www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, May 10, 2012 · 20 Ontario Energy Board Commission de l'énergie de l'Ontario NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND HEARING FOR AN ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION RATE CHANGE Oakville Hydro Electricity Distribution Inc. oomama EB-2012-0193 Oakville Hydro Electricity Distribution Inc. ("Oakville") has applied to the Ontario Energy Board (the "Board") for permission to increase its delivery charges beginning May 1, 2012 to reflect the recovery of costs for deployed smart meters. The application was filed on April 3, 2012 under section 78 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c.15 (Schedule B), under the Board's Guideline G-2011-0001: Smart Meter Funding and Cost Recovery Final Disposition. Oakville's application also includes a request to continue its smart meter funding adder of $1.69 per month per metered customer as a proxy for the proposed Smart Meter Incremental Revenue Requirement rate rider until the Board issues its Decision in this proceeding. 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 the application is fully approved, the average impact on the monthly bill for a Residential customer would be an increase of $2.33 per month for the next 24 months. The average impact on the monthly bill for a General Service customer having a monthly demand of less than 50 kW would be an increase of $6.80 per month for the next 24 months. The proposed changes to the Delivery charges are separate from other potential changes to the electricity bills. For additional information on billing items visit the Consumer page of the Board's website at http://www.ontarioenergyboard.ca. The Board has assigned the application File No. EB-2012-0193. The Board's decision on this application may have an effect on Oakville's metered customers. How to see Oakville's Application To see a copy of the application, go to the Consumer page of the Board's website and enter the case number EB-2012-0193 in the "Find an Application" box. A copy can also be seen at the Board's office and at the applicant's office at the addresses indicated below, or on the applicant's website http://www.oakvillehydro.com/. Written Hearing The Board intends to proceed with this matter by way of a written hearing unless a party satisfies the Board that there is a good reason for holding an oral hearing. If you object to the Board holding a written hearing in this matter, you must provide written reasons why an oral hearing is necessary. Any submissions objecting to a written hearing must be received by the Board and copied to the applicant within 10 days of the publication or service date of this notice. How to Participate You may participate in this proceeding by requesting either intervenor or observer status, or by submitting a letter of comment: 1. Intervenors participate actively in the proceeding (i.e., submit written questions, evidence, and arguments, and cross-examine witnesses at an oral hearing). You may request intervenor status by sending a letter of intervention to the Board and copying the applicant no later than 10 days from the publication or service date of this notice. The letter of intervention must include: a. A description of how you are, or may be, affected by the outcome of this proceeding; b. If you represent a group, a description of the group and its membership; 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. 2. Observers do not participate actively in the proceeding but receive documents issued by the Board in the proceeding. (There is no fee for observers to receive documents issued by the Board.) You may request Observer status by sending a request to the Board no later than 10 days from the publication or service date of this notice. 3. Letters of Comment are to be sent to the Board no later than 30 days from the publication or service date of this notice. All letters of comment will be placed on the public record, subject to the privacy terms for personal information stated below. This means that the letters will be available for viewing at the Board's offices and will be placed on the Board's website. Interrogatories and Submissions Board-approved intervenors or Board staff wishing information and material from Oakville that is in addition to the evidence filed with the Board and that is relevant to the hearing shall request it by written interrogatories filed with the Board and delivered to Oakville on or before June 1, 2012. Oakville shall file with the Board complete responses to the interrogatories and deliver them to all intervenors no later than June 15, 2012. Written final submissions by Board staff must be filed with the Board, and copied to all other parties, by June 29, 2012. Written final submissions by an intervenor must be filed with the Board, and copied to all other parties by July 4, 2012. If Oakville wishes to respond to the submissions, its written response must be filed with the Board and delivered to all other parties by July 13, 2012. YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IS TREATED DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON HOW YOU CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARING: · Intervenors - everything you file with the Board, including your name and contact information, will be placed on the public record (i.e. the public file and the Board's website). · Letters of comment or observers - the Board removes any personal (i.e. not business) contact information from the letter of comment or the request for observer status (i.e., address, fax number, phone number, and e-mail address of the individual), however, your name and the content of the letter of comment or of the request for observer status will become part of the public record. Filing Information for Intervenors If you already have a user ID, please submit your intervention request through the Board's web portal at https://www.errr.ontarioenergyboard.ca. Additionally, two paper copies must be submitted to the address set out below. If you do not have a user ID, visit the Board's website under e-Filing Services and complete a user ID/password request form. For instructions on how to submit documents and naming conventions please refer to the RESS Document Guidelines found at http://www.ontarioenergyboard.ca/OEB/Industry, e-Filing Services. The Board also accepts interventions by e-mail, at the address below. Additionally, two paper copies must be submitted to the address set out below. Those who do not have internet access are required to submit their intervention request on a CD in PDF format, along with two paper copies. Need more information? For more information on how to participate please go to the Board's website at http://www.ontarioenergyboard.ca/OEB/Industry/ Regulatory+Proceedings/Hearings/Participating+in+a+Hearing or call the Board at 1-888-632-6273 (toll free). How to Contact the Board or Oakville Hydro Electricity Distribution Inc. Please reference Board file number EB-2012-0193 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. IMPORTANT IF YOU DO NOT FILE AN OBJECTION TO A WRITTEN HEARING OR DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARING BY FILING A LETTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS NOTICE, THE BOARD MAY PROCEED WITHOUT YOUR PARTICIPATION AND YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO FURTHER NOTICE IN THIS PROCEEDING. Addresses The Board: Ontario Energy Board P.O. Box 2319, 27th Floor, 2300 Yonge Street Toronto, ON M4P 1E4 Attention: Board Secretary Filings: https://www.errr.ontarioenergyboard.ca/ E-mail: boardsec@ontarioenergyboard.ca Tel: 1-888-632-6273 (Toll free) Fax: 416-440-7656 DATED at Toronto, May 2, 2012 ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD Original signed by Kirsten Walli Board Secretary The Applicant: Oakville Hydro Electricity Distribution Inc. 861 Redwood Square P. O. Box 1900 Oakville, ON L6K 0C7 Attention: Mr. Jim Collins E-mail: regulatoryaffairs@oakvillehydro.com Tel: +1 (905) 825-9400 Fax: nikki wesley / OAKVILLE BEAVER / @halton_photog Grandest sale ever: Event organizer Mary Lynn O'Shea works at her old-fashioned cash register at the oomama garage sale at Glen Abbey United Church last Saturday (May 5). All the proceeds from the sale is going to the Stephen Lewis Foundation and its support of grassroots projects that assist grandmothers raising their orphaned grandchildren in the wake of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. 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