To Whom It May Concern, Our…

To Whom It May Concern,
Our comments are as follows:

Re-allocate connection costs of EV chargers away from the customer (transit agency & municipality):

Title: Local Distribution Company Capacity

Description: Where transit agencies are seeking to connect EV bus & other municipal fleet vehicle chargers at their preferred location, but the Local Distribution Company (LDC) identifies that there is a lack of capacity in the distribution system or the transmitter identifies that there is a lack of capacity in the transmission system at that location, this lack of capacity impedes the connection. If the necessary upgrades were made and funded by the transmitter or distributor instead of the transit agency, it will facilitate the move to EV buses.

Title: Excessive Connection Costs for Transit Agencies with EV Chargers

Description: Where municipalities & transit agencies are installing EV chargers for buses but encounter excessive connection costs on either the distribution or transmission system that put the project at risk, it would facilitate the process to move to EV buses if the transit agency had an exemption from these connection costs, and/or the costs were allocated to the transmitter or distributor instead.

Changes in process, such as having a standardized application for connections by transit agencies & municipalities for a group of EV chargers.

Title: Standard Connection Agreements

If the Ontario Energy Board Distribution System Code provided a Form of Connection Agreement for Local Distribution Company (LDC) to follow when connecting transit agency facilities, it will provide clarity for transit agencies and keep the process consistent across Ontario regardless of which LDC was involved with the connection.

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Thank You.