Electric Vehicle Integration

The OEB has released a consultant report that examines electricity delivery rates for commercial EV charging and explores alternative rate design options that could support the efficient integration of EVs in Ontario.

The report focuses on electricity delivery rates applicable to commercial EV fleets (e.g., public transportation, delivery trucks, etc.) and public EV fast charging stations.

Stakeholders interested in participating and providing feedback on this report are invited to a meeting on May 24, 2023. See the OEB letter below for further details on how to participate. The OEB recognizes that this topic is of interest to many parties, and therefore welcomes feedback from a broad cross-section of industry stakeholders, whether or not they are directly involved with EVs.

• OEB Letter
• Delivery Costs Report

[Update on May 17, 2023]: To support the May 24th meeting, additional materials were developed for the session:

• Stakeholder Meeting: Introduction and Discussion
• Stakeholder Meeting: Summary Presentation

As part of its first line of effort, the OEB procured a consultant that completed a survey of local distribution companies and EV charging service providers in late 2022, and produced a “what we heard” report on January 27, 2023.

The report provides insight from the survey respondents on system readiness, delivery costs, and connections and will inform next steps in relation to EV integration.

The OEB cover letter and the consultant report are available through the links below:

• OEB Cover Letter
• EV Survey Report

As part of the OEB’s Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Connections Review, Tranche 5 of the DER Connections Review will begin in late January 2023 and include ongoing consideration of issues related to EV connections.

EV stakeholders interested in participating and providing feedback to the OEB for this area of focus are invited to contact the DER Connections Review Team at DER.ConnectionsReview@oeb.ca.

In late November, the OEB plans to launch a survey of electricity distributors and EV charging station service providers. If you are an EV charging station service provider that has not yet been contacted for inclusion in this survey, please email EVintegration@oeb.ca by November 18th, 2022, so that your contact information can be shared with Guidehouse, the consultant engaged to complete this survey.

Electricity distributors will be contacted through their Regulatory Affairs contact.