Ontario Energy Board Preliminary Filing Requirements for a Notice Of
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Ontario Energy Board Preliminary Filing Requirements For a Notice of Proposal under Sections 80 and 81 Of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 INSTRUCTIONS: This form applies to all applicants who are providing a Notice of Proposal to the Ontario Energy Board (the “Board”) under sections 80 and 81 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 (the “Act”), including parties who are also, as part of the same transaction or project, applying for other orders of the Board such as orders under sections 86 and 92 of the Act. The Board has established this form under section 13 of the Act. Please note that the Board may require information that is additional or supplementary to the information filed in this form and that the filing of the form does not preclude the applicant from filing additional or supplementary information. PART I: GENERAL MINIMUM FILING REQUIREMENTS All applicants must complete and file the information requested in Part I. 1.1 Identification of the Parties 1.1.1 Applicant Name of Applicant File No: (Board Use Only) Address of Head Office Telephone Number The names and contact information for the Applicants are provided in Attachment 1.1.1. Facsimile Number E-mail Address Name of Individual to Contact Telephone Number Facsimile Number E-mail Address 2 1.1.2 Other Parties to the Transaction or Project If morethan one attach list Name of Applicant File No: (Board Use Only) Address of Head Office Telephone Number The names and contact information for the other parties to the transactions are provided in Facsimile Number Attachment 1.1.2. E-mail Address Name of Individual to Contact Telephone Number Facsimile Number E-mail Address 1.2 Relationship between Parties to the Transaction or Project 1.2.1 Attach a list of the officers, directors and shareholders of each of the parties to the proposed transaction or project. The officers and directors of each of the Parties are set out in Attachment 1.2.1. The Shareholders of the Parties are as follows: Enersource Hydro Mississauga Inc. (“Enersource”) is wholly owned by Enersource Corporation, which in turn is owned by The Corporation of the City of Mississauga (90%) and BPC Energy Corporation (10%). Horizon Utilities Corporation (“Horizon Utilities”) is wholly owned by Horizon Holdings Inc., which in turn is owned by The Corporation of the City of Hamilton (78.9%) and The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines (21.1%). PowerStream Inc. (“PowerStream”) is wholly owned by PowerStream Holdings Inc., which in turn is owned by Barrie Hydro Holdings Inc. (20.5%), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Corporation of the City of Barrie; Markham Enterprises Corporation (34.2%), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Corporation of the City of Markham; and Vaughan 3 Holdings Inc. (45.3%), wholly owned subsidiary of The Corporation of the City of Vaughan Hydro One Brampton Networks Inc. (“HOBNI”) is wholly owned by Brampton Distribution Holdco Inc., which in turn is wholly owned by Her Majesty the Queen in right of Ontario, as represented by the Minister of Energy. 1.2.2 Attach a corporate chart describing the relationship between each of the parties to the proposed transaction or project and each of their respective affiliates. The required corporate charts are set out in Attachments 1.2.2 1.3 Description of the Businesses of Each of the Parties 1.3.1 Attach a description of the business of each of the parties to the proposed transaction or project, including each of their affiliates licenced under the OEB Act to operate in Ontario for the generation, transmission, distribution, wholesaling or retailing of electricity or providing goods and services to companies licenced under the OEB Act in Ontario (“Electricity Sector Affiliates”). Enersource Hydro Mississauga Inc. Enersource owns and is responsible for the operation, maintenance and management of the assets associated with the distribution of electrical power in the City of Mississauga. Its service territory is specified in Distribution Licence ED-2003-0017, a copy of which is available on the Board’s website. Enersource serves approximately 201,000 customers. Enersource is, at the date of this Notice, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enersource Corporation, a holding company, itself owned by the City of Mississauga (90%) and BPC Energy Corporation (10%). BPC is an indirectly owned subsidiary of OMERS Administration Corporation, the administrator of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (“OMERS”). Enersource has no Electricity Sector Affiliates as defined in this Notice. Horizon Utilities Corporation Horizon Utilities owns and is responsible for the operation, maintenance and management of the assets associated with the distribution of electrical power in the cities of Hamilton and St. Catharines. Its service territory is specified in Distribution Licence ED-2006-0031, a copy of which is available on the Board’s website. Horizon Utilities serves approximately 242,000 customers. 