Improving Accessibility of Operating Reserve
Operating Reserve (OR) is stand-by power or demand reduction that the IESO can call on with short notice to deal with an unexpected mismatch between electricity generation and consumption. The IESO schedules OR for every minute of every day to meet requirements set by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and the Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) to ensure power system reliability. The IESO has been experiencing an issue with OR where the amount of scheduled OR is not fully accessible. This issue could create challenges for the IESO to recover the supply-demand balance after a system event, and result in unfair cost to the market. In order to better understand and develop potential solutions to this issue, the IESO will be initiating an engagement to discuss this with stakeholders.
Additional details on the IESO’s plans to engage stakeholders throughout the process can be found in the engagement plan. All comments and enquiries on this engagement can be directed to engagement@ieso.ca.
Documents referenced on this page, but not posted, can be obtained by contacting engagement@ieso.ca with a link to the web page that lists the document and advise whether it needs to be provided in an accessible format. Please allow a minimum of one business day for a response.
Schedule of Activities
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May 28, 2021 |
An update on the status of the proposals to address the issue of inaccessible operating reserve will be provided, including changes proposed since the last webinar in March 2020. The IESO will discuss and seek stakeholder feedback on draft market rules and manuals to implement the proposed solutions as well. |
Register with engagement@ieso.ca |
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August 20, 2020 |
Improving Accessibility of Operating Reserve Stakeholder Engagement Update |
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April 30, 2020 |
Stakeholder feedback due on the detailed design of the OR settlement claw-back mechanism
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March 30, 2020 |
Stakeholder webinar |
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February 10, 2020 |
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January 10, 2020 |
Stakeholder feedback from participants on the details of the recommended solution presented during Dec 10th webinar |
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December 10, 2019 |
Webinar/meeting to address any outstanding stakeholder feedback or concerns and finalize the solution
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August 15, 2019 |
Formal feedback period on solutions proposed by the IESO.
IESO response to feedback received |
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July 31, 2019 |
Webinar/meeting to address feedback from stakeholders and to propose potential solutions to address the issue.
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April 11 – 25, 2019 |
Formal feedback period to gather initial feedback from stakeholders on underlying causes of the issue. Stakeholder Feedback
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April 10, 2019 |
Webinar to kick-off engagement
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March 28, 2019
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Engagement launched |