Active Consultations

The IESO is committed to open, two-way dialogue with stakeholders to help understand and resolve issues in a way that benefits both stakeholders and the IESO. Below you will find a listing of active stakeholder consultations being conducted by the IESO.

Ref. #	Last Updated	Active Consultations	Plan	Closure Date
SE-87	Feb 9, 2010	+ Enhanced Day-Ahead Commitment (EDAC) -I.T. Build Phase The objective of this plan is to provide affected stakeholders with the opportunity to identify operational and settlement issues with respect to EDAC market facing systems and reports, in order to minimize potential adverse impacts.		January 2011
SE-84	Jan 11, 2010	+ Congestion Management Settlement Credit (CMSC) Payments for Generation Facilities In several of its reports, the Market Surveillance Panel (MSP) has recommended that the IESO pursue market rule amendments to allow the recovery of, or to limit, CMSC payments which are made to generators under specific circumstances. The purpose of this initiative is to gather feedback from the generator community regarding these circumstances and to assist the Technical Panel with its review of MR-00252.		March 2010
SE-80	Feb 24, 2010	+ Real-Time and Day-Ahead Generation Cost Guarantees In the IESO’s review of the Spare Generation On-Line (SGOL) program, it became evident that certain aspects of both the existing real-time generator cost guarantee and the existing day-ahead generator cost guarantee are resulting in economically inefficient market outcomes.		September 2009
SE-76	Oct 16, 2009	+ Transmission Rights Auction Tool Upgrade Project The existing hardware and software technologies used for the TRA system need to be upgraded and the IESO has defined an opportunity for stakeholder involvement in the process. This initiative will be of specific interest to all market participants who participate in the TRA.		September 2010
SE-75	Aug 18, 2009	+ Outage Management Replacement Project Participants in the IESO administered markets request permission and receive approval for planned outages. This initiative is for the replacement of the existing Outage Management System and is of specific interest to all market participants who currently submit outage requests to the IESO. This stakeholder plan has been developed to define the opportunity for market participants to identify issues and opportunities for the current tool and identify areas for business process improvements.		Q2 2010
SE-74	Nov 27, 2009	+ Market Information Management Business Scenario (MPI/API Replacement) This initiative will be of interest to all transactional market participants who submit bids and offers, receive Market Notices, enter schedules and physical bilateral contracts.		On hold
SE-73	Jan 22, 2010	+ Enhanced Day-Ahead Commitment Detailed Design The IESO Board of Directors approved proceeding with the development of Enhanced Day-Ahead Commitment (EDAC) systems on September 5, 2008. Completion of the detailed design of EDAC will be the primary focus of this stakeholder engagement plan. This includes defining the elements associated with systems and processes for operations, the optimization engine, and settlements.		Fall, 2010
SE-72	Nov 27, 2009	+ Control Action Operating Reserve Study The IESO is reviewing the pricing and structure of the CAOR standing offers to address the following concerns raised by stakeholders regarding the current pricing and structure.		On hold
SE-68	May 1, 2009	+ Transmission Rights Market Review Transmission rights are financial instruments that are periodically auctioned by the IESO and are purchased by market participants to hedge against intertie congestion costs or as speculative investments. The IESO, in response to a request made by the IESO Board of Directors, will be analyzing the current design of the transmission rights market and provide any recommended changes, if applicable. The analysis will cover the three main areas: market design, Transmission Rights Clearing Account and Confidence Level.		On hold
SE-67	Jun 9, 2009	+ Review of Operating Reserve and Market Schedule Practices and Policies The IESO will be publishing a review of the current practices and policies related to operating reserve and the market schedule and recommend appropriate changes to enhance the market place. This review is in response to recommendations for changes to the IESOs’ operating reserve practices and policies made through several forums.		On hold
SE-61	Feb 5, 2010	+ Dispatch Methodology and Processes Over the next several months the IESO will be initiating a dialogue with key stakeholders to discuss both current and future dispatch issues. The initial discussions will help the IESO determine the most effective methods of gathering stakeholder input on this initiative, and help determine the issues and approach for the next phase of this initiative.		To be determined
SE-57	Mar 11, 2010	+ Embedded and Renewable Generation (including periods of surplus baseload generation) Embedded or distributed generation is usually small scale generators connected within the distribution network and are normally located close to the consumer. The goal of this stakeholder plan is to provide stakeholders the opportunity to give feedback to the IESO on the discussion paper and the potential market rule changes highlighted in the paper. The scope of this initiative includes centralized forecasting, management of minimum load periods (including periods of surplus baseload generation) and development of standards.		Q2, 2010
SE-50	Mar 27, 2008	+ Standards for supply to large urban areas This initiative addresses the concerns raised by stakeholders that the existing documents do not address the needs of large urban centres. The goal of the plan is to gather stakeholder feedback to determine whether the standards set out in the Ontario Resource and Transmission Assessment Criteria meets the needs for large urban areas given their unique characteristics and the present day structure of the electricity market.		To be determined
SE-45	Jul 14, 2009	+ Economic dispatch of linked wheel transactions The current requirements expose market participants performing these transactions to financial risk at the interties. The goal of this stakeholder plan is to gather stakeholder feedback on the issue and to present it to the Technical Panel for recommendations to the IESO Board.		To be determined
SE-40	Mar 12, 2010	+ Loss Penalty Factors Static loss penalty factors were employed prior to market opening as a replacement for the dynamic module - these static loss factors have not been updated since market opening. Loss factors are recalculated based on the grid configuration and will be distributed to market participants for discussion. An analysis will be undertaken to investigate future options to adjusting the loss factors.		Q1, 2010
SE-38	Mar 7, 2008	+ Load Following Standard The purpose of this stakeholder plan is to provide stakeholders the opportunity to provide feedback to the IESO on the development of a load following standard.		On hold
SE-37	Apr 8, 2008	+ Operating Reserve Initiatives Five operating reserve (OR) initiatives have recently been identified that require a coordinated effort to address. The goal of this stakeholder plan is to provide stakeholders the opportunity to provide feedback to the IESO on the impact of this change on their business and on the market.		March 2009
SE-25	Feb 6, 2008	+ Locational Pricing The purpose of this initiative is to examine the implications on stakeholders and market efficiency of changing how Ontario’s real-time electricity price is calculated, by better reflect the impacts of the transmission system. The ongoing examination of day-ahead mechanisms (SE-21) requires a significant effort from both IESO staff and stakeholders. The commitment of staff and resources to this effort will require that further work on locational pricing be placed on hold at this time.		On hold
SE-19	May 8, 2006	+ Changes to 18-Month Outlook The challenges to maintain reliability of Ontario's bulk power system during the summer of 2005 that were related to high demands and lower hydroelectric generation have prompted changes to the calculation of supply adequacy for the purposes of reliability assessments. The goal of this stakeholder plan is to determine the inter-tie transaction role in setting the real-time price and to develop an implementation plan to address any changes.		On hold
SE-18	Mar 12, 2007	+ Intertie Transactions Role in Setting Real-Time Price This stakeholder plan will commence after completion of the Day Ahead Market evolution stakeholder initiative SE 21.		On hold

Questions or feedback on the stakeholder engagement processes or an initiative can be sent to stakeholder.engagement@ieso.ca.

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