Ontario Energy Commission de l’Énergie Board de l’Ontario P.O. Box 2319 C.P. 2319 27th. Floor 27e étage 2300 Yonge Street 2300, rue Yonge Toronto ON M4P 1E4 Toronto ON M4P 1E4 Telephone: 416- 481-1967 Téléphone; 416- 481-1967 Facsimile: 416- 440-7656 Télécopieur: 416- 440-7656 Toll free: 1-888-632-6273 Numéro sans frais: 1-888-632-6273 BY E-MAIL January 14, 2008 Mr. Glen MacDonald Senior Advisor – Regulatory Affairs Hydro One Networks Inc. 8th Floor, South Tower Toronto, ON M5G 2P5 Letter of Direction Dear Mr. MacDonald: Re: Hydro One Networks Inc. - 2008 Electricity Distribution Rates Application Board File Number EB-2007-0681 The Board has issued its Notice of Application and Hearing relating to your rate application. You are directed: 1) To arrange immediately for the enclosed English version of the Notice, set out in Attachment B, headed with the Ontario government logo and the words “Ontario Energy Board”, to be published in one edition of each of the English language newspapers as set out in Attachment A to this letter; 2) To arrange immediately for the enclosed French version of the Notice, set out in Attachment B, headed with the Ontario Government logo and the words “Commission de l’énergie de l’Ontario”, to be published in one edition of each of the French language newspapers as set out in Attachment A to this letter; (Note: Please make it clear that invoices regarding publication are not to be sent to the Board.) 3) To immediately, and no later than the date of publication of the Notice, serve a copy of the Notice directly on Hydro One Networks Inc.’s embedded distributors and Direct Customers, and intervenors of record for Hydro One Networks’ last distribution rates proceeding; Ontario Energy Board - 2 - 4) To file with the Board an affidavit proving publication and, where applicable, service of the Notice immediately thereafter; 5) To make a copy of the application and evidence, and any amendments thereto, available for public review at Hydro One Networks Inc.’s website and Hydro One Networks Inc.’s offices in Toronto, Markham, Barrie, Peterborough, Sudbury, Ottawa, Dundas, Beachville, and Thunder Bay; 6) To provide a copy of the application and evidence, and any amendments thereto, to any intervenor who requests a copy. Board staff contact Please direct any questions relating to this application to Harold Thiessen at 416-440- 7637, or by e-mail at [email protected]. Yours truly, Original Signed By Kirsten Walli Board Secretary cc: Mr. D.H. Rogers, Q.C. Rogers Partners LLP Ontario Energy Board Appendix ‘A’ PUBLICATION English Dailies 41 Sault Ste Marie Star No. 42 Simcoe Reformer 1 Arnprior Chronicle Guide 43 St. Catharines Standard 2 Aylmer Express 44 St. Thomas Times Journal 3 Bancroft Times 45 Stratford Beacon Herald 4 Barry’s Bay This Week 46 Strathroy Age Dispatch 5 Belleville Intelligencer 47 Sudbury Star 6 Bracebridge Examiner 48 Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal 7 Brantford Expositor 49 Timmins Daily Press 8 Brighton Independent 50 Toronto Star 9 Brockville Recorder 51 Vankleek Hill Review 10 Cambridge Times 52 Walkerton Herald Times 11 Chatham Daily News 53 Welland-Port Colborne Tribune 12 Clinton News Record 54 Winchester Press 13 Cobourg Daily Star 55 Windsor Star 14 Cornwall Standard Freeholder 56 Woodstock Sentinel Review 15 Essex Free Press 16 Fort Frances Daily Bulletin English Weeklies 17 Globe & Mail (Ontario Edition) No. 18 Guelph Mercury 1 Atikokan Progress 19 Hamilton Spectator 2 Barrie Advance 20 Huntsville Forester 3 Chapleau Express 21 Kenora Daily Miner 4 Cochrane Times-Post 22 Kingston-Whig Standard 5 Dryden Observer 23 Kirkland Lake Northern News 6 Geraldton Times Star 24 Kitchener/Waterloo Record 7 Hornepayne Jackfish Journal 25 Lindsay Daily Post 8 Ignace Driftwood 26 London Free Press 9 Iroquois Falls Enterprise 27 Listowel Banner 10 James Bay Voice 28 Niagara Falls Review 11 Kapuskasing Le/The Weekender 29 North Bay Nugget 12 Manitouwadge Echo 30 Orangeville Banner 13 Marathon Mercury 31 Orillia Packet & Times 14 Midland/Penetanguishene Mirror 32 Oshawa/Whitby/Clarion This Week 15 New Liskeard Temiskaming Speaker 33 Ottawa Citizen 16 Nipigon Red Rock Gazette 34 Ottawa Le Droit (FRENCH) 17 Pembroke News 35 Owen Sound Sun Times 18 Rainy River West End Weekly 36 Parry Sound North Star 19 Red Lake Northern Sun News 37 Peterborough Examiner 20 Sioux Lookout Bulletin 38 Perth Courier 21 Terrace Bay/Schreiber News 39 Picton Gazette 22 Thunder Bay's Source 40 Sarnia Observer 23 Timmins Times 24 Wawa Algoma News Review - i - Ontario Energy Board Appendix ‘A’ PUBLICATION French Weeklies Aboriginal No. No. 1 Chapleau Express - French 1 Turtle Island News 2 Cochrane Ours Noir 2 Tekawennake 3 Cornwall Le Journal 4 Geraldton Times Star - French 5 Hamilton Le Regional 6 Hawkesbury Le Carillon 105 Total 7 Hearst Le Nord Hornepayne Jackfish Journal - 8 French 9 Ignace Driftwood - French 10 Iroquois Falls Enterprise - French 11 Kapuskasing L'Horizon 12 London/Hamilton Le Regional 13 London/Sarnia L'Action 14 Manitouwadge Echo - French 15 Mississauga Le Metropolitain 16 North Bay Nugget (English) 17 Pembroke News (English) 18 Sudbury Le Voyageur Terrace Bay/Schreiber News - 19 French 20 Timmins Les Nouvelles 21 Toronto L'Express (French) 22 Winchester Press (English) 23 Windsor Le Rempart - ii - .