Overall, to achieve a stable…

Overall, to achieve a stable and certain electricity planning framework, the Ontario Energy Association (OEA) believes the following reforms are required:

a) Set in legislation the government’s role in setting broad social and economic goals for the
electricity sector;
b) Require any government guidance and changes to the framework for the electricity sector to go
before the legislature for approval;
c) Leave implementation and oversight of collaborative electricity and natural gas energy system
planning to their respective independent agencies like the IESO (electricity only) and OEB
(electricity and natural gas);
d) Ensure the reformed planning framework is integrated, subject to consistent and appropriate
oversight, and informed by customers’ needs and preferences;
e) Require full transparency in decision making, including cost-benefit analysis and comparison of
alternatives for major systems and regulatory planning decisions; and,
f) Competitive processes should be used for the procurement of system resources, whenever
feasible, in the future.