Interpretation
 1. (1) In this Regulation, “account-holder” means a consumer, (a)  who has an account with a licensed distributor that falls within a residential-rate classification as specified in a rate order made by the Board under section 78 of the Act, and who lives at the service address to which the account relates for at least six months in a year, (b)  who has an account with Dubreuil Lumber Inc. or Cornwall Street Railway Light and Power Company Limited for electricity service at a dwelling, and who lives at the dwelling for at least six months in a year, or (c)  who has an account with a unit sub-meter provider for electricity service at a dwelling, and who lives at the dwelling for at least six months in a year; (“détenteur de compte”) “centralized service provider” means the entity engaged by the Board to administer the OESP on the Board’s behalf; (“fournisseur de service centralisé”) “electricity-intensive medical device” means an oxygen concentrator, a mechanical ventilator or a kidney dialysis machine; (“appareil médical à forte consommation d’électricité”) “electricity provider” means, in relation to an account-holder, the licensed distributor referred to in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “account-holder” or the unit sub-meter provider referred to in clause (c) of that definition, as the case may be; (“fournisseur d’électricité”) “embedded distributor” means a licensed distributor who is not a market participant and to whom a host distributor distributes electricity; (“distributeur intégré”) “host distributor” means a licensed distributor who is a market participant and who distributes electricity to an embedded distributor; (“distributeur hôte”) “household” means, subject to subsections (2) and (3), the account-holder and any other people living at the account-holder’s service address or dwelling for at least six months in a year, including people other than the account-holder’s spouse, children or other relatives; (“ménage”) “household income” means the combined annual after-tax income of all members of a household aged 18 or over; (“revenu du ménage”) “Indigenous person” means a person who is a First Nations person, a Métis person or an Inuit person; (“Autochtone”) “licensed distributor” means a distributor who is licensed under Part V of the Act; (“distributeur titulaire d’un permis”) “OESP” means the Ontario Electricity Support Program continued under section 79.2 of the Act; (“POAFE”) “OESP administrative costs” means the Board’s costs in respect of the delivery or administration of the OESP; (“frais d’administration du POAFE”) “rate assistance” means OESP rate assistance under section 79.2 of the Act. (“aide tarifaire”) (2) When applications are processed pursuant to an agreement with the Minister of Community and Social Services under section 79.2.1 of the Act on behalf of an account-holder who is a recipient of income support under the Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997, who is an applicant that satisfies the requirements set out in clauses 5 (1) (b) to (e) of that Act or who is a member of such a recipient’s or applicant’s benefit unit, as defined in that Act, “household” has the same meaning as “benefit unit” in the Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997. (3) When applications are processed pursuant to an agreement with the Minister of Community and Social Services under section 79.2.1 of the Act on behalf of an account-holder who is a recipient of basic financial assistance under the Ontario Works Act, 1997, who is an applicant eligible for basic financial assistance under that Act or who is a member of such a recipient’s or applicant’s benefit unit, as defined in that Act, “household” has the same meaning as “benefit unit” in the Ontario Works Act, 1997. (4) For the purposes of this Regulation, (a)  Hydro One Remote Communities Inc. is deemed to be an embedded distributor and Hydro One Networks Inc. is deemed to be its host distributor; (b)  Cornwall Street Railway Light and Power Company Limited is deemed to be an embedded distributor and Canadian Niagara Power Inc. is deemed to be its host distributor; and (c)  Dubreuil Lumber Inc. is deemed to be an embedded distributor and Algoma Power Inc. is deemed to be its host distributor. (5) Subsection (4) ceases to apply with respect to an entity that is deemed to be an embedded distributor if the entity ceases to be a licensed distributor.