Lump sum financial assistance for certain rate-assisted consumers
 4.1 (1) In this section, “invoice period” means invoice period as defined in section 4; (“période visée par la facture”) “prescribed period” means, (a)  in respect of a consumer, the period beginning on November 1, 2019 and ending on the last day of the last billing period for which an invoice is issued before March 1, 2020 for the eligible account, (b)  in respect of a person referred to in clause 4 (1) (b), the period beginning on November 1, 2019 and ending on the last day of the last invoice period for which an invoice is issued before March 1, 2020; (“période prescrite”) “rate-assisted consumer” means a prescribed rate-assisted consumer under Ontario Regulation 14/18 (Ontario Electricity Support Program) made under the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, and a reference to a class of rate-assisted consumer is a reference to that class as set out in Schedule 1 to that Regulation. (“consommateur admissible à l’aide tarifaire”) O. Reg. 16/20, s. 4. (2) A consumer who, at any time during the prescribed period, received both financial assistance under the Act and rate assistance under the Ontario Electricity Support Program, is entitled to financial assistance of a lump sum payment in the amount set out in clause (4) (a). O. Reg. 16/20, s. 4. (3) A person referred to in clause 4 (1) (b) who, at any time during the prescribed period, received both financial assistance under the Act and rate assistance under the Ontario Electricity Support Program, is entitled to financial assistance of a lump sum payment in the amount set out in clause (4) (b). O. Reg. 16/20, s. 4. (4) The amount payable is, (a)  in the case of a consumer, the amount set out in Column 2 of the Table to this subsection for each billing period within the prescribed period during which the consumer received both the financial assistance and rate assistance as a rate-assisted consumer of the class specified in Column 1 of the Table; and (b)  in the case of a person referred to in clause 4 (1) (b), the amount set out in Column 2 of the Table to this subsection for each invoice period within the prescribed period during which the person received both the financial assistance and rate assistance as a rate-assisted consumer of the class specified in Column 1 of the Table. Table Item   Column 1   Class of rate-assisted consumer   Column 2   Amount, in dollars ($)  

  1.   Class A   11.13 

  2.   Class B   12.72 

  3.   Class C   14.31 

  4.   Class D   16.22 

  5.   Class E   16.54 

  6.   Class F   18.13 

  7.   Class G   19.08 

  8.   Class H   20.03 

  9.   Class I   21.62 

  10.   Class J   23.85 

  11.   Class K   26.39 

  12.   Class L   28.62 

  13.   Class M   35.93 O. Reg. 16/20, s. 4. (5) A billing period or invoice period that began before November 1, 2019 and ended within the prescribed period shall be considered, for the purposes of subsection (4), as having fallen wholly within the prescribed period. O. Reg. 16/20, s. 4. (6) The entitlement to financial assistance under subsection (2) or (3) applies in respect of the first billing period or invoice period, as the case may be, following the prescribed period for the consumer or person referred to in clause 4 (1) (b). O. Reg. 16/20, s. 4. (7) Despite subsections (2) and (3), there is no entitlement to any financial assistance under this section if any invoice issued in respect of a billing period or invoice period, as the case may be, that falls within the prescribed period is a final invoice issued in respect of the applicable account. O. Reg. 16/20, s. 4. (8) Every electricity vendor who provides financial assistance under this section shall maintain an account that records, in respect of each billing period for each consumer, the amounts paid by the electricity vendor as financial assistance under this section. O. Reg. 16/20, s. 4. (9) Every unit sub-meter provider who provides financial assistance under this section shall maintain an account that records, in respect of each invoice period for each person referred to in clause 4 (1) (b), the amounts paid by the unit sub-meter provider as financial assistance under this section. O. Reg. 16/20, s. 4. (10) For greater certainty, financial assistance provided under this section is in addition to any other financial assistance to which there is an entitlement under this Part. O. Reg. 16/20, s. 4.