In this regulation:
Act means the Clean Energy Act;
applicable rates means, with respect to a public utility's electricity rates, the average monthly bill for electricity, but not any other terms and conditions of those rates.
In a report to be provided to the minister under section 8 (4) of the Act, the authority must do all of the following:
include a comparison with at least one public utility in each of at least 15 other jurisdictions in North America, including all of the following:
the provinces of Alberta, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba;
the states of Washington, Oregon and California;
compare the previous year's applicable rates for residential, commercial and industrial customers with similar rates of the public utilities referred to in paragraph (a);
express the monetary comparisons in Canadian currency;
provide the authority's previous 5 years of applicable rates.