Unpaid amounts to be paid to the OPA
13. (1) This section applies if a low-volume consumer or designated consumer would otherwise be entitled under this Regulation to a payment from the IESO, a licensed distributor or a participating retailer but no longer has the account with that entity that it had in the period commencing April 1, 2004 and ending March 31, 2005 and, (a) the consumer has not provided a current address on or before March 31, 2006 to the entity with which it had the account; (b) the consumer has provided a current address on or before March 31, 2006 but, despite the best efforts of the entity to make the payment, the consumer has not received the payment on or before March 31, 2007 or has not cashed the cheque for the payment on or before March 31, 2007; or (c) the amount otherwise payable to the consumer is less than $3. O. Reg. 538/05, s. 5. (2) If this section applies in respect of an amount that would otherwise be payable under this Regulation to a low-volume consumer or designated consumer, the amount ceases to be payable to the consumer and shall be paid in accordance with subsection (4), (5), (6), (6.1) or (6.3). O. Reg. 538/05, s. 5; O. Reg. 188/06, s. 1 (1). (3) Revoked: O. Reg. 188/06, s. 1 (2). (4) If this section applies in respect of an amount otherwise payable to a consumer by an embedded distributor, the following rules apply: 1. The embedded distributor shall, before the expiry of the period specified by the Board, pay the amount to its host distributor. 2. The host distributor shall make a payment equal to the payment required under paragraph 1 to the IESO before the expiry of the period specified by the IESO. 3. Revoked: O. Reg. 188/06, s. 1 (3). O. Reg. 538/05, s. 5; O. Reg. 188/06, s. 1 (3). (5) If this section applies in respect of an amount otherwise payable to a consumer by a licensed distributor who is a market participant, the licensed distributor shall, before the expiry of the period specified by the IESO, pay the amount to the IESO. O. Reg. 188/06, s. 1 (4). (6) If this section applies in respect of an amount otherwise payable to a consumer by a participating retailer, the following rules apply: 1. The participating retailer shall, before the expiry of the period specified by the Board, pay the amount to the licensed distributor within whose service area the consumer to whom the amount would otherwise be payable was located. 2. If the licensed distributor who receives the payment under paragraph 1 is an embedded distributor, it shall make a payment equal to the payment required under paragraph 1 to its host distributor before the expiry of the period specified by the Board. 3. The licensed distributor who receives a payment under paragraph 1, if it is a market participant, or the host distributor who receives a payment under paragraph 2, whichever is the case, shall make a payment equal to the payment required under paragraph 1 to the IESO before the expiry of the period specified by the IESO. 4. Revoked: O. Reg. 188/06, s. 1 (5). O. Reg. 538/05, s. 5; O. Reg. 188/06, s. 1 (5). (6.1) The IESO shall make a payment to West Coast Huron Energy Inc. equal to the lesser of, (a) $191,000; and (b) the sum of, (i) all amounts referred to in subsection (1) that would otherwise be payable by the IESO to a consumer, and (ii) all payments to the IESO required under paragraph 2 of subsection (4), subsection (5), or paragraph 3 of subsection (6). O. Reg. 188/06, s. 1 (6). (6.2) The IESO may determine the method by which it pays the amount under subsection (6.1) and the time or times within with the payment or payments are made. O. Reg. 188/06, s. 1 (6). (6.3) If the sum determined under clause (6.1) (b) exceeds the amount payable by the IESO under subsection (6.1), the IESO shall pay the amount of the difference to the OPA before the expiry of the period specified by the OPA. O. Reg. 188/06, s. 1 (6). (7) Any amount payable to the OPA under this section shall be applied to the OPA’s variance account established under section 25.33 of the Electricity Act, 1998. O. Reg. 538/05, s. 5.