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THE NEW TANNER16THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2010 Ontario Energy Board Commission de lrgie de lOntarioNOTICE OF APPLICATION AND HEARING FOR AN ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION RATE CHANGE EB-2010-0087Halton Hills Hydro Inc. Halton Hills Hydro Inc. (Halton Hills Hydro) fi led an application with the Ontario Energy If you already have a user ID, please submit your intervention request through the Boards Board (the Board) on October 4, 2010 under section 78 of the Ontario Energy Board web portal at www.errr.oeb.gov.on.ca. Additionally, two paper copies are required. Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c.15 (Schedule B), seeking approval for changes to the rates that If you do not have a user ID, please visit the Boards website under e-fi lings and fi ll out Halton Hills Hydro charges for electricity distribution, to be effective May 1, 2011. The ap-a user ID password request. For instructions on how to submit and naming conventions plication was fi led under the Boards guidelines for 3rd Generation Incentive Regulation, please refer to the RESS Document Guidelines found at www.oeb.gov.on.ca/OEB/Indus-which provides for a mechanistic and formulaic adjustment to distribution rates between try, e-Filing Services. cost of service applications. The Board has assigned the application File No. EB-2010-The Board also accepts interventions by e-mail, at the address below, and again, two 0087. The Boards decision on this application may have an effect on all of Halton Hills additional paper copies are required. Those who do not have internet access are required Hydros customers. to submit their intervention request on a CD in PDF format, along with two paper copies. Any change to Halton Hills Hydros distribution rates will cause Halton Hills Hydros delivery 2. Send a Letter with your Comments to the Board charges to change. Delivery charges are one of four regular items on residential and general service customers electric bills and vary depending on the amount of electricity consumed. If you wish to comment on the proceeding without becoming an intervenor, you may write a letter of comment to the Board Secretary clearly stating your views. A copy of your letter Halton Hills Hydro indicates that if the application is approved as fi led, residential customers of comment will be provided to the Hearing Panel. consuming 800 kWh per month would experience an approximate 0.2% increase in their current delivery charges. This is a $0.07 per month increase on their total bill. General A complete copy of your letter of comment will also be provided to the applicant (which Service customers consuming 2,000 kWh per month and having a monthly demand of means it will include your name, contact information, and everything written in the letter). less than 50 kW would experience an approximate 0.3% decrease in their current delivery All letters of comment will become part of the public record in the proceeding. This means charges. This is a $0.21 per month decrease on their total bill. that it will be available for viewing at the Boards offi ces and it will be placed on the Boards The proposed changes to the delivery component of the bill are separate from other poten-website and available to anyone with internet access. tial changes to the electricity bills, which could include changes to the electricity component Before placing the letter of comment on the public record, the Board will remove from the and other charges included on the bill. This application deals only with the letter of comment any contact information for the individual writing the letter. This includes potential change in the delivery component of the bill that may result from changes in the the address, fax number, phone number, and e-mail address of the individual. However, delivery rates. the name of the individual and anything written in the letter of comment will become part of the public record. How to see Halton Hills Hydros Application All other parties to the proceeding will receive the version of the letter of comment that Copies of the application are available for inspection at the Boards offi ce in Toronto and has been placed on the public record. on its website, www.oeb.gov.on.ca/OEB/Industry , and at Halton Hills Hydros offi ce and may be on its website. Your letter of comment must be received by the Board no later than November 29, 2010. The Board accepts letters of comment by either post or e-mail at the addresses below. How to Participate How to Contact Us You may participate in this proceeding in one of two ways: In responding to this notice, please reference Board fi le number EB-2010-0087 in the 1. Become an Intervenor subject line of your e-mail or at the top of your letter. It is also important that you provide You may ask to become an intervenor if you wish to actively participate in the proceeding. your name, postal address and telephone number and, if available, an e-mail address and Intervenors are eligible to receive evidence and other material submitted by participants fax number. All communications should be directed to the attention of the Board Secretary in the hearing. Likewise, intervenors will be expected to send copies of any material they at the address below, and be received no later than 4:45 p.m. on the required date. fi le to all parties to the hearing. Need More Information? Your request for intervenor status must be made by letter of intervention and be received Further information on how to participate may be obtained by visiting the Boards web-by the Board no later than November 18, 2010. Your letter of intervention must include site at www.oeb.gov.on.ca/OEB/Industry or by calling our Consumer Relations Centre at a description of how you are, or may be, affected by the outcome of this proceeding; and 1-877-632-2727. if you represent a group, a description of the group and its membership. The Board may order costs in this proceeding only in relation to Halton Hills Hydros proposal for revenue-IMPORTANT to-cost-ratio adjustments. You must indicate in your letter of intervention whether you IF YOU DO NOT FILE AN OBJECTION TO A WRITTEN HEARING OR expect to seek costs from the applicant and the grounds for your eligibility for costs. DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARING BY FILING A LETTER IN You must provide a copy of your letter of intervention to Halton Hills Hydro. ACCORDANCE WITH THIS NOTICE, THE BOARD MAY PROCEED WITHOUT YOUR PARTICIPATION AND YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED Note that as an intervenor, everything you fi le with the Board will be placed on the public TO FURTHER NOTICE IN THIS PROCEEDING. record, including your name and contact information. This means that it will be available for viewing at the Boards offi ces and it will be placed on the Boards website and available Addresses to anyone with internet access. The Board: The Applicant: The Board Ontario Energy Board Halton Hills Hydro Inc. intends to proceed with this application by way of a written hearing. If you object P.O. Box 2319 43 Alice Streetto the Board proceeding in this fashion, your letter of intervention must state the type of 27th Floor Acton, ON L7J 2A9proceeding you believe to be necessary and the reasons why. 2300 Yonge Street Attention: Mr. Arthur SkidmoreInterrogatories and Submissions Toronto ON M4P 1E4Board-approved intervenors or Board staff wishing information and material from Halton Attention: Board SecretaryHills Hydro that is in addition to the evidence fi led with the Board and that is relevant to Filings: https://www.errr.oeb.gov.on.ca/ the hearing shall request it by written interrogatories fi led with the Board and delivered to E-mail: boardsec@oeb.gov.on.ca E-mail: askidmore@haltonhillshydro.comHalton Hills Hydro on or before November 29, 2010. Halton Hills Hydro shall fi le with Tel: 1-888-632-6273 (Toll free) Tel: (519) 853-3700 x225the Board complete responses to the interrogatories and deliver them to all intervenors Fax: 416-440-7656 Fax: (519) 853-5592 no later than December 13, 2010. Written submissions by an intervenor or Board staff must be fi led with the Board, and cop-DATED at Toronto, October 22, 2010 ied to all other parties, by January 21, 2011. If Halton Hills Hydro wishes to respond ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD to the submissions, its written response must be fi led with the Board and delivered to all Original signed by other parties by February 11, 2011. Kirsten Walli, Board Secretary