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Under the authority of section 5.1 of the Electrical Power Control Act, 1994, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council hereby directs the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities to adopt a policy for Non-Government Rural Isolated Domestic and General Service customers of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro-Electric Corporation that:

a) any changes in rates charged to these customers shall be equal to changes approved for equivalent rate classes of Newfoundland Power customers on or after January 1, 2007;

b) notwithstanding (a), commencing July 1, 2020, rates for these customers shall be those that would have come into effect but for this directive and directives OC2006-512, OC2008-365, OC2009-390, OC2010-322, OC2012-329, OC2014-372, OC2015-300; OC2016-104; OC2016-287; OC2017-121; OC2017-193; and OC2018-116; and the provisions of this directive do not apply to rates to be established for these customers following July 1, 2020.