Does Ontario have enough supply?
How can I cut my electricity costs?
How does the provincial power system operate?
The answers to these and other questions can be found in IESO publications.
Here, you can find the latest information about Ontario's electricity market and system and how they affect you.
THE ELECTRICITY INSIDER
The inaugural issue of the Electricity Insdier provides information on prices, the provincial benefit and the role consumers can play in the electricity market.
POWER SYSTEM RELIABILITY
ONTARIO RELIABILITY OUTLOOK
The Ontario Reliability Outlook updates the progress of interrelated transmission, generation and demand-management projects required to meet future reliability needs.
- Ontario Reliability Outlook - December 2009
- Map: Electricity Supply, Generation & Transmission Highlights
- Map: Electricity Demand, Smart Meter Initiative Highlights
- Ontario Reliability Outlook - December 2008
- Ontario Reliability Outlook (Vol. 2, Issue 2, December 2007)
- Ontario Reliability Outlook (Vol. 2, Issue 1, March 2007)
- Ontario Reliability Outlook (Vol. 1, Issue 2, June 2006)
- Ontario Reliability Outlook (Vol. 1, Issue 1, February 2006)
CONSUMER FORUM
2008 Consumer Forum Report
The IESO reports on its consumer-focused activities on an annual basis. This first report
focuses on activities and initiatives undertaken in 2008 to meet the broad objectives described above. Activities were targeted at three main groups of consumers: large-volume market
participants, mid-sized customers that pay the market price and low-volume residential and
small business.
SMART GRID FORUM
Enabling Tomorrow’s Electricity System
The report released by Ontario’s Smart Grid Forum calls for a co-ordinated effort to increase reliability, develop economic opportunities and promote environmental sustainability through smart grid technologies.
ELECTRICITY MARKET
ONTARIO MARKET OUTLOOK
The Ontario Market Outlook is designed to engage stakeholders in a broader discussion about how to leverage Ontario’s electricity market to facilitate generation investment, increase the influence of demand response, support more efficient and reliable trade and promote environmental objectives. The report is supported by four discussion papers commissioned by the IESO to explore the issues of generation investment, demand response, trade and the environmental sustainability within the context of market evolution.
 MARKET YEAR IN REVIEW
Here's an overview of market price trends, demand and supply highlights, and market developments to help you understand factors that impact the price of electricity.
LONG-TERM PLANNING
10-YEAR OUTLOOK
Until 2005, the IESO published an annual 10-Year Outlook.
This report assessed the generation and transmission adequacy to maintain system reliability and ensure the IESO-administered markets operate efficiently.
In future, this assessment will be released by the Ontario Power Authority which assumed responsibility for long-term system planning.
MANAGING YOUR ELECTRICITY COSTS
Did you know that a 20 per cent reduction in energy use is roughly equivalent to a five per cent increase in sales?
The following materials will help guide your business decisions, to save you money and make the electricity market work for you.
 THE BOTTOM LINE ON MANAGING YOUR ELECTRICITY COSTS:
A GUIDE FOR MANUFACTURERS
This guide will show you how to identify ways to save on your electricity costs and illustrate how other manufacturers have taken charge of their electricity use.
THE BOTTOM LINE ON MANAGING YOUR ELECTRICITY COSTS:
A GUIDE FOR FOOD PROCESSORS
Read real life examples of how three Ontario companies from the food processing sector have taken action to manage their electricity costs.
A Guide for Food Processors will help you make smart business decisions that will save you money.
THE BOTTOM LINE ON MANAGING YOUR ELECTRICITY COSTS:
A GUIDE FOR MUNICIPALITIES
With operations that often run into the late evening and all through the night, municipalities are uniquely suited to take advantage of hourly pricing. Read how other municipalities are taking control of their electricity costs.
ONTARIO MUNICIPALITIES: AN ELECTRICITY PROFILE
This report uncovers opportunities for municipalities to reduce their electricity costs and consumption.
MANAGING YOUR ELECTRICITY COSTS
Businesses can learn to mange electricity costs by understanding how and when your business uses electricity.
THE BOTTOM LINE ON ENERGY MANAGEMENT
This publication explains the fundamentals of Ontario's electricity market, and profiles four Ontario businesses that are taking control of their electricity costs.
GET ENERGY SMART
Produced in collaboration with the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers, the Smart Grocer's guide shows how grocers can start from scratch to develop a cost-saving energy management plan.
ABOUT THE IESO
IESO
Power to Ontario. On Demand.
What is the Independent Electricity System Operator? Read about the IESO's roles and responsibilities in managing Ontario's power system and the wholesale electricity market.
ANNUAL REPORT
This publication reports on corporate developments and financial performance throughout the previous year.
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