BUSINESS BILL BREAKDOWN

On the left side of your bill, you'll find your Electricity Charges:

Electricity¹

Regulated Price Plan:

Time-of-Use Rates:

• 11.7 ¢/kWh Highest Price (On-Peak)
• 10.0 ¢/kWh Mid Price (Mid-Peak)
• 6.5 ¢/kWh Lowest Price (Off-Peak)   

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Note:

The Ontario Energy Board increased 'Electricity' prices effective May 1, 2012.  If you are on the Regulated Price Plan (RPP) Tiered Pricing, your consumption in kilowatt (kWhs) is separated into two price tiers under the government's Regulated Price Plan.  Customers will be charged 7.5 cents per kWh for the first 750 kWhs of use per 30 days, while electricity consumed in excess of this threshold will be priced at 8.8 cents per kWh.  For more information visit the Ontario Energy Board's website. 

If you are on RPP Time-of-Use rates, your consumption in kWhs is separated into three periods.  Customers will be charged 11.7 cents per kWh in the Highest Price (On-Peak) period, 10.0 cents per kWh in the Mid Price (Mid-Peak) period and 6.5 cents per kWh in the Lowest Price (Off-Peak) period.  View more information about Time-of-Use rates.

These prices are applicable to those consumers who are already on the Regulated Price Plan.  For other General Service customers, the electricity charges will be based on the Weighted Average Hourly Spot Price.

Toronto Hydro received authorization from the Ontario Energy Board to change its Distribution rates effective May 1, 2011. Changes appeared on your bill effective August 1, 2011.
The authorized changes in Customer Charges and Distribution Charges were reflected in the Delivery portion of the bill. Our Regulator approved the following changes 1) Changes to the Customer Charges and Distribution Charges reflect adjustments in the cost of distribution electricity to customer, including modernization of the distribution system and clearance of deferral account balances. 2) A change in the Transmission Charges from Hydro One. 3) The introduction of a new Late Payment Penalty Rate Rider and a Foregone Revenue Rate Rider. 

Effective May 1, 2012 the following rate riders are discontnued for all rate classes:

• Contact Voltage rate rider
• Regulatory Asset Recovery rate rider (2010 and 2011)
• Fixed and Variable Foregone Revenue rate rider
• Global Adjustment rate rider (applicable non-RPP customers only)

All other distribution rates will remain the same.

Delivery

• Transmission Charge: On per kWh or kW basis depending on the rate class
• Distribution Charge: On per kWh or kVA basis depending on the rate class
• Customer Charge (includes Smart Meter Rate Rider): on a per 30 day basis
• Late Payment Penalty Rate Rider: on a per 30 day basis

Please note, the value of these charges depend on the rate class you belong to.  Please view Business Rates for more information.

These are the costs of delivering electricity from the generator to Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited ("Toronto Hydro"), then to your home or business. These include the costs to build and maintain the transmission and distribution lines, towers and poles and operate provincial and local electricity systems. A portion of these charges is fixed and does not change from month-to-month. Others are variable and increase or decrease depending on the amount of electricity that you use. Costs collected for transmission and operating the provincial grid are passed on, without mark-up, to Hydro One.

Regulatory Charges

• Wholesale Operations Charge¹(includes Rural Rate Protection Charge): 0.65¢ /kWh
• Standard Supply Service Admin Charge²: 0.25¢ /30 days

Regulatory Charges are the costs of administering the wholesale electricity system and maintaining the reliability of the provincial grid, and include the costs associated with funding Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MEI) conservation and renewable energy programs. These charges are collected, without mark-up, by Toronto Hydro and passed on to the MEI.

Debt Retirement Charge

• 0.7¢ /kWh

The Debt Retirement Charge pays down the debt of the former Ontario Hydro. Toronto Hydro collects this charge, without mark-up, on behalf of the Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation.

Other Charges

Details for charges for anything other than electricity, like your rental water heater.

On the right side, you can COMPARE YOUR USAGE:

Important Messages

Here, you'll find conservation tips to help you save money and energy and other important messages.

Your electricity usage

In these boxes, you'll find further information on the data that was used to calculate your charges. Most of this information you've seen before, with the exception of one new section, labelled Self-Contained Units.

Note: You'll see a value in the Self-Contained Units box, if you're a Landlord who owns or operates a property or residential complex that has unmetered units and you've notified us by completing the Declaration Form for Multi-Unit Residential Premises.

¹ Adjustment Factor - When electricity is delivered over a power line, it is normal for a small amount of power to be consumed, or lost, as heat. Equipment, such as wires and transformers, consume power before it gets to your home or business. The adjustment factor is indicated on your bill and accounts for these losses.

² This charge does not apply to customers who purchased their energy from a retailer.