The new Ontario Business Costs Rebate Program provides support for fixed property tax and energy costs to businesses that are most impacted by public health measures in response to the Omicron variant. 

January 10-22 - The Ontario government has announced that it will set electricity rates at the off-peak price of 8.2 cents per kilowatt-hour, 24 hours per day for 21 days starting January 18, 2022, until the end of day February 7, 2022, for all Regulated Price Plan customers. The off-peak rate will apply automatically to residential, small businesses and farms who pay Time-of-Use or Tiered prices set by the Ontario Energy Board.

This rate relief is intended to support small businesses, as well as workers and families spending more time at home while the province is in Modified Step Two of the Roadmap to Reopen.

The Town of Tillsonburg, in partnership with Tillsonburg Hydro Inc., is pleased to announce that Ravi Baichan will begin overseeing the Town’s hydro operations effective Tuesday, October 12.

Baichan most recently served as controller at Halton Hills Hydro Inc., and was previously manager of regulatory affairs at Cambridge and North Dumfries Hydro.

The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has received complaints from consumers about emails that have been made to appear to be from, endorsed by or affiliated with the OEB on how to qualify or apply for government energy rebates related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The emails typically include a link to an “application form” for these rebates that requires the consumer to schedule a home energy assessment.

Friday, June 25, 2021

These emails are not from or in any way endorsed by the OEB. The OEB will not email you or call you about energy rebates unless you have reached out to us first. 

If you receive an email promoting energy rebates, even if it includes the OEB’s name or logo, please be careful.  

Beware in particular of emails that are sent from @energyassistanceprogram and that refer to the “Energy Assistance Program” or the “Assistance Program”. That entity is not affiliated with or endorsed by the OEB. Some emails include links to an energyassistanceprogram.org website. This is not an OEB website. We are also aware of emails that are sent from @ontariogreensavings.com that refer to “Ontario Green Savings” and that link to the energyassistanceprogram.org website.

There are Government of Ontario and OEB programs available to help customers with their energy bills. Please visit the OEB’s website at oeb.ca/billhelp for information about the COVID-19 Energy Assistance Program (CEAP), the Ontario Electricity Support Program (OESP) and the Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP).

No energy assessment, audit, inspection or home visit is needed in order to qualify or apply for any of these programs, nor do you need to purchase any goods or other services from any company. Beware of emails from any source that state or imply that these are needed in order to access CEAP, OESP or LEAP, or that state or imply that you can apply for these programs through their website.  

Consumer Tips:

• If a company claims that an energy assessment or home inspection is required to apply or qualify for CEAP, OESP or LEAP, this is false.
• You should be cautious about sharing your personal information or utility account information with anyone.
• Know who you are dealing with. If someone calls you, ask for the name of the person you are speaking with, the company they represent and their telephone number.
• If you are concerned about any suspicious communications, you can contact us at publicinformation@oeb.caor 1-877-632-2727 (toll-free within Ontario). You can also contact the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre toll-free at 1-888-495-8501.

TAKE NOTICE that the annual meeting (the “Meeting”) of the holders of common shares of Tillsonburg Hydro Inc. (the “Corporation”) will be held on Tuesday, June 29 at 12:00 p.m., via electronic method, for the following purposes:

1. Consideration and approval of the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of Tillsonburg Hydro Inc. of June 30, 2020; and
2. To receive the audited financial statements of Tillsonburg Hydro Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2020, together with the report of the auditor thereon; and
3. To appoint an auditor of Tillsonburg Hydro Inc. for the ensuing year; and
4. Election of the Directors of Tillsonburg Hydro Inc. Board of Directors; and
5. To appoint Legal Counsel for Tillsonburg Hydro Inc. for the ensuing year; and
6. To consider such other matters as may properly come before the Meeting.

Every shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders may by means of a proxy appoint a proxyholder, or one or more alternate proxyholders, who need not be shareholders, as his or her nominee to attend and act at the meeting in the manner, to the extent and with the authority conferred by the proxy.

The form of proxy may be in any form which complies with the regulations made under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario).

How to watch the meeting

The link to watch the meeting online will be available at: http://www.tillsonburg.ca/townmeetings

Dated this 2nd day of June, 2021.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

-contact-

Amelia Jaggard

Board Secretary

519-688-3009 Ext. 4041

ajaggard@tillsonburg.ca

Tillsonburg Hydro will be accepting completed forms via mail (10 Lisgar Ave, Tillsonburg ON N4G5A5) or email utilitybilling@tillsonburg.ca. Forms are also available at our office if required. (NOTE: forms will be processed as received)

Please call our Customer Service Team for further assistance at 519-688-3009 Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm.

COVID-19 Energy Assistance Program (CEAP)

CEAP is a specific, time-limited program to provide a one-time, on-bill credit to electricity and natural gas consumers who have experienced hardships as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The program is funded by the government of Ontario ($9 million).

Residential electricity consumers are eligible for CEAP if they meet the following criteria:

Some energy customers have reported receiving calls from scammers referencing the OEB’s CEAP program webpages and then falsely telling customers that a home inspection is required in order to qualify. Home inspections are not required to qualify for CEAP or CEAP-SB, nor does the OEB conduct home inspections or call customers to promote the program.