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Ref. #	Last Updated	Completed Consultations	Plan	Closure Date
SE-103	Jun 29, 2012	+ IESO Actions in Advance of Extreme Conditions (Market Manual 7.1) The IESO has added a section to the System Operating Market Manual 7.1 to outline actions that may be taken to prepare the electricity system for extreme conditions. A number of standards based obligations ensure that when extreme conditions are expected the IESO has the authority to take certain actions, such as committing additional generators or revoking planned outages.		June 2012
SE-99	Apr 5, 2012	+ Changes to Reliability Assessments Information Requirements (MM 2.8) The IESO is proposing changes to the 10-year data submissions by Market Participants in accordance with Market Manual 2.8: Reliability Assessments Information Requirements.		July 2012
SE-98	Feb 1, 2012	+ New SBG Forecast Report The IESO is proposing changes to the current Surplus Baseload Generation (SBG) forecast to provide some additional information such as forecast export volumes and a minimum generation alert status.		March 2012
SE-95	Aug 24, 2011	+ Online Prudential Tool The IESO is considering providing an online Prudential Tool to help market participants understand and manage their prudential requirements.		September 2011
SE-94	Aug 27, 2012	+ Export Transmission Service Tariff Study This consultation involved a comprehensive Export Transmission Service (ETS) tariff study to identify a range of proposed ETS rates and the pros and cons associated with each. Stakeholders from a broad range of backgrounds participated to ensure a robust and detailed study was performed. The ETS Report and Addendum has been send to Hydro One and filed as evidence in the company’s 2013 to 2014 Revenue Requirement and Rate Filing Application before the Ontario Energy Board.		Q2 2012
SE-92	Feb 3, 2011	+ Reserve Loading Point Procedures The IESO will be holding a conference call with dispatchable generators to discuss operating procedures with respect to reserve loading point. The discussions will centre around the treatment of minimum loading in the dispatch scheduling optimizer (DSO) and procedures for the generator to follow.		February 2011
SE-90	Jan 31, 2011	+ Registration Data Replacement The current registration information system on the Market Participant Interface will be replaced by the new and expanded Customer Data Management System. There will be a transition period of approximately a year beginning May 2011, during which neither the old or new systems are available to participants. The IESO and interested stakeholders will discuss how to make registration information available to market participants during the temporary absence of system access.		June 2011
SE-89	Oct 18, 2010	+ Constrained-Off Congestion Management Settlement Credits for Dispatchable Loads An urgent market rule amendment (MR-00373-R00) has temporarily suspended constrained-off CMSC payments until March 31, 2011 or an alternate date determined by the IESO Board. The purpose of this initiative is to consider alternative solutions to the temporary suspension of constrained-off Congestion Management Settlement Credit payments to dispatchable loads, and to input into the general rule amendment process, which concludes in IESO Board approval of the proposed amendment.		March 2011
SE-88	Sep 13, 2010	+ Prudential Review 2010 A key component of the IESO Administered Markets is the prudential framework. That prudential framework is defined by the market rules that oversee the management of credit risk within the IESO Administered Markets. It was agreed that the prudential support requirements be reviewed at least once every three years.		September 2010
SE-87	Aug 13, 2010	+ Enhanced Day-Ahead Commitment (EDAC) -I.T. Build Phase The objective of this plan is to provide affected stakeholders with the opportunity to identify operational and settlement issues with respect to EDAC market facing systems and reports, in order to minimize potential adverse impacts.		November 2011
SE-85	Nov 5, 2009	+ Maximum Adjustment Period A maximum adjustment period defines how far back in time a settlement adjustment will be applied. Under the current framework, settlement adjustments can go back an unlimited number of years. The proposal is for the maximum adjustment period to be fixed, for example at one or two years. All market participants are impacted by this change and the IESO is seeking advice prior to taking the recommendation to IESO senior management.		December 2009
