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Contract FAQs
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- How can I add or remove my spouse's name to/from my Contract?
- How can I increase the Nameplate (AC/DC) Capacity of my Facility?
- How can I decrease the Nameplate (AC/DC) Capacity of my Facility?
- How can I change the contact details on my Contract?
- How can I change the Facility address on my Contract?
- How can I change the legal name on my Contract?
- How can I change the Renewable Fuel type of my Facility?
- How do I terminate my Contract?
- Can I give permission to another individual to speak on my behalf?
- I want to assign my Contract, but the assignee does not have a computer or access to the internet. What do I do?
- Who can the Contract be assigned to?
- How do I access my Contract?
- Who pays me?
- How can I update my GST number for a version 1 Contract?
- How can I update my GST number for a version 2 Contract?
- I forgot my password.
- What is my username?
- What is a generator account number?
- What is a load customer account number?
- What is an LDC?
- How do I submit a Contract assignment request?
- What happens if I move?
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Can you email me my Contract?
1. How can I add or remove my spouse's name to/from my Contract?
To add or remove a party to the Contract, a Contract assignment request must be submitted to the OPA. To initiate a Contract assignment, please follow the Contract Assignment Instructions applicable to your Contract version.
Versions 1.3 and 1.4: Contract Assignment Instructions
Versions 1.5 and 1.6: Contract Assignment Instructions
Version 2.0: Contract Assignment Instructions
2. How can I increase the Nameplate (AC/DC) Capacity of my Facility?
The OPA does not permit increases to Nameplate Capacity, as a matter of policy.
3. How can I decrease the Nameplate (AC/DC) Capacity of my Facility?
To decrease the Nameplate Capacity of a Facility, a Contract amendment must be submitted to the OPA. To submit a Contract amendment, please email a completed and scanned the Amendment Request Form to microFIT.contract@powerauthority.on.ca.
4. How can I change the contact details on my Contract?
To change contact information set out in the Contract (including email or mailing address), a change notice must be submitted to the OPA. This does not include changes to Supplier (see Contract assignments) or property upon which Facility is located (see Contract amendments).
To submit a change notice, please email a completed and scanned Change Notice Form to microFIT.contract@powerauthority.on.ca.
5. How can I change the Facility address on my Contract?
To change the address of the Facility, a Contract amendment must be submitted to the OPA. Facility address changes will be limited to changes related to the existing property. Under no circumstances is a Supplier permitted to change the address of the Facility to reflect the relocation of the Facility from the existing property to a different property.
To submit a Contract amendment, please email a completed and scanned Amendment Request Form to microFIT.contract@powerauthority.on.ca.
6. How can I change the legal name on my Contract?
To change the legal name of the Supplier, a Contract amendment or a Contract assignment must be submitted to the OPA. Where the Supplier will remain the same legal entity (legal name change upon marriage/divorce or correction of misspelling), a Contract amendment is required. Where the legal entity of the Supplier will change (add/remove a Supplier or transfer to a new Supplier), a Contract assignment is required.
To submit a Contract amendment, please email a completed and scanned Change Notice Form to microFIT.contract@powerauthority.on.ca.
To initiate a Contract assignment, please see the Contract Assignment Instructions applicable to your Contract version.
Versions 1.3 and 1.4: Contract Assignment Instructions
Versions 1.5 and 1.6: Contract Assignment Instructions
Version 2.0: Contract Assignment Instructions
7. How can I change the Renewable Fuel type of my Facility?
A Supplier may change the Facility’s Renewable Fuel type if it has a version 1.3 or 1.4 (application submitted prior to July 2, 2010) Contract (solar ground-mounted and rooftop Facilities are not distinguished for version 1.3 and 1.4 Contracts), by submitting a Contract amendment request to the OPA. A Supplier will not be permitted to change the Facility’s Renewable Fuel type if it has any other Contract (1.4 [application submitted on or after July 2, 2010], 1.5, 1.6, 1.6.1, 2).
To submit a contract amendment, please email a completed and scanned Amendment Request Form to microFIT.contract@powerauthority.on.ca.
8. How do I terminate my Contract?
You may terminate your microFIT Contract on thirty days prior written notice to the OPA. Email a completed and scanned Notice of Termination Form to microFIT.contract@powerauthority.on.ca to proceed with a Contract termination.
