Residential electricity rates

The OEB set the new TOU rates for RPP customers effective May 1, 2021. These rates are explained in the following table, which also indicates the hours to which those rates apply.

These rates cover the cost of electricity purchased on your behalf. Toronto Hydro passes this cost through to you, without mark-up, and pays it directly to our suppliers.

View the TOU holiday schedule

The OEB set the new Tiered rates for RPP customers effective May 1, 2021. These rates are explained in the following table:

These rates cover the cost of electricity purchased on your behalf. Toronto Hydro passes this cost through to you, without mark-up, and pays it directly to our suppliers.

You may choose to purchase your electricity by entering a contract with a licensed electricity retailer. Your contract specifies a fixed electricity price for a set number of years. Please note that the fixed price is not regulated by the Ontario Energy Board.

Read more information on electricity retailers

Transmission Charge

This charge covers the costs involved to transmit electricity from generators to the city. Toronto Hydro passes this cost through to you, without mark-up. The decrease in the Transmission Charge, by 0.160¢ per kWh, reflects the cost of transmission services provided by Hydro One to Toronto Hydro.

Charge: 1.483¢ per kWh

Customer Charge

The Customer Charge covers, together with the Distribution Charge, the costs Toronto Hydro incurs to deliver electricity to your home, building and maintaining the distribution system, administration and billing.

Charge: $40.10 per 30 days

Rate Rider for Smart Metering Entity Charge

On March 1, 2018, the OEB approved a decrease of the Smart Metering Entity (SME) Charge to be collected from customers effective April 1, 2018, on behalf of the SME. This charge recovers costs incurred by the SME to collect, manage, store and retrieve information related to the metering of these customers’ electricity usage in Ontario.

Charge: $0.56 per 30 days

Rate Rider for Recovery of Monthly Billing Transition Costs

This charge captures the incremental costs and savings resulting from the mandatory transition to monthly billing for residential and GS<50 kW class customers.

Charge: $0.48 per 30 days

Rate Rider for Disposition of Stranded Meter Assets

This credit (refund) to the customers is related to stranded costs associated with removal of conventional meters.

Credit: $0.02 per 30 days

Rate Rider for Disposition of Accounts Receivable Credits

This credit (refund) reflects a number of historical small final credit balances that did not receive a refund cheque.

Credit: $0.10 per 30 days

Rate Rider for Recovery of 2020 Foregone Revenue

The credit (refund) reflects the OEB approved costs to operate Toronto Hydro's distribution system during interim rates for January and February 2020.

Credit: $0.26 per 30 days

Rate Rider for Application of Operations Center Consolidation Plan

The credit (refund) to the customers is for net gain on the sale of surplus properties.

Credit: $2.13 per 30 days

Rate Rider for Disposition of the Gain on Property Sale

The credit (refund) to the customers is for net gain on the sale of surplus property.

Credit: $0.34 per 30 days

Rate Rider for Disposition of Wireless Pole Attachment Revenue

This credit (refund) is associated with wireless pole attachments.

Credit: $0.01 per 30 days

Rate Rider for Disposition of Lost Revenue Adjustment Mechanism (LRAMVA)

This charge reflects variances between OEB-approved and actual conservation program results.

Charge: 0.099¢ per kWh

Rate Rider for Disposition of Deferral/Variance Accounts

The charge reflects the clearance of residual balances for accounts relating to variances for a number of energy-related pass-through costs.

Charge: 0.060¢ per kWh

Rate Rider for Disposition of Capacity Based Recovery Account

The credit (refund) recovers the difference between the cost of CBR program in the wholesale energy market and CBR amounts billed to Class B customers.

Credit: 0.011¢ per kWh

Rate Rider for Disposition of Global Adjustment Account - Applicable only for Non-RPP Customers

This charge reflects the variance between Global Adjustment paid to the IESO and collected from customers. This Rate Rider only applies to customers who are not on the Regulated Price Plan (non-RPP customers) and who are enrolled with a retailer contract.

Charge: 0.08¢ per kWh

Transmission Charge

This charge covers the costs involved to transmit electricity from generators to the city. Toronto Hydro passes this cost through to you, without mark-up. The decrease in the Transmission Charge by 0.160¢ per kWh reflects the cost of transmission services provided by Hydro One to Toronto Hydro.