SE-83	Jan 7, 2010	+ Corporate Performance Measures Performance measurement helps the IESO monitor how well it achieves the goals approved by its Board of Directors. The current set of measures track how well the IESO performs in operating and maintaining the reliability of the Ontario power system and the electricity market, in managing customer and stakeholder issues and needs, in effectively using the funds provided to the IESO, and developing and managing employee capabilities to meet current and future customer needs.		December 2009
SE-82	Nov 27, 2009	+ 18-Month Outlook Additional Generation Capacity Information The Forecasts and Assessments Standing Committee (FASC) have proposed that additional information regarding generating capacity be published in the 18-Month Outlook including reductions in generation capacity by fuel type, surplus baseload generation by fuel type and a listing of individual generating unit registered capacity.		December 2009
SE-81	Aug 21, 2009	+ Interaction of Guarantees and Supply Contracts TransCanada sent a letter to the IESO Board that voices their concern over the impacts of generators on the Ontario electricity market clearing price. The letter references other generators who are also impacted. Non-contracted generators rely on real-time market prices for their revenue. Recent discussions with a number of these generators have highlighted a need to better understand the incentives arising from the interaction of IESO guarantee programs and OPA supply contracts, and how these incentives impact market prices.		September 2009
SE-80	Feb 24, 2010	+ Real-Time and Day-Ahead Generation Cost Guarantees In the IESO’s review of the Spare Generation On-Line (SGOL) program, it became evident that certain aspects of both the existing real-time generator cost guarantee and the existing day-ahead generator cost guarantee are resulting in economically inefficient market outcomes.		September 2009
SE-79	Mar 17, 2009	+ More Efficient Uniform Price Recent discussions with stakeholders regarding day-ahead market design issues have highlighted the difficulties of evolving the electricity market under the current two schedule system: (i) the physical scheduling of resources (the constrained algorithm) and; (ii) the market schedule used as the basis for establishing financial compensation (the unconstrained algorithm).		September 2009
SE-78	Sep 1, 2009	+ Export Transmission Service Tariff Study This initiative will be of interest to all market participants; in particular, transmission customers as well as Market Participants directly involved in performing export transactions.		June 2009
SE-77	Mar 1, 2009	+ Public Policy Considerations of the Treatment of Efficiency and Consumer Impacts in Cost Benefit Analysis The IESO is seeking stakeholder input on what is the appropriate decision criterion to apply when comparing the costs and benefits of proposed changes to market rules, market procedures, or market design.		March 2009
SE-76	May 26, 2010	+ Transmission Rights Auction Tool Upgrade Project The existing hardware and software technologies used for the TRA system need to be upgraded and the IESO has defined an opportunity for stakeholder involvement in the process. This initiative will be of specific interest to all market participants who participate in the TRA.		September 2010
SE-75	Apr 6, 2010	+ Outage Management Replacement Project Participants in the IESO administered markets request permission and receive approval for planned outages. This initiative is for the replacement of the existing Outage Management System and is of specific interest to all market participants who currently submit outage requests to the IESO. This stakeholder plan has been developed to define the opportunity for market participants to identify issues and opportunities for the current tool and identify areas for business process improvements.		Q1, 2011
SE-73	Aug 8, 2011	+ Enhanced Day-Ahead Commitment Detailed Design The IESO Board of Directors approved proceeding with the development of Enhanced Day-Ahead Commitment (EDAC) systems on September 5, 2008. Completion of the detailed design of EDAC will be the primary focus of this stakeholder engagement plan. This includes defining the elements associated with systems and processes for operations, the optimization engine, and settlements.		November 2011
SE-72	May 5, 2011	+ Control Action Operating Reserve Study The IESO is reviewing the pricing and structure of the CAOR standing offers to address the following concerns raised by stakeholders regarding the current pricing and structure.		Q3, 2011
SE-71	Dec 11, 2008	+ Establishing Priorities for IESO Studies of Market Design Changes The goal of this initiative is to gather together all the market design change issues together so that they can be assessed and priorities established in a consistent and transparent manner, in consultation with stakeholders, and to ensure that the IESO is working on the appropriate issues.		June 2009
