Ontario Electricity Peak Hours

The ontario energy board is leaving these winter time of use periods in place beyond may 1 2020 to provide greater price stability for customers when they are staying at home.

Ontario electricity peak hours. Time of use summer periods and prices. Off peak when demand for electricity is lowest. 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. This results in a blended rate of 11 cents kwh.

Covid 19 off peak electricity pricing extended to may 31 2020 to support ontarians through the rapidly evolving covid 19 situation the government of ontario issued an emergency order under the emergency management and civil protection act to provide a measure of temporary emergency relief for electricity customers. Time of use electricity prices usually change throughout each weekday when demand is on peak from 7am to 11am and 5pm to 7pm mid peak from 11am to 5pm and off peak from 7pm to 7am. Effective june 1 2020 the provincial government introduced the covid 19 recovery rate. Return to ontario hydro home page.

Mid peak when demand for electricity is moderate. Those rpp tou prices were set on november 1 2019 and are. Covid 19 update new electricity pricing for tou customers in effect june 1. 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 government of ontario has implemented a covid 19 recovery rate. From june 1 to october 31 2020 households farms and small businesses who pay time of use electricity rates will be charged 12 8 kwh around the clock. From toronto hydro to hydro one all regulated retailers in ontario follow the rules set by the oeb including the peak hours for electricity. Customers participating in this initiative are referred to as class a.

According to toronto hydro hydro rates for winter 2020 from november 1 2019 to april 30 2020 present an enormous difference between electricity prices in a single day. Households farms and small business customers that pay time of use tou electricity rates will be billed at the fixed rate of 12 8 cents per kwh 24 hours a day seven days a week. To support families small businesses and farms while ontario plans for the safe and gradual reopening of the province the government of ontario has introduced a new fixed electricity price of 12 8 kwh for customers that are on time of use tou prices. Covid 19 recovery rate for time of use customers.

On april 14 2020 the oeb announced that it would not reset those rpp prices for may 1 2020. These periods are during the daytime but not the busiest times of day.