Ontario Electricity Prices
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Residential and smaller accounts
Tiered
Ultra-Low Overnight
Larger business accounts
Over 250,000 kWh/year and over 50 kW demand
Most accounts
Ontario Price + Class B
At 1,000 kW · some sectors from 500 kW
Class A becomes an option
Directly IESO-billed
Ontario Price or eligible locational pricing
Current Ontario Price
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The province-wide wholesale price paid by most Ontario electricity use. The shaded hours ahead are scheduled day-ahead prices.
Ontario Price outlook
Past six days · Next 24 hours
Latest 1st estimate
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Electricity-system costs the wholesale price doesn’t recover. Class B accounts pay this monthly rate on every unit of electricity used, on top of the commodity charge.
Monthly Global Adjustment rate
Class B · Latest available reports
1st estimate
2nd estimate
Actual
Latest actual
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system total
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Class A accounts pay a share of the province’s monthly Global Adjustment, set by their use in Ontario’s five highest-demand hours. Enter the account’s Peak Demand Factor to see its share.
Monthly Class A allocation
System-wide totals
2nd estimate
Actual
Day-ahead price
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Real-time price
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Wholesale prices at one point on Ontario’s grid, for customers who need location-level detail.
Price by location
Past six days · Next 24 hours
Day-ahead price
Real-time price