On March 29, 2016, the OEB issued a Notice indicating that it is commencing a
policy review to address the question of how a commercial and
industrial customer should be billed when they have a Load
Displacement Generator (LDG) behind the meter. As part of this
process, the OEB indicates that it will also undertake a review of
the appropriate billing for other rates such as Retail Transmission
Service Rates (RTSR) and other elements of the bill, including the
Global Adjustment (GA). It is not clear how the planned policy
review will fit with the OEB's ongoing project on Rate Design
for Electricity Commercial and Industrial Customers (described in a
recent
post).
The OEB's Notice points to the fact that there is an
increasing number of customers with load displacement or
behind-the-meter generation facilities. The OEB notes that most of
these customers are billed on a "net load" basis (such
that their distribution bill is based on net energy consumption as
measured