9. Can I give permission to another individual to speak on my behalf?
For version 1 Contracts, the OPA will only communicate with the Supplier. For version 2 Contracts, the Supplier may authorize a third party as the Supplier’s designated representative. Where the Supplier designates a representative, the OPA may communicate with both the Supplier and the designated representative, but is under no obligation to communicate with the designated representative. The Supplier may add or remove a designated representative at the Supplier’s option (version 2 Contracts).
10. I want to assign my Contract, but the assignee does not have a computer or access to the internet. What do I do?
To complete the Contract assignment process, both the existing Supplier (Assignor) and prospective Supplier (Assignee) must have access to the Internet. To initiate a Contract assignment, please follow the Contract Assignment Instructions applicable to your Contract version.
Versions 1.3 and 1.4: Contract Assignment Instructions
Versions 1.5 and 1.6: Contract Assignment Instructions
Version 2.0: Contract Assignment Instructions
11. Who can the Contract be assigned to?
For version 1.3 or 1.4 Contracts, a Supplier may assign the Contract to any legal entity. For version 1.5, 1.6, 1.6.1 or 2 Contracts, a Supplier may assign the Contract to another Eligible Participant. For a complete list of Eligible Participants, please refer to the applicable microFIT Eligible Participant Schedule below:
- Versions 1.5, 1.6, or 1.6.1: microFIT Eligible Participant Schedule
- Version 2.0: microFIT Eligible Participant Schedule version 2
12. How do I access my Contract?
Contracts may be accessed through the “My microFIT Home Page”. Following login, click the “Contract Offer – Accepted” option in the status column. Contracts are posted in PDF format and are accessible 24/7.
A Supplier will receive Generation Payments from its local distribution company. Generation Payments will be issued according to the local distribution company’s standard billing cycle. For more information regarding a Generation Payment, contact your local distribution company.
14. How can I update my GST number for a version 1 Contract?
To update the GST information listed in a version 1 Contract, a change notice must be submitted to the OPA. To submit a change notice to the OPA, please email a completed and scanned Change Notice Form to microFIT.contract@powerauthority.on.ca.
15. How can I update my GST number for a version 2 Contract?
The OPA does not collect GST information for version 2 Contracts. Where the Supplier is a GST registrant, the Supplier should submit its GST number to its local distribution company.
A “My microFIT Home Page” password may be reset using the “forgot my password” link on the “My microFIT Home Page”. To reset a “My microFIT Home Page” password, the email and username associated with the account will be required.
A username is created upon registration of a “My microFIT Home Page”. A username may be reset by using the “forgot my username” link of the “My microFIT Home Page”. To reset a “My microFIT Home Page” username, the email associated with the account will be required.
18. What is a generator account number?
A generator account number is the account number assigned by the Supplier’s local distribution company to the Facility that is supplying electricity to the grid. A generator account number may be distinguished from a load customer account number, which is assigned to a load facility that is drawing electricity from the grid.
19. What is a load customer account number?
A load customer account number is the account number assigned by a local distribution company to a load facility that is drawing electricity from the grid. A load facility account number may be distinguished from a generator account number, which is assigned to a Facility that is supplying electricity to the grid.
LDC stands for local distribution company.
21. How do I submit a Contract assignment request?
All Contract assignment requests are submitted through the “My microFIT Home Page”. To initiate a Contract assignment, please see the Contract Assignment Instructions applicable to your Contract version.
Versions 1.3 and 1.4: Contract Assignment Instructions
Versions 1.5 and 1.6: Contract Assignment Instructions
Version 2.0: Contract Assignment Instructions
A Facility may not be relocated to a different property. Where the Supplier sells the property upon which a Facility is located, the Supplier may assign the Contract to the new property owner. Where the Supplier has a version 1.5, 1.6, 1.6.1 or 2 Contract, the Supplier’s Eligible Participant status may be affected by a move or sale and any Contract assignment must be to another Eligible Participant. See below for more information regarding the Eligible Participant Schedule or Contract Assignment Instructions:
Click here for Version 1 Contracts
Click here for Version 2 Contracts
23. Can you email me my Contract?
The OPA will not email Contracts in any circumstances. Contracts are accessible through the Supplier’s “My microFIT Home Page”. Contracts are in PDF format and are accessible 24/7.
