Gas Distribution Access Rule (GDAR)Electronic Business Transactions (EBT) Standards

Kick-off MeetingJune 9, 2005

OEB Direction

File draft standard form of Service Agreement by July 8/05

File a proposed EBT Standards Appendix by September 6/05

In each case, 30 days to comment Use retail electricity as a model (“mirror”)

Subject to: No conflict with GDAR Applicability to the natural gas market

Enough detail to allow for competition and maximum choice of supplier

OEB Staff Plan Overview

Two main activities Service Agreements – Alison Cazalet EBT Standards – Barb Robertson Overall coordination – Russ Houldin

Service Agreements Draft released June 3 Ad-hoc meetings to clarify comments

EBT Standards Intensive Work group meetings Straw Man available for June 20

GDAR TIMELINE

SERVICE AGREEMENT(SA)

EBT STANDARDS

July 8

Draft SAJune 3

Sept 6

Comment deadlineJune 10

Kickoff meetingJune 9

Draft StandardstextJune 20

Final DraftStandards text(& Protocol)Aug 19Draft Transport

protocolJuly 1

meetings meetings

Comment period

File SA

FileStandards

Meetings asnecessary

meetings

GDAR EBT Standards Logistics

Participation Lead representatives

specialists Group structure – need for subgroups

Transport protocol, ad-hoc Meetings schedule – Straw Man Continuing need for Work Group Meetings conduct

Focus on working Standards document Minutes, issues-list, etc. TBD

GDAR EBT Standards – Meetings “Straw Man”

MON TUES WED THURS FRI

A.M.Review & preparation

A.M. A.M.Meeting

A.M.Ad-hoc meetings as necessary

A.M.

P.M.Review & preparation

P.M.Meeting

P.M.Meeting

P.M.Ad-hoc meetings as necessary

P.M.Discussion documents circulated

GDAR KICKOFF KEY POINTS

Staff instructed to file SAs and EBT Standards Looking to the gas industry to file best possible

documents Everyone will have to “live with” the results

Looking to advice from electricity industry to leverage a system that works suitably modified for the natural gas industry Both types of expertise are essential

GDAR is incomplete in places (e.g. billing) Electricity model to be the basis to fill in the gaps

Respecting existing practices Need for a continuing role for the Work Group

Implementation