Toronto: The 2012 Provincial Transmission Service tariffs and the Export Transmission Service tariff have been set, effective January 1, 2012, under a recent Ontario Energy Board rate order. The new Provincial Transmission Service rates are:
• Network Service Rate: $3.57/kW of Network Billing demand (up from the 2011 rate of $3.22/kW)
• Line Connection Service Rate: $0.80/kW of Line Connection Billing demand (up from the 2011 rate of $0.79/kW)
• Transformation Connection Service Rate: $1.86/kW of Transformation Connection Billing demand (up from the 2011 rate of $1.77/kW).
The IESO collects OEB-regulated transmission service charges from applicable market participants and distributes payments to transmitters. These are billed monthly by the IESO using the following Charge Types:
• 650 Network Service Charge
• 651 Line Connection Service Charge
• 652 Transformation Connection Service Charge
The 2012 Export Transmission Service tariff is unchanged from the 2011 rate, at $2.00/MWh. The ETS tariff applies to all wheel-through and export transactions from Ontario and is billed monthly by the IESO using Charge Type 653 – Export Transmission Service Charge.
The OEB’s December 20, 2011 rate order is available here.