, and be received no later than 4:45 p.m. on the required date. Need More Information? Further information on how to participate may be obtained by visiting the Boards website at www.oeb.gov.on.ca or by calling our Consumer Relations Centre at 1-877-632-2727. IMPORTANT IF YOU DO NOT REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCEEDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS NOTICE, THE BOARD MAY PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE AND YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY FURTHER NOTICE IN THIS PROCEEDING. Addresses The Board: The Applicant: Post: Halton Hills Hydro Inc. Ontario Energy Board 43 Alice St. P.O. Box 2319 Acton ON 2300 Yonge Street, 27th Floor L7J 2A9 Toronto, ON Attention: Arthur Skidmore M4P 1E4 Attention: Board Secretary E-Mail askidmore@haltonhillshydro.com Filings : www.errr.oeb.gov.on.ca Tel: 519 853-3700 x 225 E-mail: Boardsec@oeb.gov.on.ca Fax: 519 853-5592 Tel: 1-888-632-6273 (toll free) Fax: 416-440-7656 DATED at Toronto, September 20, 2007 ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD Original Signed By Peter H. ODell Assistant Board Secretary NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND HEARING FOR AN ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION RATE CHANGE Halton Hills Hydro Inc. 22 Independent & Free Press, Wednesday, September 26, 2007