Electricity Charge
 

Westario Power Commercial Rates and Pricing

CHARGES <50 Kw >50 kW
Fixed Customer Service $21.94* $243.58*
Volumetric Distribution $0.0144/kWh* $4.1627/kW*
Wholesale Market Service1 $0.0065/kWh $0.0065/kWh
Network Service1 $0.0047/kWh* $1.9351/kW*
Transmission Connection Service1 $0.0010/kWh* $0.4077/kW*
Debt Retirement $.007/kWh** $.007/kWh**
Cost of Power1 $0.068/kWh
(First 750 kWh)
$0.079 kWh
(Balance kWh)
<250,000 kWh
comsumption annually
Market Price-250,000 kWh
consumption annually
Administration Charge $0.25/bill
(SSS only)
$0.25/bill
(SSS only)
HST 13% 13%

NOTE:
1 Consumption is uplifted by the loss factor of 1.0788
2 The Administration Charge does not apply to customers that purchase their energy from a retailer

 Rates shown above are effective May 1, 2011

 * Charge is pro-rated depending on number of days in the billing period

** Debt Retirement Charge-is set by the Ministry of Finance to pay down the debt of the former Ontario Hydro.  All electric utilities and retailers collect the Debt Retirement Charge from consumers.  Although this debt was acquired in the past, the facilities that were financed by the debt are still in use and continue to supply electricity to consumers today.

For the majority of customers in Ontario, the Debt Retirement Charge is 0.7 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), therefore the charge on your bill will vary with your electricity use.  The Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation (OEFC) reports $982 million in revenue was collected in 2009 from the Debt Retirement Charge.

The OEFC estimates the debt will likely be retired between 2014 - 2018.  This estimate has been updated from the previous estimate of 2012 - 2020.

For further information on the Debt Retirement Charge, please refer to http://www.oefc.on.ca/debtmanage.html

Debt Retirement News Article:
September 1, 2011
Hydro debt charge to stay for years, agency says
 

Other items on your bill if you have signed with an electricity retailer

If you have signed a contract with an independent electricity retailer, in addition to the above there will some other items on your bill.  These include:

Global Adjustment line:  It can be a credit or a charge to you, and is your share of the difference between government regulated and contract prices for electricity paid to certain generators and the market prices they would have received had they not been subject to government regulation or contracts.  If you buy electricity under the Regulated Price Plan, an estimate of this amount is already reflected in the stable price for electricity set by the OEB, shown on the "Electricity" line of your bill.  If you buy from an electricity retailer, the Provincial Benefit is not included in the contract price offered by the retailer, so on your bill it's shown as a separate item.

 

May 1, 2011 Commercial Rates
GS<50kW


Other sources of information about electricity and rates are:

Ontario Energy Board Call Centre: 416-314-2455

Ministry of Energy: 1-888-668-4636 (toll free)

Independent Electricity System Operator
(IESO): 1-888-448-7777 (toll free)