Program Eligibility
You are eligible for this program if:
1. As of the date you are applying, your small business or registered charity has overdue amounts owing from one or more electricity bills since March 17, 2020, the date of the initial Provincial Declaration of Emergency.
2. As of the date you are applying, your small business or registered charity has an active account with an electricity distributor or a sub-meter provider. You will be required to provide your registered business number or registered charity number.
3. Your small business or registered charity is classified as a general service < 50 kW customer if the account is with an electricity distributor.
4. Your small business or registered charity is using less than 150,000 kWh of electricity annually if the account is with a unit sub-meter provider.
If you previously received funding under this program and are re-applying based on overdue amounts still owing, you may qualify for additional funding up to a total combined maximum credit of $1,500.
If you are not eligible for CEAP-SB, your business may still be eligible for property tax and energy bill rebates. More information can be found at ontario.ca/covidsupport
If you are not eligible for CEAP-SB, your place of residence may still be eligible for lower-income energy support programs. Please visit the Ontario Energy Board’s website for more information.
Section 1: Notice and Consent
When submitting this completed form to your utility, please do not provide any personal information. The term “personal information” has the same meaning as under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990 c. F.31. Please note that information requested in this form is business identity information (i.e. name, title, and business contact information), not personal information.
Should any personal information be provided within this form, this personal information will be collected by your utility in accordance with applicable privacy legislation such as the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act or the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the licence granted to it by the Ontario Energy Board under the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998.
Your business information is being collected for the purpose of administering CEAP-SB, including but not limited to, determining your eligibility for CEAP-SB.
In addition, your utility may use information already collected from you for the purposes of administering your utility account (e.g., any data respecting billing, bill payments), for the purposes of evaluating your eligibility for CEAP-SB and administering CEAP-SB.
The funding for CEAP-SB is provided by the Government of Ontario. Given that, in order to verify and determine whether you were eligible for CEAP-SB and/or to otherwise administer CEAP-SB, it may be necessary for your utility to share your information with the Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. If the Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines requests any of the information, including personal information contained in this form in order to verify your eligibility for CEAP-SB or for audit purposes related to the administration of CEAP-SB, your utility will supply it to them. The Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines may contact you for further information as part of their audit. You are encouraged to retain any documentation that demonstrates you meet the eligibility for CEAP-SB.
By completing and submitting this application form, you are consenting to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information, including personal information as described above.
Contact information for the person who can answer questions about the collection of the information in this form is available on your utility’s web site.
