Supported Client Platform

The IESO currently supports the following client platforms for accessing the IESO Systems listed below.

Beginning in 2012, digital certificate authentication for access to the MPI will be decommissioned. Market Participants must access the Energy Market MPI Workspace using the IESO Portal and are encouraged to begin the transition as soon as possible.

Questions? Please contact IESO Customer Relations at 1-888-448-7777.

System	Applications	Browser/ Operating System	Recommended Java Runtime Environment
MPI*	Workspace, Registration	IE 6.0 - XP-SP2 IE 7.0 - XP-SP2 IE 7.0 - Vista	Sun JRE 5.0 Update 14 (JRE 1.5.0_14)
Portal	Energy Market Graphical User Interface Workspace	IE 6.0 - XP-SP2 IE 7.0 - XP-SP2 IE 7.0 - Vista	Sun JRE 6.0 Update 20 (JRE 1.6.0_20)
	Transmission Rights		Sun JRE 5.0 Update 14 (JRE 1.5.0_14)
	Online Outage Request Forms		Sun JRE 5.0 Update 14 (JRE 1.5.0_14)
	Metering - Users accessing the Metering function with JRE 1.5.0_14 will observe that the "Search" feature does not function correctly. Users are recommended to use JRE 1.5.0_11 to ensure full functionality of this tool.		Sun JRE 5.0 Update 11 (JRE 1.5.0_11)
Outbound Report Management System	IESO Reports Site - Report Repository Interface	IE 6.0 - XP-SP2 IE 7.0 - XP-SP2 IE 7.0 - Vista	N/A
Workflow	Notice of Disagreement (NoD)/Meter Trouble Reporting (MTR)	IE 6.0 - XP-SP2 IE 7.0 - XP-SP2 IE 7.0 - Vista	N/A
Message Exchange	Web Based Message Exchange	IE 6.0 - XP-SP2 IE 7.0 - XP-SP2 IE 7.0 - Vista	Sun JRE 5.0 Update 14 (JRE 1.5.0_14)
MIM API	Workspace, Registration	IE 6.0 - XP-SP2 IE 7.0 - XP-SP2 IE 7.0 - Vista	Sun JRE 5.0 Update 14 (JRE 1.5.0_14)
Other	Cybertrust digital certificates, Entrust Authority Administration website, Market Information Management Application Programmatic Interface (MIM API), Certificate Lifecycle System (CLS)	IE 6.0 - XP-SP2 IE 7.0 - XP-SP2 IE 7.0 - Vista	Sun JRE 5.0 Update 14 (JRE 1.5.0_14)

* Supported until December 31, 2011. MPI can be accessed using the Energy Market Graphical User Interface Workspace via the Portal. Portal username and password is required and replace Cybertrust digital certificates.

For information regarding the standards and guidelines for the upgrade of the Market Participant Client Platform please refer to the Market Participant Client Platform Information Technology Standard (IESO_ISTD_0017).