Ontario Market Design Committee
On January 20, 1998 the Minister of Energy, Science and Technology established the Market Design Committee (MDC) to
advise on the structure of Ontario’s proposed electricity market. The committee
membership
include the chair, Ronald J. Daniels, Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto and industry and customer
representatives. Their mandate was to provide recommendations to the Government on the design of an Independent Market
Operator (IMO), as defined in the White Paper, and to propose the rules and protocols that will be needed to launch a
fully competitive electricity market in Ontario in the year 2000.
The Committee prepared numerous documents and submitted four reports to the Minister throughout 1998:
A CD-ROM version of this material is available from the IMO. It contains all of the publications of the MDC including
the four reports of the MDC. Copies of the CD are available for $10.00 Cdn each in Canada and the US, including
applicable taxes, shipping and handling and $35.00 US for requests outside of North America. Your request should
include your shipping address and a certified or company cheque made payable to Independent Electricity Market Operator
and forwarded to:
Marilyn Forrest
Independent Electricity Market Operator
655 Bay St. Suite 410,
P.O. Box 1
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2K4
(905) 855-6295
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