{"id":76540,"date":"2019-10-24T10:34:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T14:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=76540"},"modified":"2019-10-24T10:39:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T14:39:37","slug":"oeb-to-raise-electricity-portion-of-power-bills-november-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/oeb-to-raise-electricity-portion-of-power-bills-november-1\/","title":{"rendered":"OEB to raise electricity portion of power bills on November 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) announced on Tuesday that new electricity prices for households and small businesses will take effect November 1. Winter time-of-use (TOU) hours will also take effect on that date.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>The rate increase varies depending on the time of day with on-peak hours seeing the largest increase.<\/p>\n<p>Off-peak hours will increase by 3.6 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) to 10.1\u00a2\/kWh, mid-peak by five cents to 14.4 \u00a2\/kWh, and on-peak by 7.4 cents to 20.8\u00a2\/kWh.<\/p>\n<p>In a media release, the OEB said that &#8220;The total bill for a typical residential customer who uses 700 kWh per month will increase by about $1.99 or 1.8 per cent, which is in line with the rate of inflation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76541\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/OEB-rate-increase-Nov-1-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"766\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/OEB-rate-increase-Nov-1-2019-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/OEB-rate-increase-Nov-1-2019.jpg 766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The OEB added that the rate increase is a result of an increase in the forecast cost of supply, and that t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">he &#8220;Ontario government has introduced an expanded rebate (the Ontario Electricity Rebate) providing bill relief that will be applied to customer bills, largely offsetting the price changes on the Electricity line.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The increase is in addition to existing delivery and regulatory charges. You can see the other charges applied by local power suppliers (effective as of May 1, 2019) at the links below:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hydroone.com\/rates-and-billing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hydro One rates and billing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakelandpower.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Rate-Card_Lakeland-Power_May-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lakeland Power rate card<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox three times per week!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) announced on Tuesday that new electricity prices for households and small businesses will take effect November 1. 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