Analysis Of Ontario's Full Scale Roll-Out Of TOU Rates

Besides Italy, Ontario is the only region in the world to deploy Time-of-Use (TOU) rates as the residential default rate.

Canada Energy and Natural Resources

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Presented to: The International Energy Program Evaluation Conference (IEPEC) 2015

Background

Besides Italy, Ontario is the only region in the world to deploy Time-of-Use (TOU) rates as the residential default rate

This presentation evaluates the impacts of the TOU rates in Ontario through the end of 2013 by carrying out a province-wide econometric analysis

TOU Rates In Ontario

Note: The prices above are commodity only, this study uses the all-in prices that customers actually face

Institutional Background

Ontario has 70+ LDCs

Mandated Regulated Price Plan (RPP)
Customers can opt-out of RPP by contracting with a retailer

Smart Metering Initiative announced by provincial government in 2004 - LDCs required to:

Roll out smart meters by 2010
Deploy TOU rates by 2012
Migrate smart meter data to a centralized Meter Data Management and Repository (MDM/R) before TOU

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