Natural Gas Servicing Project Application for Milverton and 4 other Ontario Communities placed on hold by Ontario Energy Board

Township of Perth East, ON – The Township of Perth East has just been notified that Union Gas’ July 23, 2015 submission has been placed on hold by the Ontario Energy Board.

Under the current regulatory framework, the cost to expand the natural gas system to currently unserviced communities is not workable. In February 2015, the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) invited interested parties to submit proposed forms of regulatory flexibility which would support expansion into rural communities that currently have no access to natural gas.

In response to this invitation, Union Gas filed its July 23, 2015 application with the Ontario Energy Board, seeking regulatory flexibility for extending natural gas service, which would provide a framework to allow an expansion of its system to deliver affordable energy and annual savings for homeowners and businesses in up to 30 new rural and First Nations communities. As part of this application Union Gas also requested approval from the OEB to initially apply this regulatory flexibility to five specific expansion projects serving five rural communities in 2016. The communities included in the Union Gas expansion application for 2016 were: • Milverton, • Lambton Shores/ Kettle and Stony Point First Nation, • Prince Township, • Delaware Nation at Moraviantown

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