Archived Documents Issued by Ontario Market Design Committee

Phase III
Retail Market

• The Effect of Volatile Electricity Prices on the Residential Customer's Bill  (PDF)
• Evaluation of Default Supply Options  (PDF)
• Fixed Price Default Supply Option: Summary of Alternatives  (PDF)
• Fixed Price Option 4 - Regulated Request for Proposal  (PDF)
• Smoothed Spot Pass-Through  (PDF)
• Criteria Assessment  (PDF)

• Ontario Electricity Market Transmission/Distribution Pricing and Access Theoretical Framework  (PDF)
• Ontario Electricity Market Transmission/Distribution Pricing and Access Outline Proposal  (PDF)
• Treatment of Transmission Losses in an Open Access Environment  (PDF)

Phase II
Market Power and Stranded Cost

• Summaries - Market Power in the Electricity Industry  (PDF)

• Alternative Approaches to Assuring Capacity and Compensating Capacity Suppliers  (PDF)
• Transmission Pricing  (PDF)
• Congestion Management/Pricing Issues  (PDF)
• Congestion Pricing-Zonal Approach and Physical Transmission Rights  (PDF)
• Zonal Approach to Congestion-Response to Questions  (PDF)
• Congestion Pricing Issues  (PDF)
• Alternative Settlement Systems - Mechanics and Issues  (PDF)
• A Brief Discussion of Network Stability services - GenCo  (PDF)
• CMO Ancillary Services in Ontario  (PDF)
• Market Model Issue 5  (PDF)
• Market Model Issue 7, 8 & 9  (PDF)
• Competitive Markets for Ancillary Services  (PDF)
• Ensuring Adequate Capacity in a Competitive Market  (PDF)
• Markets for Ancillary Services  (PDF)

• Proposal for Transmission Outage Management Process - ServCo  (PDF)
• Draft Report to Market Design Committee on a Transmission Tariff Process Proposal - by ServCo  (PDF)
• The Split between Transmission & Distribution - by CMO  (PDF)
• The Split between Transmission & Distribution (Task 4-1)  (PDF)
• Transmission & Distribution Boundaries  (PDF)
• Proposed Process for Transmission Planning and New Investments  (PDF)
• CMO Competitive System Investment in Ontario  (PDF)
• Mississauga Hydro - T& D Split and Coordination Procedures  (PDF)
• MEA Transmission/Distribution Boundary  (PDF)

• MEA Retail Access Proposal  (PDF)
• Retail Competition Issues  (PDF)
• The Status of Metered Data Infrastructure in Ontario  (PDF)
• Retail Competition  (PDF)
• Retail Supply Contracts - Two Methods  (PDF)
• Retail Competition - Physicals Vs Financial Contracts  (PDF)
• What Will the Settlement System Handle?  (PDF)
• Retail Competition - the Derivatives Problem  (PDF)
• Who Owns the Electricity Meter  (PDF)

• Restructuring and Environmental Protection  (PDF)
• Demand Side Management  (PDF)
• Green Pricing  (PDF)
• Renewable Portfolio Standard  (PDF)
• Emissions Trading  (PDF)
• Issues Discussion Paper on Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards and Accommodating Green Technologies-CMO  (PDF)
• Environment & Conservation Issues  (PDF)

• Retail Access Issues  (PDF)
• Market Power Issues  (PDF)
• Retail Access Issues-Who should own the Electricity Meter?  (PDF)
• International Survey of Market Power Concerns and Mitigation Strategies.  (PDF)
• Managing/Pricing Transmission Congestion  (PDF)
• Alternatives for Congestion Pricing  (PDF)
• Assuring Adequate Generation Capacity  (PDF)
• Status of Congestion in Ontario  (PDF)
• Questions and Answers on Market Model
• Mandate Sub-Cttee on IMO Governance  (PDF)
• Mandate Sub-Cttee on IMO and the Regulator  (PDF)
• Issue Paper on Choice of Market Model  (PDF)
• Discussion Paper on Respective Roles of the IMO and the Grid Owners  (PDF)
• Issues Paper on The IMO and Regulator
• Issues Paper on IMO/Governance
• Message from the Chairman
• Opening Address to MDC