These periods are during the daytime but not the busiest times of day.
Off peak hours for electricity in ontario.
According to the ontario energy board the average household uses 2 3 of their electricity during off peak hours with the remainder split between mid peak and off peak.
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10 1 kwh during off peak hours 14 4 kwh during mid peak hours and 20 8 kwh during on peak hours.
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Off peak when demand for electricity is lowest.
On april 14 2020 the oeb announced that it would not reset those rpp prices for may 1 2020.
Mid peak when demand for electricity is moderate.
Ontario households and small businesses use the majority of their electricity nearly two thirds of it during off peak hours.
As of march 24 households farms and small businesses who pay tou.
And 7 a m which is considered off peak hours hydro rates are 10 1 cents per kilowatt hour kwh whereas at mid peak hours usually on weekday afternoons from 11 a m.
On weekdays between 7 p m.
These are the busiest times of day generally when people are cooking starting up their computers and running heaters or air conditioners.
This results in a blended rate of 11 cents kwh.
On peak when demand is highest.