Charge: 1.483¢ per kWh

Customer Charge

The Customer Charge, together with the Distribution Charge, covers the costs Toronto Hydro incurs to deliver electricity to your home, building and maintaining the distribution system, administration and billing.

Charge: $32.90 per 30 days

Rate Rider for Smart Metering Entity Charge

On March 1, 2018, the OEB approved a decrease of the Smart Metering Entity Charge to be collected from Residential and General Service < 50 kW customers effective April 1, 2018, on behalf of the Smart Meter Entity (SME). This charge recovers costs incurred by the SME to collect, manage, store and retrieve information related to the metering of these customers’ electricity usage in Ontario.

Charge: $0.56 per 30 days

Rate Rider for Application of Operations Center Consolidation Plan

The credit (refund) to the customers is for net gain on the sale of surplus properties.

Credit: $1.43 per 30 days

Rate Rider for Disposition of the Gain on Property Sale

The credit (refund) to the customers is for net gain on the sale of surplus property.

Credit: $0.23 per 30 days

Rate Rider for Disposition of Wireless Pole Attachment Revenue

This credit (refund) is associated with wireless pole attachments.

Credit: $0.01 per 30 days

Rate Rider for Recovery of 2020 Foregone Revenue

The credit (refund) reflects the OEB approved costs to operate Toronto Hydro's distribution system during interim rates for January and February 2020.

Credit: $0.15 per 30 days

Rate Rider for Disposition of Lost Revenue Adjustment Mechanism (LRAMVA)

This charge reflects variances between OEB-approved and actual conservation program results.

Charge: 0.122¢ per kWh

Rate Rider for Disposition of Deferral/Variance Accounts

The charge reflects the clearance of residual balances for accounts relating to variances for a number of energy-related pass-through costs.

Charge: 0.050¢ per kWh

Rate Rider for Disposition of Capacity Based Recovery Account

The credit (refund) recovers the difference between the cost of CBR program in the wholesale energy market and CBR amounts billed to Class B customers.

Credit: 0.011¢ per kWh

Rate Rider for Disposition of Global Adjustment Account

This charge reflects the variance between Global Adjustment paid to the IESO and collected from customers. This Rate Rider only applies to customers who are not on the Regulated Price Plan (non-RPP customers) and who are enrolled with a retailer contract.

Charge: 0.080¢ per kWh

Wholesale Market Service Charge

This charge covers costs such as market regulation and the management of the system. Toronto Hydro collects this charge, without mark-up, on behalf of the Independent Electricity System Operator.

Charge: 0.39¢ per kWh

Standard Supply Service – Administration Charge (if applicable)

This is an administration charge of $0.25 stated on a 30-day basis. If your billing period is different than 30 days, the RPP administration charge will be prorated accordingly. This is a service charge for customers who have not contracted with an electricity retailer for their energy supply.

Charge: $0.25 per 30 days

Other charges/credits may include miscellaneous adjustments to prior billed electricity amounts, or charges for other specific services. View a list of specific service charges that may be applied to your bill statement.

Effective July 1, 2010, Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) of 13% is applied to electricity bills. The implementation of HST is mandated by the Province of Ontario. For information on HST, please visit the Ontario Ministry of Revenue or call the HST hotline at 1‑800‑337‑7222.

The provincial government announced a decrease in the OER from 21.2% to 18.9 effective May 1, 2021. The Ontario government introduced the OER as an expanded rebate providing bill relief that will be applied to customer bills, largely offsetting the price changes on the electricity line. The rebate will be applied to bills for most residential consumers, farms and many small businesses.

Learn more about the OER

These charges are applied to current customers who have an unmetered electric water heater billed by Toronto Hydro on a flat rate basis. Toronto Hydro no longer offers this flat rate billing option for new customers.

As of May 1, 2002, flat rate (unmetered) water heater energy usage is billed on an estimated average daily kWh basis. Your estimated usage is determined by the size of your water heater, the wattage of the water heater electric elements and on the number of days in the billing period. If you have an unmetered electric water heater, you're being billed the higher tiered rate of the Regulated Price Plan.

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