Powers of commissions
10. (1) Except as herein provided, all the powers, rights, authorities and privileges that are conferred by the Public Utilities Act on a municipal corporation in respect of power shall be exercised on behalf of each area municipality by the new commission in respect of the area municipality and not by the council of any municipality or any other person. Right to distribute and supply power (2) Each new commission has the sole right to distribute and supply power within the area municipality in respect of which the new commission is continued. R.S.O. 1990, c. R.16, s. 10 (1, 2). Exception to right to distribute and supply power (3) The right of a new commission to distribute and supply power, (a) is subject to any subsisting contracts for the supply of power made under section 69 of the Power Corporation Act, being chapter 384 of the Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1980; (b) is subject to the rights of the corporation designated as the Ontario Electricity Generation Corporation for the purposes of the Electricity Act, 1998 to supply power and the rights of the corporation designated as the Ontario Electric Services Corporation for the purposes of the Electricity Act, 1998 to distribute power in those areas served by the new commission that were served by Ontario Hydro on December 31, 1984; and (c) is subject to the rights of any other person or body, other than a municipal corporation, that was supplying power on December 31, 1984 in the area served by the new commission. R.S.O. 1990, c. R.16, s. 10 (3); 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 40 (3). Contract for purchase or transmission (4) A new commission may without electoral assent or other approval or authorization contract for the purchase of electricity with the corporation designated as the Ontario Electricity Generation Corporation for the purposes of the Electricity Act, 1998 or for the transmission of electricity with the corporation designated as the Ontario Electric Services Corporation for the purposes of that Act. Subsidiaries included (4.1) For the purposes of subsection (4), a reference to a corporation is deemed to include a subsidiary of that corporation. 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 40 (4). (5), (6) Repealed: 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 40 (5). Direct customers: retail (7) With the consent of a new commission, the corporation designated as the Ontario Electricity Generation Corporation for the purposes of the Electricity Act, 1998 or its subsidiary may retail electricity directly to customers in the area municipality in respect of which the new commission is continued. Direct customers: distribution (8) With the consent of a new commission, the corporation designated as the Ontario Electric Services Corporation for the purposes of the Electricity Act, 1998 or its subsidiary may distribute electricity directly to customers in the area municipality in respect of which the new commission is continued. Repeal (9) Subsections (2), (3), (4), (4.1), (7) and (8) are repealed on the day that subsection 26 (1) of the Electricity Act, 1998 comes into force. 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 40 (6). 11. Repealed: 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 40 (7). Note: Despite the repeal of section 11, subsections 11 (2) to (7), as they read immediately before their repeal, continue to apply to a commission established under subsection 11 (1) before it was repealed, except that the commission is not deemed to be a municipal commission within the meaning of the Power Corporation Act. See: 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 40 (8). 12. Repealed: 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 40 (9).