Electricity Distributors Conservation and Demand Management RP20040203

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Electricity Distributors Conservation and
Demand ManagementRP-2004-0203

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Background April 7, 2005

• May 31, 2004 - Ministers Letter
• Energy efficiency
• Behavioural and operational changes, benchmarking
  or smart control systems
• Load management, dual fuel applications, thermal
  storage, and demand response
• Fuel switching to reduce total system energy for
  a given end-use
• Programs and initiatives targeted to low income
  and other hard to reach consumers and
• Distributed energy options behind a customers
  meter such as tri-generation, co-generation,
  ground source heat pumps, solar wind, and biomass
  systems.

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Background (contd) April 7, 2005

• Oct 5, 2004- OEB - Procedural Order
• Deferral accounts
• Development expenses
• Application process
• Filing requirements
• Dec 6, 2004 - OEB - Motions Day
• Revenue protection or lost revenue adjustment
  mechanism (LRAM) EDR 2006
• Shared savings mechanism (SSM) 5 total resource
  cost (TRC) test of customer side programs

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Approved CDM Plans April 7, 2005

• Dec 10, 2004 and Feb 18, 2005 OEB approved 10
  CDM plans (gt110 million)
• OEB Decisions
• Conditions of approval
• Quarterly reporting
• Annual reporting
• Plan modifications
• Dec 10, 2004 But the one comment this Board
  would make about the programs and the one
  adjustment we would urge (the applicants) to make
  is to determine, having regard to the (LIEN)
  report, whether there's more that can be done in
  this area.
• Feb 18, 2005 the Board would simply ask Hydro
  One if greater consideration could (be) give(n)
  (to) social housing and address the particular
  submissions that have been made by VECC.

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Initiative Statistics April 7, 2005

• CDM applications before the OEB
• Number of LDC Applications 84
• Final Orders Issued 77
• Interim Orders Issued 7
• Customers Represented 99
• Budget-Approved Plans (Interim and Final) 163
  million

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Approved CDM Initiatives April 7, 2005
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Low Income and Social Housing April 7, 2005
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Explicit Participation April 7, 2005
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Next Steps April 7, 2005

• Electricity Distribution Rates 2005 (April 1,
  2005)
• Quarterly Reporting (April 7, 2005)
• Annual Reporting (March 30, 2006)

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Thank You April 7, 2005

• For more information contact OEB Staff
• Zora Crnojacki zora.crnojacki_at_oeb.gov.on.ca
• Stephen McComb stephen.mccomb_at_oeb.gov.on.ca