About the OEB
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The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) regulates the province's electricity and natural gas sectors in the public interest.
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The Board envisions a viable and efficient energy sector with informed consumers, and works towards this vision through regulation that is effective, fair and transparent.
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Our key regulatory functions include:
- issuing codes, rules and guidelines for regulated entities to follow in their operations
- licensing and oversight of market participants including generators, marketers and retailers
- monitoring and enforcing compliance with regulations
- approving the natural gas commodity price charged by gas distributors
- approving and setting delivery rates for natural gas distribution and electricity distribution and transmission
- approving facilities, including those for natural gas storage and the transmission of electricity
- setting the price of electricity for certain consumers under the Regulated Price Plan and Time-of-Use plan
- reviewing and setting regulatory policy; and
- approving amalgamations, acquisitions, divestitures and mergers of regulated entities.
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The OEB conducts its regulatory functions through oral and written public hearings, working groups and written consultations.
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The OEB reviews and processes hundreds of applications annually, ranging from routine licensing requests to complex rate-change applications.
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Based in Toronto, the OEB is an independent, self-financing Crown corporation.
OEB's Relationship with Electricity Market Participants
Click here for more information about the participants in the energy sector.
Page last updated 2012-03-01