SE-70	Dec 18, 2008	+ Changes to Frequency of 18-Month Outlook The IESO is planning to move forward with changes to the frequency with which the 18-Month Outlook is produced.  Instead of producing the report four times per calendar year, it would be produced twice, once in the Spring and again in the Fall.  In addition, interim updates would be produced on a monthly basis to keep stakeholders informed of changes between reports.		December 2008
SE-68	May 1, 2009	+ Transmission Rights Market Review Transmission rights are financial instruments that are periodically auctioned by the IESO and are purchased by market participants to hedge against intertie congestion costs or as speculative investments. The IESO, in response to a request made by the IESO Board of Directors, will be analyzing the current design of the transmission rights market and provide any recommended changes, if applicable. The analysis will cover the three main areas: market design, Transmission Rights Clearing Account and Confidence Level.		September 2009
SE-67	Jun 9, 2009	+ Review of Operating Reserve and Market Schedule Practices and Policies The IESO will be publishing a review of the current practices and policies related to operating reserve and the market schedule and recommend appropriate changes to enhance the market place. This review is in response to recommendations for changes to the IESOs’ operating reserve practices and policies made through several forums.		August 2009
SE-64	Aug 18, 2008	+ IESO System Access Changes on how participant’s access the IESO systems are needed for a number of reasons as outlined in the stakeholder plan. Improvements to the process need to occur in consultation with stakeholders so that their needs are understood.		September 2008
SE-63	Nov 27, 2009	+ Settlement System Upgrade The IESO settlement system tool that is used to produce settlement data/reports for market participants is at the point in its lifecycle where the decision has to be made as to whether to replace it or make enhancements. Improvements to the settlement tool need to occur in consultation with stakeholders so we understand their needs and consider this in our requirements.		November 2009
SE-62	Jul 24, 2008	+ IESO 2009-2011 Business Plan The IESO business plan is a three-year plan that outlines the strategies, priorities and resources needed to address the opportunities and challenges that the IESO faces.		November 2008
SE-61	Mar 18, 2010	+ Dispatch Methodology and Processes Over the next several months the IESO will be initiating a dialogue with key stakeholders to discuss both current and future dispatch issues. The initial discussions will help the IESO determine the most effective methods of gathering stakeholder input on this initiative, and help determine the issues and approach for the next phase of this initiative.		April 2010
SE-60	Oct 29, 2008	+ Inter-market Trading of Operating Reserve The IESO examination of allowing the exporting of operating reserve is an outstanding commitment from prior to market commencement. For reciprocity reasons, importing of OR will also be examined. The exporting and importing of operating reserve will have an interest to traders who conduct transactions between neighbouring electricity markets. The existing Market Pricing Working Group will be used for detailed consultation on this initiative.		October 2008
SE-59	May 27, 2008	+ Connection Assessment and Approval Procedure - Market Manual 2.10 The IESO's Connection Assessment and Approval (CAA) process is used to determine the impact of proposed new or modified connections on the reliability of Ontario's integrated power system. The IESO has revised the queue allocation principles and the rights associated with the queue position in the CAA procedure. The goal of the stakeholder engagement plan is to gather feedback from stakeholders on the proposed changes to the connection assessment and approvals procedure		September 2008
SE-58	May 8, 2008	+ Day-Ahead Forecast of Real-time Prices The IESO operates a real-time market in which electricity prices are determined in five minute intervals. A forecast of the next day’s real-time prices could provide both consumers and producers with an additional level of information to help them plan their operations. Through this process, the IESO will evaluate the costs and benefits of publishing a real-time price forecast.		May 2008
SE-57	May 26, 2010	+ Embedded and Renewable Generation (including periods of surplus baseload generation) SE-57 on Embedded and Renewable Generation has been superseded by stakeholder engagement initiative Renewable Integration (SE-91) .		November 2010
