PART V REGULATION OF ELECTRICITY
Distribution rate-protected residential consumers
79.3 (1) The Minister shall provide for distribution rate protection to distribution rate-protected residential consumers having regard to the costs of the distribution of electricity to such consumers with respect to electricity consumed on or after the date prescribed by the regulations. 2017, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 4. Money appropriated by the Legislature (2) The money required for the purposes of the provision of distribution rate protection under this section shall be paid out of the money appropriated for those purposes by the Legislature. 2017, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 4. Maximum charge (3) Despite any order of the Board, or anything else under this Act, where the regulations so provide, a prescribed distributor who distributes electricity to distribution rate-protected residential consumers shall not charge those consumers, or a prescribed class of those consumers, any amount for monthly base distribution charges more than, (a)  the maximum amount for the charge that is provided for in the regulations; or (b)  the amount determined by the Board after applying any calculations, processes or methods provided for in the regulations. 2017, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 4. Distributors (4) A distributor who is prescribed under this section is entitled to be compensated from the money referred to in subsection (2) for lost revenue resulting from the provision of the distribution rate protection to distribution rate-protected residential consumers under this section. 2017, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 4. Information, etc. (5) If provided for in the regulations, the Board, the IESO and distributors, or any of them shall provide such information and reports to the Ministry of Energy and to one another as are necessary to facilitate the implementation, administration, funding and delivery of distribution rate protection or of anything else required under this section. 2017, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 4. Limitation periods for distribution rate protection, consumer (6) Despite any past entitlement of a consumer who is eligible to distribution rate protection under this section, no distribution rate protection is payable to a consumer after a limitation period prescribed by the regulations in respect of the consumer, other than in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations. 2017, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 4. Limitation, reimbursement of distributor, etc. (7) Despite any requirement under this Act to reimburse a prescribed distributor or other person for distribution rate protection provided by them to distribution rate-protected residential consumers under this section, no amounts for reimbursement are payable to the prescribed distributor or other person after a limitation period prescribed by the regulations in respect of the prescribed distributor or other person, where such reimbursement is based on a consumer’s past entitlement under this section which has not yet been paid or reimbursed under this section, other than in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations. 2017, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 4. Transitional (8) If, for technical or operational reasons, a distributor referred to in subsection (3) is unable to adapt its invoices to comply with this section and the regulations by the time it issues its first invoice for electricity consumed after the prescribed date in respect of an account of a consumer who is eligible for distribution rate protection under this section, (a)  the distributor shall adapt its invoices as soon as possible and, in any event, no later than a date prescribed in the regulations; and (b)  consumers continue to be entitled to receive the distribution rate protection to which they are entitled under this Act and may receive it as a lump sum credit on the invoice for the first billing period after the invoices have been adapted or by such other means as may be prescribed by the regulations. 2017, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 4. Regulations (9) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, (a)  prescribing consumers or classes of consumers as distribution rate-protected residential consumers for the purposes of this section; (b)  prescribing dates for the purposes of subsections (1) and (8); (c)  prescribing distributors for the purposes of this section; (d)  governing anything that is described in this section as being prescribed or as being provided for in the regulations or that is required to be done in accordance with the regulations; (e)  governing the provision of distribution rate protection by the Minister in respect of distribution rate-protected residential consumers under this section including determining the method or methods of calculating the amount of rate protection to be provided; (f)  requiring the IESO to receive payments from the Minister and to make payments to licensed distributors, or to persons prescribed by the regulations, in respect of the distribution rate protection provided for under this section and prescribing methods for determining the amounts payable to distributors or distribution rate-protected residential consumers in respect of that protection. 2017, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 4. Interpretation (10) In this section, “distribution rate-protected residential consumer” has the meaning provided for in the regulations; (“consommateur résidentiel protégé contre les frais de distribution”) “monthly base distribution charges” has the meaning provided for in the regulations. (“frais de distribution mensuels de base”) 2017, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 4. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 15, Sched. B, s. 79.11 (1) - 01/01/2005 2002, c. 23, s. 4 (11) - 09/12/2002 2003, c. 8, s. 4 - 01/04/2004 2017, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 4 - 01/06/2017