Update on the Energy Partnerships Program – AEPP

Press Release

May 18, 2016

The IESO is launching the Energy Partnerships Program (EPP) to support Indigenous communities, co-operatives, municipalities and public sector entities in the participation of Ontario’s energy sector.

The final EPP Rules and a summary of changes will be available at www.ieso.ca/EPP in mid-June and the IESO will begin accepting applications by the end of June 2016.

The EPP is designed to streamline and consolidate the following support programs:

• Community Energy Partnerships Program (CEPP)
• Municipal and Public Sector Energy Partnerships Program (MPSEPP)
• Aboriginal Renewable Energy Fund (AREF)
• Aboriginal Transmission Fund (ATF)

Draft Rules for the EPP were posted in May 2015 for comment and feedback. Since then, the IESO undertook a comprehensive review of all its funding support programs and continued to develop the EPP to ensure that the new consolidated and streamlined rules reflected any findings and potential improvements from this review.

For more information on the EPP Program, please contact EPP Staff at EPP@ieso.ca or 416-969-6317. Please ensure you subscribe to the IESO Funding Programs list to be notified of updates to the EPP: www.powerauthority.on.ca/subscribe-updates

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