Ontario Peak Energy Hours

Find out more about time of use rates and managing your electricity costs.

Ontario peak energy hours.

Return to ontario hydro home page. Tou rates are set by the ontario energy board. The ontario energy board sets both. Time of use most residential and small business customers are charged using time of use rates where the rate depends on when you use electricity.

Tou price period winter hours tou prices effective july 1 2017 through april 30 2018 off peak weekdays from 7 p m. Effective june 1 2020 the government of ontario introduced a new fixed electricity price for time of use customers of 12 8 kwh for all hours of the day 7 days a week. Unmatched record ten years of peak advisory experience have earned us an unparalleled record and positioned us as the largest provider of curtailment services in ontario. According to the ontario energy board the average household uses 2 3 of their electricity during off peak hours with the remainder split between mid peak and off peak.

The ontario energy board oeb is reminding households and small businesses that the winter time of use tou hours for the regulated price plan rpp begin on november 1. Alectra utilities passes this cost through to you without mark up and pays it directly to our suppliers. Although the bill will continue to refer to off peak mid peak and on peak the price for all of them will be the same at 10 1 kwh. Current june 01 2020 october 31 2020.

Below you can check examples of rates for winter 2020 according to the ontario energy board. Winter 2019 2020 november 1 2019 to april 30 2020. All day weekends and holidays. Customers who have signed a contract with an energy retailer pay the price stated in their contract plus the global adjustment.

The 10 1 kwh price will be shown as the price for all 3 of the tou pricing periods that appear on the bill for electricity consumed on and after march 24 2020. Customers participating in this initiative are referred to as class a. Ontario s largest power consumers rely on nrg peaks to accurately identify the risk of ici peak hours. Download this chart pdf time of use rates are different depending on when you use electricity.

There are three periods. Customers who participate in the industrial conservation initiative ici pay global adjustment ga based on their percentage contribution to the top five peak hours of energy use in ontario over a 12 month base period may 1 to april 30. Off peak when demand for electricity is lowest.