Outage Causes and Prevention- Statement to Customers
We recognize there has been an increase in occurrences of brief and sustained power outages in our service territories and can assure you that we are working to fix this...
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COVID-19 Energy Assistance Program (CEAP)
On June 1, 2020, the Government of Ontario confirmed that it is making $9 million available for the COVID-19 Energy Assistance Program (CEAP), to support residential customers struggling to pay...
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COVID-19 Recovery Rate starting June 1, 2020
The Government of Ontario has introduced a COVID-19 Recovery Rate of 12.8 cents/kWh for all time-of-use (TOU) electricity customers, to support Ontarians as we restart the economy. Households, farms and...
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Ontario Government has extended Off-Peak TOU until May 31, 2020
The Government of Ontario is extending temporary emergency relief to support Ontarians impacted by the global COVID-19 outbreak. Households, farms and small businesses who pay time-of-use electricity rates will continue...
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ONTARIO ANNOUNCES GLOBAL ADJUSTMENT DEFERRAL FOR COMPANIES
Ontario is deferring a portion of Global Adjustment (GA) charges for industrial and commercial electricity consumers that do not participate in the Regulated Price Plan (RPP), starting from April 2020....
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ESSEX POWERLINES CONFIRMS ONTARIO GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT OF OFF-PEAK TIME OF USE RATES EFFECTIVE TODAY
Essex Powerlines along with other Local Distribution Companies across Ontario have been working diligently with the Electricity Distributors Association and the Ministry of Energy to provide rate relief measures to...
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