Enbridge Gas Inc. (Enbridge Gas) has applied to the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) for approval to update the Integrated Resource Planning Framework for Enbridge Gas (IRP Framework). IRP is a planning strategy and process that evaluates and compares demand side (customer-side) and supply-side (utility-side) alternatives to pipeline infrastructure in meeting natural gas system needs.The IRP Framework sets out the OEB’s requirements for the identification and implementation of alternatives (or combination of alternatives) that are in the best interest of Enbridge Gas’s customers and its natural gas system by taking into account reliability and safety, cost-effectiveness, public policy, optimized scoping, and risk management.
Enbridge Gas has applied for approval for updates to the IRP Framework, taking into account proposals in an OEB staff discussion paper and submissions filed by participants in a previous OEB consultation to review the IRP Framework (EB-2025-0125).
If the updated IRP Framework is approved as filed, customers would not see any direct changes to rates or bills. However, in future applications, Enbridge Gas could request rate changes to implement IRP activities based on the updated IRP Framework.
Type: Rates
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