For those who like to have a view of relative billing for residential consumers, I have pulled data from the OEB rates calculator for the winter of 2022 and removed the low-density Distribution Rate Protected (DRP) outliers.
Current numbers can always be pulled from the OEB Bill Calculator on an individual basis.
The information I have provided is to satisfy curiosity and should only be considered as a snapshot in time. As I am not being paid to do this, I make no claims to its absolute accuracy. If you want more information you can look to your own distributor and the OEB.
What is being presented is residential billing and I have removed seasonal and low-density DRP bills from the comparison because the base portion of their delivery rates are being held to approximately $37 per month.
The DRP consumers are serviced by the following utilities:
- Atikokan Hydro Inc.
- InnPower Corporation.
- Chapleau Public Utilities Corporation.
- Sioux Lookout Hydro Inc.
- Northern Ontario Wires Inc.
- Algoma Power Inc. with the R1 residential-rate classification
- Hydro One Networks R1 (year-round medium-density residential) or R2 (year-round low-density residential) residential-rate classification
- Lakeland Power Distribution Ltd. residential-rate classification, within the former Parry Sound Power service area
According to the OEB, the factors that impact the cost of delivering your electricity are:
- The age and condition of each utility’s equipment
- The size of the utility service area
- Customer density, and location of customers relative to one another
- The number of residential customers compared to the number of businesses and industrial customers
- The geographic location of customers and the complexity of maintaining distribution equipment within the region. For example, it can be more costly to maintain equipment in more rural or cottage areas due to the terrain.
According to the OEB the Local Distribution Company delivery charge for a typical 700kWh residential customer ranked highest to lowest is
The average monthly bill
Based on the number of residential customers served by each distribution company, the weighted average monthly cost of delivery is approximately $45.80 for 700kWh of electricity consumption. Pass-through amounts for energy and regulatory charges are added to delivery cost to make up the billing total. For a Time of Use (TOU) consumer, the charge for 700 kWh of energy would be $72.39 with regulatory charges of $3.18. Adding all of these quantities together, the average bill would be $121.37 before tax and rebate. Note that this is an average, and is not equivalent to how the OEB defines a proxy customer for rate-setting purposes.
Derek
