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Rate-assisted consumers
 2. The account-holders set out in Schedule 1 are prescribed as rate-assisted consumers for the purposes of subsection 79.2 (7) of the Act.
Rate assistance
 3. (1) Rate assistance shall be provided to rate-assisted consumers on a monthly basis. (2) The monthly amount of rate assistance for each class of rate-assisted consumer set out in Schedule 1 is, (a)  $35 for account-holders in Class A; (b)  $40 for account-holders in Class B; (c)  $45 for account-holders in Class C; (d)  $51 for account-holders in Class D; (e)  $52 for account-holders in Class E; (f)  $57 for account-holders in Class F; (g)  $60 for account-holders in Class G; (h)  $63 for account-holders in Class H; (i)  $68 for account-holders in Class I; (j)  $75 for account-holders in Class J; (k)  $83 for account-holders in Class K; (l)  $90 for account-holders in Class L; and (m)  $113 for account-holders in Class M.
Payments to rate-assisted consumers
 4. (1) An electricity provider shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it receives notice from the Board or the centralized service provider that one of its account-holders is eligible for rate assistance, apply the applicable rate assistance to the account-holder’s bill. (2) In providing rate assistance to rate-assisted consumers, electricity providers shall, subject to subsection 79.2 (13) of the Act, comply with any applicable code issued by the Board or licence condition.
Compensation for lost revenue to unit sub-meter providers
 6. (1) Every unit sub-meter provider who provides rate assistance shall provide to the IESO, at the times and in the form and manner specified by the IESO, information respecting the amount of rate assistance provided to rate-assisted consumers who have accounts with the unit sub-meter provider for the last month ending before the day the information is to be provided, and any adjustments to be made in respect of earlier months. (2) The IESO shall provide to the Minister, at the times and in the form and manner specified by the Minister, the total amount reported to the IESO under subsection (1) in respect of the last month ending before the day the information is to be provided. (3) Based on the information provided under this section for a month, (a)  the Minister shall pay to the IESO, in keeping with the IESO timelines for invoice payments, sufficient amounts to compensate unit sub-meter providers for lost revenue resulting from the provision of rate assistance for the month to rate-assisted consumers who have accounts with unit sub-meter providers, subject to any adjustments to be made in respect of earlier months; and (b)  the IESO shall pay to each unit sub-meter provider a sufficient amount to compensate the unit sub-meter provider for lost revenue resulting from the provision of rate assistance for the month to rate-assisted consumers who have accounts with the unit sub-meter provider, subject to any adjustments to be made in respect of earlier months. (4) Despite subsection (3), the amount of compensation to which a unit sub-meter provider is entitled is subject to such subsequent adjustments as may be required by reason of, (a)  the provision to a person to whom information is given under this section of additional information; or (b)  a determination made by an inspector who conducts an inspection or inquiry under section 79.8 of the Act that relates to the unit sub-meter provider. (5) Despite subsections (3) and (4), no amount is payable as compensation to a unit sub-meter provider who fails without reasonable cause to provide any information required to be provided under subsection (1) within the time it is required to be provided. (6) Payments required under this section by a person or entity and any subsequent adjustments may be made, at the option of the person or entity, by way of set-off against any applicable accounts maintained by the person or entity with the person or entity to whom the payments are to be made.
Additional duty to provide information
 8. (1) No later than June 30 in each year, the Board shall provide to the Minister, in the form and manner specified by the Minister, the following information respecting the provision of rate assistance in the preceding calendar year: 1.  The number of rate-assisted consumers on December 31. 2.  The number of account-holders who were entitled to receive rate assistance for any period during the year, but who were no longer rate-assisted consumers on December 31. (2) The Board shall provide to the Minister, at the times and in the form and manner specified by the Minister, the following information respecting the provision of rate assistance with respect to any period specified by the Minister: 1.  The number of applications made for OESP during the period and, in respect of those applications, i.  the number of applications in which the applicant or any member of the account holder’s family living within the household is an Indigenous person, ii.  the number of applications that stated that the account-holder or a member of the account-holder’s household regularly uses, for medical purposes, an electricity-intensive medical device at the dwelling to which the account relates, and iii.  the number of applications that stated that the dwelling to which account relates is heated primarily by electricity. 2.  The number of applications for OESP accepted for rate assistance during the period, and the number of applications declined. 3.  The number of applications for OESP made to a person or entity authorized under section 79.2.1 of the Act to process OESP applications that, i.  were made during the period, ii.  were accepted during the period, and iii.  as of the last day of the period, A.  were being processed, or B.  were delayed in being processed due to an error or omission. (3) The IESO shall provide to the Minister, at the times and in the form and manner specified by the Minister, the following information respecting the provision of rate assistance with respect to any period specified by the Minister: 1.  For each electricity provider with whom a rate-assisted consumer had an account during the period, i.  the amount of rate assistance provided during the period by the electricity provider, specified both as a total amount and by class of rate-assisted consumer, and ii.  the number of invoices issued to rate-assisted consumers who had an account with the electricity provider during the period, specified both as a total amount and by class of rate-assisted consumer. 2.  Any other information respecting the provision of rate assistance that the Minister may specify.
Additional duty of IESO to provide information
 9. The IESO shall, when providing information related to the provision of rate assistance to the Board as required by the Board, also provide the information to the Minister.
Reliance on information
 10. For the purposes of this Regulation, a person or entity to whom information is required to be provided under this Regulation shall rely on that information.
Appropriations
 11. For greater certainty, any requirement in this Regulation for the Minister to pay amounts that are payable out of money appropriated by the Legislature under subsection 79.2 (4) of the Act to another person or entity, whether within a specified time or otherwise, is subject to the appropriation having been made.
Limitation period
 12. (1) The limitation period applicable to rate-assisted consumers for the purposes of subsection 79.2 (10.1) of the Act is 24 months after the date of issuance of the invoice in which the rate protection was not provided to the rate-assisted consumer. O. Reg. 158/23, s. 1. (2) The limitation period applicable to a licensed distributor, including a host distributor, or a unit sub-meter provider for the purposes of subsection 79.2 (10.1) of the Act is six months after the earliest date when the distributor or unit sub-meter provider could have submitted a claim for reimbursement for an amount of rate assistance that the licensed distributor or unit sub-meter provider provided to a rate-assisted consumer. O. Reg. 158/23, s. 1. (3) In the event of a conflict between a limitation period referred to in subsection (2) and a limitation period provided for in section 36.1.1 of the Electricity Act, 1998, the limitation period that provides the longest time period for a claim to be made prevails. O. Reg. 158/23, s. 1.
Limitation period
 13. Revoked: O. Reg. 14/18, s. 14.
Limitation period
 14. Omitted (provides for amendments to this Regulation).
Limitation period
 15. Omitted (revokes other Regulations).