Your electricity rates are going up on 1 Nov

[Art Hunter]

I am on the ULO rate plan but others will have to read the document to understand the implications for your plan.

Ontario Energy Board Announces Changes to Electricity Prices for Households, Small Businesses and Farms | Ontario Energy Board

Table 3 shows the prices for customers on the Ultra Low Overnight (ULO) price plan and the hours to which those prices apply:

ULO Price Periods (Year-round)	November 1, 2025 ULO Prices
ULO Ultra-Low Overnight      Every day 11 p.m. – 7 a.m.	3.9 ¢/kWh
ULO Weekend Off-Peak      Weekends and holidays 7 a.m. – 11 p.m.	9.8 ¢/kWh
ULO Mid-Peak      Weekdays 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.  – 11 p.m.	15.7 ¢/kWh
ULO On-Peak      Weekdays 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.	39.1 ¢/kWh

 

[1] The total bill impact for individual customers across the province may vary depending on the customer’s electricity usage and the utility that serves them.

The implications for the Manotick Microgrid are that the savings are increased ( decreasing the payback time).   One could say that those involved in grid energy trading (like I am) are going to see profits rise.   The buy low and sell high strategy still works but the spread becomes wider.   Hence I will tweak the trading algorithm to see if I can optimize it further than the "no need to do anything differently strategy".

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