ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD ACT, 1998 - O. Reg. 365/00

ONTARIO REGULATION 365/00

made under the

Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998

Made: June 21, 2000
Filed: June 23, 2000

Amending O. Reg. 161/99

(Definitions and Exemptions)

1.Section 1 of Ontario Regulation 161/99 is amended by adding the following subsection:

(2)In section 96 of the Act,

“the public interest” means the interests of consumers, as defined in Part V of the Act, with respect to the pricing, availability, reliability and quality of electricity service.

(3)Subsection (2) applies only in respect of applications under section 92 of the Act.

2.The Regulation is amended by adding the following section immediately before the heading “Exemptions”:

1.1In this Regulation,

“municipal electricity utility” means a municipal electricity utility as defined in section 88 of the Electricity Act, 1998;

“subsidiary” has the same meaning as in the Business Corporations Act.

3.(1)Subsection 4.1 (1) of the Regulation is amended by revoking the definitions of “municipal electric utility” and “subsidiary”.

(2)Clause 4.1 (3) (a) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “municipal electric utility” and substituting “municipal electricity utility”.

(3)Subsection 4.1 (6) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “June 30, 2000” and substituting “September 30, 2000”.

4.The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

6.2(1)Subsection 92 (1) of the Act does not apply to,

(a) a person that constructs, expands or reinforces an electricity distribution line;

(b) a person that makes an interconnection linking a distribution system with an adjacent distribution system;

(d) a person that expands an electricity transmission line in length by 2 kilometres or less; or

(e) a person that constructs, expands or reinforces an electricity transmission line or makes an interconnection linking a transmission system with an adjacent distribution system, if the construction, expansion or reinforcement of the line or the making of the interconnection began before subsection 92 (1) of the Act came into force.

(2)Clause (1) (e) does not apply to a person that constructs, expands or reinforces an electricity transmission line for the purpose of linking a transmission system with an adjacent transmission system.

(3)For the purpose of clause (1) (e), the construction, expansion or reinforcement of a line or the making of an interconnection shall be deemed to have begun,

(a) on the date on which the first contract was awarded for carrying out part or all of the construction, expansion or reinforcement of the line or the making of the interconnection, if any contracts were awarded for that purpose; and

(b) on the date on which the construction, expansion or reinforcement of the line or the making of the interconnection started, if no contracts were awarded for carrying out part or all of the construction, expansion or reinforcement.

5.(1)Subject to subsection (2), this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

(2)Sections 1 and 4 come into force on the day subsection 92 (1) of Schedule B to the Energy Competition Act, 1998 comes into force.