4 Horizon Utilities is, at the date of this Notice, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Horizon Holdings Inc., a holding company, itself owned by Hamilton Utilities Corporation (78.9%) and St. Catharines Hydro Inc. (21.1%). Hamilton Utilities Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of the City of Hamilton, and St. Catharines Hydro Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the City of St. Catharines. Horizon Utilities is the General Partner in Solar Sunbelt General Partnership (“Solar Sunbelt GP”), which holds OEB Generator Licence No. EG-2012- 0259. Solar Sunbelt GP was established to undertake a solar generation business to develop, construct, own, finance and operate rooftop solar photovoltaic generation equipment (“Solar PV Property”). The electricity generated by the Solar PV Property is sold to the Independent Electricity System Operator (“IESO”) under its Feed-in-Tariff long-term power purchase agreements. Horizon Utilities is the managing partner of the Solar Sunbelt GP. The Electricity Sector Affiliates in Horizon Utilities’ corporate family are: Horizon Energy Solutions Inc. (“HESI”) HESI is a developer of renewable energy projects across Ontario and provides a suite of energy management, metering, sub-metering and conservation services to commercial clients and local distribution companies. HESI is wholly owned by Horizon Holdings Inc. Hamilton Renewable Power Incorporated (“HRPI”) HRPI was incorporated by the City of Hamilton in 2005 to carry out the construction, operation and maintenance of a 1.6MW cogeneration facility as a source of renewable power. HRPI is wholly owned by the City of Hamilton. HRPI operates under OEB generation licence: EG-2006-0059. Hamilton Community Energy Inc. (“HCE”) HCE (formerly Hamilton Hydro Services Inc.) generates power within the City of Hamilton from natural gas. HCE is wholly owned by Hamilton Utilities Corp. which is wholly owned by the City of Hamilton. HCE operates under OEB generation licence: EG-2002-0383. PowerStream Inc. PowerStream owns and is responsible for the operation, maintenance and management of the assets associated with the distribution of electrical power in the municipalities of Alliston, Aurora, Barrie, Beeton, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Markham, Penetanguishene, Richmond Hill, Thornton, Tottenham and Vaughan, as well as Collingwood, Stayner, Creemore and Thornbury through its strategic partnership with Collus PowerStream. Its service territory is specified in Distribution Licence ED-2004-0420, a copy of 5 which is available on the Board’s website. PowerStream serves approximately 356,000 customers. PowerStream owns a 50% interest in Collus PowerStream Utility Services Corp., a holding company that wholly owns, among other corporations, Collus PowerStream Corp., the licensed electricity distributor that owns and is responsible for the operation, maintenance and management of the assets associated with the distribution of electrical power and energy in the Town of Collingwood. Collus PowerStream’s service territory is specified in Distribution Licence ED-2002-0518, a copy of which is available on the Board’s website. Collus PowerStream is not an affiliate of PowerStream, but it is mentioned here as a member of the PowerStream corporate family. PowerStream is, at the date of this Notice, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PowerStream Holdings Inc., a holding company, itself owned by Barrie Hydro Holdings Inc. (20.5%), Markham Enterprises Corporation (34.2%), and Vaughan Holdings Inc. (45.3%). Barrie Hydro Holdings Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the City of Barrie; Markham Enterprises Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of the City of Markham; and Vaughan Holdings Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the City of Vaughan. None of the municipalities or Barrie Hydro Holdings Inc., Markham Enterprises Corporation or Vaughan Holdings Inc. is an affiliate of PowerStream, but they are included here as they are members of the broader PowerStream corporate family. PowerStream Solar (“PS Solar”) is a separate non-regulated business unit within PowerStream which owns and operates a portfolio of rooftop solar generation facilities. The Electricity Sector Affiliate in PowerStream’s corporate family is: PowerStream Energy Services Inc. PowerStream Energy Services Inc. (“PESI”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of PowerStream that provides unit sub-metering services to condominium owners within the Province of Ontario pursuant to OEB Unit Sub-Metering Licence ES-2013-0285. Hydro One Brampton Networks Inc. Hydro One Brampton Networks Inc. (“HOBNI”) owns and is responsible for the operation, maintenance and management