SE-56	Feb 28, 2008	+ High voltage revenue metering A market participant has been working with the IESO on a proposal to reduce the costs of upgrading revenue metering installations to meet the existing wholesale metering requirements. The goal is to examine opportunities to enable market participants to provide effective metering installations with reduced costs and challenges in specific circumstances.		August 2008
SE-55	Sep 9, 2008	+ Revise Non-Compliance Level Descriptions and Incorporate Compliance Sanctioning Guidelines Framework The IESO is seeking to amend the enforcement market rules to incorporate the major elements of the sanctioning guidelines into the market rules. The goal of the stakeholder engagement plan is to gather feedback on the proposed market rule amendment.		September 2008
SE-54	Dec 9, 2009	+ Peak vs. average pre-dispatch demand forecast The IESO is proposing a study to determine whether using an average demand forecast would be or less efficient that the current practice of using a peak demand forecast. The goal of the plan is to gather feedback on the proposal the proposed efficiency analysis and cost benefit analysis.		January 2009
SE-53	May 8, 2008	+ IESO Enrolment Processes Enrolment starts with a preliminary contact joining the electricity market through connection studies and building a facility; then registering people, organizations, facilities, and revenue meter. One of the goals of this initiative is to reduce the total cycle time from the start of connection assessment through to facility in service.		June 2008
SE-52	Sep 9, 2008	+ On-line Settlement Data Submission Data currently submitted by local distribution companies via a number of settlement forms using a digital certificate, will now be submitted on-line. The goal of the stakeholder engagement plan is to communicate the implementation and transition phase of this initiative.		June 2008
SE-51	Feb 12, 2009	+ Temporary No-Load Energization of Facilities without Registered Metering A market rule amendment is being submitted to permit the temporary energization of a step-down transformer for commissioning without the associated revenue metering being registered.		February 2009
SE-49	Mar 5, 2008	+ Review of Stakeholder Engagement Principles and Process The IESO is commencing a review of its existing stakeholder engagement principles and process as part of its ongoing commitment to effective and open dialogue with its stakeholders. The main objective of this review is to determine if the current principles, process and practices can be improved or enhanced for obtaining substantive input and advice to facilitate timely decision making.		March 2008
SE-48	Mar 12, 2008	+ Improving Dispute Resolution Process Efficiency and Flexibility The IESO is seeking to amend the dispute resolution market rules to facilitate resolution of disputes through negotiation, improve administrative efficiency and flexibility, and align the market rules with the practice that has evolved since market opening.		June 2008
SE-47	Nov 22, 2007	+ Administrative Charge - Smart Metering Implementation A proposed rule amendment would allow the Smart Metering Administration Charge to be administered using the existing IESO settlement clearing account. The goal of this stakeholder plan is to gather stakeholder feedback on the proposal to use the existing wholesale market settlement to process the administrative charge for smart metering.		November 2007
SE-46	Mar 28, 2008	+ Market Rules Content Policy Stakeholders have indicated that the markets rules are difficult to use and interpret. The IESO is proposing to implement a policy that would guide the scope and content of future market rule amendments. This policy would be used to determine what information is contained in the rules compared to other materials, such as the market manuals.		March 2008
SE-45	Jul 14, 2009	+ Economic dispatch of linked wheel transactions The current requirements expose market participants performing these transactions to financial risk at the interties. The goal of this stakeholder plan is to gather stakeholder feedback on the issue and to present it to the Technical Panel for recommendations to the IESO Board.		May 2011
SE-44	Apr 8, 2008	+ Mapping of Reliability Obligations One of the tasks required is for the IESO is to align or map the OEB licenses of market participants to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) entity definitions. The goal of this plan is to work individually with market participants to establish the appropriate NERC functional model entity designations that apply and associated standards obligations for each of their facilities.		January 2008
