OESP administrative costs
 7. (1) In this section, “quarter” means, in relation to a year, the three-month period that begins on January 1, April 1, July 1 or October 1. (2) The Board shall provide to the Minister, at the times and in the form and manner specified by the Minister, a report for each quarter in a year forecasting the OESP administrative costs the Board reasonably expects to incur during the quarter, and specifying both the amount and type of each expected cost. (3) Following receipt of a quarterly report under subsection (2), the Minister shall, with respect to each OESP administrative cost listed in the report, (a)  approve the cost, in whole or in part; or (b)  decline to approve the cost. (4) The Board may, during a quarter for which it has provided a quarterly report under subsection (2), provide to the Minister an updated quarterly report containing any additional OESP administrative costs not included in the original quarterly report or any revisions in respect of the amount or type of any OESP administrative cost listed in the original quarterly report, so long as the additional or revised cost has not yet been incurred. (5) Subsection (3) applies with respect to an updated quarterly report provided to the Minister under subsection (4), but only in relation to each additional or revised cost. (6) For every month in which the Board incurs OESP administrative costs for which it wishes to be reimbursed, the Board shall provide to the IESO, at the times and in the form and manner specified by the Minister, information respecting the amount and type of each such OESP administrative cost, and any adjustments to be made in respect of earlier months. (7) The IESO shall provide to the Minister, at the times and in the form and manner specified by the Minister, the information provided to the IESO under subsection (6). (8) Based on the information provided under subsection (7) for a month, the Minister shall pay to the IESO a sufficient amount to reimburse the Board for the OESP administrative costs it incurred during the month that were approved by the Minister under subsection (3), subject to any adjustments to be made in respect of earlier months. (9) The Minister may make payments under subsection (8) respecting an incurred OESP administrative cost regardless of whether it was actually incurred earlier or later than forecast in the applicable quarterly report. (10) If the Minister receives information under subsection (7) respecting an OESP administrative cost that was not approved by the Minister under subsection (3), the Minister shall, (a)  pay to the IESO a sufficient amount to wholly or partially reimburse the Board for the cost; or (b)  decline to pay an amount for reimbursement of the cost. (11) The IESO shall, subject to subsection (14), pay to the Board the amounts received by it under subsection (8) or (10). (12) The Minister shall give notice to the Board of any decision made by the Minister under this section. (13) Despite subsections (8), (10) and (11), no amount is payable under this section in relation to an OESP administrative cost if the Board fails without reasonable cause to provide any information respecting that cost that is required to be provided under subsection (6) within the time it is required to be provided. (14) If the Board so authorizes and provides notice to the IESO of the authorization, (a)  such information required to be provided by the Board under subsection (6) as the Board specifies may be provided by the centralized service provider; and (b)  such amounts payable to the Board under subsection (11) as the Board specifies shall be paid to the centralized service provider. (15) Revoked: O. Reg. 14/18, s. 14.