Ontario Electricity Rates

• Ontario announces off-peak electricity rates for residents, small businesses starting Jan. 18

  Rates for small businesses and residential customers in Ontario would switch to off-peak starting Jan. 18 at 12:01 a.m. — all day — for 21 days to offset COVID restrictions.

  Health

  Jan 7, 2022
  
• COVID-19 pandemic zaps electricity usage in Ontario as people stay home

  Demand for electricity in Ontario last year fell to levels rarely seen in decades amid shifts in usage patterns caused by pandemic measures, new data show.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2021
  
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• Coronavirus: Ontario government extends off-peak electricity rate cap by nearly 2 weeks

  The cap, which was set to expire on Thursday, will now be in place until Feb. 9.

  Consumer

  Jan 28, 2021
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• Coronavirus: Ontario’s electricity price cap scheduled to end on Thursday

  As of Jan. 1 and for a period of 28 days, the Ontario government set electricity prices at the off-peak rate for all time-of-use and tiered customers.

  Consumer

  Jan 25, 2021
• Ontarians can switch hydro bills from time-of-use to tiered pricing — but should they?

  Hydro bills are going up on Nov. 1 but Ontarians are also getting a new choice on how they are billed that could create some savings.

  Consumer

  Oct 30, 2020
• Coronavirus: Ontario’s latest electricity measures leave out hundreds of thousands of customers

  Ontario's ban on disconnecting electricity during the COVID-19 pandemic and price roll-backs for energy do not apply to hundreds of thousands of customers.

  Consumer

  Mar 26, 2020
• Ontario announces stricter consumer protections that do ‘not apply’ to 325K hydro customers

  The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) approved new, stricter consumer protections that do "not apply" to more than 325,000 hydro customers in the province.

  Consumer

  Mar 19, 2019
• Kathleen Wynne’s approval rating drops to all-time low of 12% in new poll

  Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne's approval rating has dropped to a new all-time low of just 12 per cent, according to a poll released by the Angus Reid Institute Friday.

  Canada

  Mar 24, 2017
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• Northern Ontario ratepayer puts Kathleen Wynne on the hot seat during photo op

  Premier Kathleen Wynne was put on the hot seat over her new hydro plan today, not by reporters or opposition politicians, but by a ratepayer from Sturgeon Falls, Ont.

  Consumer

  Mar 3, 2017
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• Ontario hydro crisis timeline: How did we get here and what comes next?

  An in-depth timeline of the hydro affordability crisis across Ontario that has become the most significant political issue for the provincial Liberal party ahead of the upcoming 2018 election.

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2017