SE-43	Mar 11, 2008	+ Revisions to the Suspension, Termination and Disconnection Process Recent events have exposed gaps in the market rules relating to suspension and termination of a market participant and disconnection of a facility following an event of default. The IESO is contemplating changes to the market rules to reduce this risk by eliminating measures that duplicate legal protections available to a defaulting market participant outside of the market rules.		June 2008
SE-42	Aug 30, 2007	+ Development of a Consumer Forum The plan outlines the stakeholder engagement process to meet the filing requirement consistent with the OEB approved settlement.		May 2007
SE-41	Sep 7, 2007	+ Replacement of Current Digital Certificates to Version 7.0 The IESO certificate authority, is changing their current digital certificates from Entrust version 6 to Entrust version 7. This change is resulting in a need to replace all current users’ certificates that access the market participant interface (MPI) with new ones.		November 2007
SE-39	Apr 24, 2007	+ Spare Generation On-Line A document change has being created to reflect current Spare Generation On-Line practices that are not documented in the market manual. This change will be of interest to those participants currently registered in the Spare Generation On-Line program.		June 2007
SE-38	Mar 7, 2008	+ Load Following Standard The purpose of this stakeholder plan is to provide stakeholders the opportunity to provide feedback to the IESO on the development of a load following standard.		December 2011
SE-37	Mar 29, 2010	+ Operating Reserve Initiatives Five operating reserve (OR) initiatives have recently been identified that require a coordinated effort to address. The goal of this stakeholder plan is to provide stakeholders the opportunity to provide feedback to the IESO on the impact of this change on their business and on the market.		May 17, 2008
SE-36	Nov 26, 2007	+ Corporate Performance Measures The goal of the stakeholder engagement program is to seek feedback from market participants and other interested stakeholders on our proposed Corporate Performance Measures for 2008.		November 2007
SE-35	Sep 17, 2007	+ 2008-2010 Business Plan The goal of the stakeholder engagement plan is to seek feedback from stakeholders in the preparation of the IESO Business Plan for 2008-2010 and to gain support for that Plan. The Stakeholder Advisory Committee is the venue for stakeholder advice to the Board of Directors in relation to the IESO Business Plan.		November 2007
SE-34	Feb 22, 2008	+ Criteria for Determining Financial Penalties The market rules currently do not allow the IESO to levy financial penalties greater than the level penalty maximums for breaches that solely impact the reliability of the integrated power system. The goal of the stakeholder engagement program is to seek feedback from stakeholders on the guidelines.		June 2007
SE-33	Mar 7, 2008	+ Proposed Changes to AGC Minimum Requirement A market rule amendment submission suggests the removal of the existing market rule requirement specifying that the IESO have at least 100 MW of AGC with a ramp rate of 50 MW/min. The goal of this process is to solicit stakeholder feedback on the impacts of removing from the market rules the minimum MW and ramp rate requirements for regulation/automatic generation control (AGC).		October 2009
SE-32	Jan 16, 2007	+ Dispatchable Load CMSC Clawback for Constrained Off Events The proposal is to discontinue manual activities to clawback CMSC and replace with an automated approach. Stakeholder efforts are limited to dispatchable loads.		December 2006
SE-31	Jan 26, 2007	+ Intertie Offer Guarantee (IOG) Uplift from Charge Type 150 The IESO is considering unbundling the Intertie Offer Guarantee uplifts from charge type 150 and providing a unique charge type for these uplifts. This stakeholder engagement initiative is to solicit feedback from stakeholders via e mail on a number of questions.		January 2007
SE-30	May 11, 2007	+ Ontario Resource and Transmission Assessment Criteria This market manual describes the criteria, guidelines and practices used in assessing the adequacy of the IESO-controlled grid, in assessing future transmission proposals, and for assessing new or modified connections to the grid. Revisions to the manual require stakeholder input.		June 2007
SE-29	Mar 19, 2008	+ Wind Power Integration in Ontario As a result of increased renewable energy generation supply in the province, the IESO is seeking stakeholder feedback to better understand the challenges proponents face in becoming operational in Ontario.		December 2007
