Bill 146 explained in plain English
Transparency in Gas Pricing Act, 2017
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This bill requires gas distributors to disclose on customer invoices the costs associated with complying with the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016.
Bill 146, also known as the Transparency in Gas Pricing Act, 2017, amends the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998. It requires gas distributors to clearly show on customer invoices the amount that is related to costs incurred to comply with the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016, such as costs related to cap and trade programs. The bill also allows for regulations to specify further requirements for these invoices.
- Amends the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998.
- Requires gas distributors to clearly show on customer invoices the amount attributable to costs related to complying with the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016.
- Specifies that these costs include labour, disbursements, and expenses.
- Requires this amount to be shown separately on the invoice.
- Allows for regulations to prescribe additional requirements for these invoices.
- Amends Subsection 127 (1) of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, to allow for regulations concerning section 44.1.
- States that errors in the invoice format do not invalidate proceedings for recovery of the amount payable.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Gas distributors in Ontario
- Consumers of gas in Ontario
- The Ontario Energy Board
- Gas distributors are obligated to clearly and prominently show on invoices the amount attributable to costs related to complying with the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016.
- This disclosed amount must be shown separately from other amounts on the invoice.
- Gas distributors must ensure invoices meet any prescribed regulatory requirements.
- Consumers have the right to see these specific costs itemized on their gas invoices.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Requires gas distributors to identify and display specific cost components on invoices, which relate to compliance with the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016, including labour costs, disbursements, and expenses.
- No defect, error, or omission in the form or substance of an invoice invalidates proceedings for the recovery of the amount payable under the invoice.
- The bill states that regulations may prescribe further requirements for invoices, meaning that specific details about invoice content might be determined by future regulations.
- The bill does not specify the exact monetary amounts or percentages that must be disclosed, only that the 'amount of the invoice that is reasonably attributable' to the specified costs should be shown.
Adds a requirement for gas distributors to disclose specific costs on invoices and allows for regulations related to this disclosure. It also amends Section 44(1)(b.3) by making it subject to the new Section 44.1.
Source: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3
Specifies that the costs to be disclosed on invoices are those related to compliance with this Act, including obligations and authorizations such as trading emission allowances.
Source: Section 2
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