Commercial Rates
This classification applies to non residential accounts whose average monthly maximum demand used for billing purposes is equal to or greater than or is forecast to be equal to or greater than, 50 kW but less than 5,000 kW.
Electricity
For medium and large businesses with a monthly peak demand of 50 kilowatts or more, the wholesale price for electricity appears as a separate line item on your bill, known as the Ontario Electricity Market Price or the Ontario Price, for short. This price appears along with the Global Adjustment as the commodity charge on your monthly bills.
Available Price Options:
| Service Size | Available Price Options |
|---|---|
| Avg. Monthly Demand >50kW & Annual Consumption >250,000 kWh | • Wholesale Electricity Price (Ontario Electricity Market Price) • Energy Retail Contract |
| Avg. Monthly Demand >50kW & Annual Consumption <250,000 kWh | • Wholesale Electricity Price (Ontario Electricity Market Price) • Regulated Price Plan (RPP) • Energy Retail Contract |
Monthly Rates and Charges
Delivery Component
Effective January 01, 2025
The delivery charge covers the costs of delivering electricity from generating stations across the province to your home or business through high voltage (transmission) and low voltage (distribution) power lines. It includes the costs to build and maintain transmission and distribution lines, towers and poles and to operate provincial and local electricity systems.
While your total bill is paid to Renfrew Hydro, only the distribution charges are kept by Renfrew Hydro. The distribution charges are included in the delivery line of your bill. Renfrew Hydro collects the remaining charges on behalf of other organizations without any mark-up to customers.
| Service Charge | $228.84/month |
|---|---|
| Distribution Volumetric Rate | $4.0576/kW |
| Low Voltage Service Rate | $1.7163/kW |
| Other Variable Charges | $0.8768/kW |
| Other Fixed Charges | $0.00/month |
| Rate Rider for Disposition of Global Adjustment - Non RPP Class B Customers | $0.0022/kWh (see note 1 below) |
| Rate Rider for Disposition of Capacity Based Recovery - Class B Customers | $(0.0567)/kW (see note 1 below) |
| Network Service Rate | $3.5004/kW |
| Line and Transformation Connection Service Rate | $2.4575/kW |
| Delivery Line Loss Charge | 1.0714 (See note 2 below) |
Note 1
The rate rider for the disposition of Global Adjustment is only applicable to non-RPP Class B customers. The rate rider for Capacity Based Recovery is only applicable to Class B customers. They do not apply to WMP customers, customers who transitioned between Class A and Class B during the variance account accumulation period, or to customers who were in Class A for the entire period. Customers who transitioned from Class A to Class B are to be charged or refunded their share of the Global Adjustment and Capacity Based Recovery variance disposed of through customer specific billing adjustments. These rate riders are to be consistently applied for the entire period to the sunset date of the rate rider. In addition, the Global Adjustment rate rider applies to all new non-RPP Class B customers, and the Capacity Based Recovery rate rider applies to all new Class B customers.
Note 2
The Delivery Line Loss Charge is calculated by multiplying the Electricity Charge Consumption by the loss factor and then multiplying this number by the current month’s Electricity Charge under the RPP rate.
Regulatory Component
Effective January 01, 2025
Regulatory charges are the costs of administering the wholesale electricity system and maintaining the reliability of the provincial grid. The Ontario Energy Board sets these rates.
| Regulatory Charges (See note 3 below) | $0.0060/kWh |
Note 3
For customers who do not purchase their electricity from an electricity retailer, a monthly administration fee of $0.25 is added to the regulatory charge.
Ontario Electricity Rebate
The Ontario Electricity Rebate (OER) is a provincially funded rebate that applies as a credit on qualifying electricity bills and reduces the pre-HST costs on customers’ bills by 13.1%. Learn more
Other Charges (as applicable)
Other charges may include the Ontario Energy Rebate, account set up charges, interest, taxes and more may appear on your monthly bill from Renfrew Hydro.