Ontario Sustainable Energy Association

5 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 2 procurement • Active participation in the Ontario Power Generation (OPG) rate application for 2022- 2026 payments for prescribed facilities (EB-2020-0290). OSEA was instrumental in deferring $40M of variance account payments related to Surplus Baseload Generation until further analysis is completed. The deferral was part of the largest settlement agreement in OEB history, where intervenors and OPG agreed to reduce funds by over $500M over the rate- application time period • Activate participation in the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) fee application (EB-2020-0230). OSEA, through the settlement agreement and its actions, was able to secure commitment by IESO to release more planning data on the electricity sector to support local communities understand their electricity infrastructure capabilities and options to meet sustainability goals. In addition, OSEA was able to defer the implementation of a higher application fee until the impact on competition was assessed by the IESO; helping ensure small-scale generation is not unfairly harmed by the higher application fee. • Prepared comments on the OEB Staff Discussion Paper on CDM Activities; advocating for enhanced planning approach to CDM activities, expanded definition of CDM and support for many of the Staff’s recommendations • Ongoing participation in the Multi-year DSM program application from Enbridge (EB- 2021-0002) and the Hydro One Joint Rate Application 2023-2027 (EB-2021-0110) In the past year, OSEA also contributed to both Provincial and Federal issues such as: A Provincial Hydrogen Technology Roadmap, to use clean energy stakeholders to address a variety of existing impediments in Ontario to sustainable energy. OSEA is a recognized intervenor to the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) where it focuses on improving access to the electric grid, accelerating the deployment of more DERs, and improving energy efficiency utility implementation plans by all rate-regulated utilities, overseen by the OEB. Of note: • Participated in the Natural Gas Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) (EB-2020-0091) and advocated for enhanced planning activities to support Demand-Side Management (DSM) programs, integrating non-pipeline alternatives (NPAs), and consideration for future climate change policy impacts • Advocated adjustment to the annual supply plan for Enbridge (EB-2021-0004) to ensure gas supply from neighbouring jurisdictions accurately reflect Ontario’s carbon price regime in the future through the blind