Transmission Rate Application & Deferral Account Application
EB-2009-0408 & EB-2009-0409
Great Lakes Power Transmission LP has filed an application under section 78 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, seeking changes to the uniform provincial transmission rates for 2010, and an application for a deferral account relating to renewable energy projects. The applications, as well as the notice of application in both English and French, are available below.
Customer Delivery Point Performance Process
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Background to the Feed-In Tariff (FIT) Program
The Ontario Power Authority has developed this Feed-In Tariff Program for the Province to encourage and promote greater use of renewable energy sources including wind, waterpower, renewable biomass, bio-gas, landfill gas and solar (PV) for electricity generating projects in Ontario. The fundamental objective of the FIT Program, in conjunction with the Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 is to facilitate the increased development of renewable generating facilities of varying sizes, technologies and configurations via a standardized, open and fair process. The FIT Program is for renewable generating facilities of any size except for waterpower projects which are subject to a maximum capacity of 50 MW for purposes of the FIT Program.
Projects that are 10 kW or less in capacity can apply under the microFIT Rules and should refer to the Ontario Power Authority Website, which contains the rules for this streamlined process.
Great Lakes Power Transmission LP (GLPT) Pre-FIT Consultation Application Form
The pre-FIT consultation is a service provided by GLPT at no cost to provide the information the Applicant needs in order to complete their OPA FIT Application.
Prospective Applicants may apply for a Pre-FIT Consultation for their project using the faxable
Application form. Through the Pre-FIT Consultation process, GLPT will assist Applicants to identify the details of connecting a project to the GLPT transmission system such as: station capacity, station names, line designation, voltage, and potential point of connection.
GLPT's estimated turnaround time is 15 business days upon receipt of a completed pre-FIT Consultation Application form with the date and time taken from the fax machine as being the starting point.
Great Lakes Power Transmission LP (GLPT) FIT SIA/CIA Agreement Template
If you have a FIT contract with the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) to connect your project to the GLPT transmission system, you have to apply to the IESO for a Connection Assessment. Information regarding this application is available on the
IESO website.
For connection of a FIT project to the GLPL transmission system the IESO will forward to GLPT a copy of your application (Renewable Energy Generation Facility Application to Request a Connection Assessment). For Fit projects, there is no need to complete a “GLPL Customer Connection Application Form Apr 15, 2008 DOC” as described below in the Customer Connection Process section because the FIT application is a joint IESO and GLPT application.
GLPT will send to the Applicant, within 2 business days of receiving the application from the IESO, a GLPT SIA/CIA Agreement that must be signed by the Applicant and allows GLPT to recover its cost for any GLPT work associated with the IESO System Impact Assessment (SIA) and GLPT Customer Impact Assessment (CIA). The Applicant is requested to promptly return the signed Agreement so the connection process is not delayed.
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template of this GLPT SIA/CIA Agreement Template is posted on this web site so an Applicant can review the template prior to receiving the Agreement from GLPT. Just click on the word
template to see the Agreement.
Customer Connection Process
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| September 2007 |
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| April 2008 |
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| April 2008 |
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| April 2008 |
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