New Services and Upgrades

To initiate the review process for your new or upgraded service, kindly complete the Electrical Planning Requirements Form.

Completed forms to be submitted to engineering@grimsbypower.com

Centralized Capacity Information Map

The CCIM is an online tool created by the Ontario Energy Board to provide a high level view of where there is available capacity on Ontario’s electricity distribution systems, showing both the ability to serve new or increased electricity demand and the ability to connect new distributed energy resources like solar, wind, or battery storage. It’s meant to be an early stage planning aid that helps users quickly screen which areas might be suitable for their projects before contacting a distributor, using broad capacity ranges based on system conditions at the time the data was submitted; however, it isn’t a replacement for detailed assessments or contact with Grimsby Power, since system needs and project requirements can vary.

Grimsby Power encourages customers to contact our Engineering Department (engineering@grimsbypower.com) to discuss specific connection needs. Clicking the map below will take you to the OEB's Ontario Capacity Map. You can also click here to go to the OEB's centralized capacity map.

 

Grimsby CCIM

 Capacity Map

 

 

 

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Capacity Allocation Model

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

A CapacityAllocationModel(CAM) may be used for a large, multi-year expansion in a defined developmentarea.The purpose of this model compared to the standard evaluation,is that “firstmovers” do not bear the cost of the entire expansion.

Each developer who connects to capacity built under the CAM contributes its share of the entire up stream infrastructure expansion based on their requested load.

Capital contributions are forecasted and recovered over a period that cannot exceed 15 years.

Customers who connect to the CAM area after Year 1 will also pay a financing charge to keep earlier contributors and the electricity ratepayers whole.

Electricity distributors will require binding financial commitments (e.g., letters of credit) for any agreed (i.e. committed) capacity.

CAM QUALIFCATIONS – all 5 are necessary to become a CAM project

  1. A large, primarily residential area (i.e there may be schools, plaza’s, parks, commercial on the bottom floor of a condo – all to serve the residential development, and the majority of the load is from the residential customers) is commencing development that is a new development, i.e. the LDC has not entered into a final agreement and the expansion plan is not finalized; and
  2. More than one developer can be expected to connect in the area over more than a single year, up to 15 years in the future, and will include additional development and expansion requirements based on municipal official plans and secondary plans; and
  3. A level of maturity of the development plans has been reached, so that the LDC can begin planning the infrastructure build; i.e. a site plan is at minimum in development, (i.e. it is known where roads and civil infrastructure will be in order to design the electricity infrastructure, and the LDC has enough decided information from the develop(s) to run a model); and
  4. Significant system expansion investments are needed to bring capacity to the area such as development / expansion of transformer or distribution stations, or long distribution feeders, and
  5. A significant portion of the agreed committed and paid committed security is submitted, i.e. credit (i.e. LOC).

It is expected that there will be a discussion between Grimsby Power and the developers on load requirements, which will be used in the calculation for capital, etc.

Grimsby Power will use an estimated demand of 3kW per home for residential developments. For commercial customers Engineering will provide the estimated demand to the developer.

Developers must contact our Engineering Department at engineering@grimsbypower.com to discuss any project that may require the use of the CAM model. Please review the CAM qualifications above prior to contacting Engineering.

Please review Appendix I for the methodology for implementing a Capacity Allocation Model (CAM).