SE-28	Jul 10, 2007	+ Demand Forecast Deviations The purpose of this initiative is to examine ways to improve the IESO’s day-ahead and the day-at hand demand forecast performance. The IESO is looking to stakeholders to review the current methodology used to prepare Ontario primary demand and market demand forecasts and to examine ways to narrow the range of forecasting deviations.		July 2007
SE-27	Jan 18, 2008	+ Facility Outage Management The IESO is upgrading its current outage system to provide greater functionality and improved efficiency. This initiative will provide an opportunity for participants to provide input during the upgrade. This project is currently on hold.		April 2009
SE-25	Feb 6, 2008	+ Locational Pricing The purpose of this initiative is to examine the implications on stakeholders and market efficiency of changing how Ontario’s real-time electricity price is calculated, by better reflect the impacts of the transmission system. The ongoing examination of day-ahead mechanisms (SE-21) requires a significant effort from both IESO staff and stakeholders. The commitment of staff and resources to this effort will require that further work on locational pricing be placed on hold at this time.		December 2011
SE-24	Sep 25, 2008	+ Report Site Transition The purpose of this stakeholder plan is to determine an acceptable time schedule for the migration of existing reports to a single report location and a standard report format. This stakeholder plan is to provide stakeholders the opportunity to provide input and feedback to the IESO on the impact on their business to accommodate a change in the report format and move to a single location for report retrieval.		September 2007
SE-23	Jul 5, 2007	+ Prudential Review A review of the physical market prudential framework commenced as part of IESO's continuing efforts to reduce the financial burden to those participating in the IESO administered-markets. The goal is to determine if the current amount of prudential security provides more than a reasonable degree of financial security and, if so, to provide recommendations of how the prudential burden of market participants can be reduced within the current market design.		To be determined
SE-22	Feb 7, 2007	+ Assessment of the Day-Ahead Commitment Process -DACP The plan is to evaluate the effectiveness of the DACP, the IESO is implement performance measures, monitor and report results. The assessment will address the extent to which the DACP improved reliability, impacted the behaviour of market participants and impacted price.		December 2006
SE-21	Feb 6, 2009	+ Day-Ahead Market Evolution This stakeholder engagement plan provides a description of the significant decisions which must be made to create a high level design for presentation to the IESO Board in the fall of 2007. The purpose of this plan is to understand the interest and priorities in evolving the electricity market as it relates to day-ahead markets.		March 2009
SE-20	Nov 1, 2006	+ 2007-2009 Business Plan The goal of the stakeholder engagement plan is to seek feedback from stakeholders in the preparation of the IESO Business Plan for 2007-2009 and to gain support for that Plan. The Stakeholder Advisory Committee is the venue for stakeholder advice to the Board of Directors in relation to the IESO Business Plan.		November 2006
SE-19	May 8, 2006	+ Changes to 18-Month Outlook The challenges to maintain reliability of Ontario's bulk power system during the summer of 2005 that were related to high demands and lower hydroelectric generation have prompted changes to the calculation of supply adequacy for the purposes of reliability assessments. The goal of this stakeholder plan is to determine the inter-tie transaction role in setting the real-time price and to develop an implementation plan to address any changes.		December 2011
SE-18	Mar 12, 2007	+ Intertie Transactions Role in Setting Real-Time Price This stakeholder plan will commence after completion of the Day Ahead Market evolution stakeholder initiative SE 21.		December 2011
SE-17	Jul 27, 2007	+ Price Calculation Methods - Impacts with 12 Times Ramp Rate The goal of this stakeholder plan is to determine the proper model for dispatching Ontario generation in the Market Schedule and to develop an implementation strategy to address these changes.		September 2007
SE-16	Mar 30, 2007	+ Implementation of Day-Ahead Commitment Process The Day-Ahead Commitment design was approved by the IESO Board on December 7, 2005. See SE-7. To enable stakeholders the opportunity to provide input on the implementation of 2006 Day-Ahead Commitment processes, a new stakeholder plan has been created. The goal of this plan is to identify and minimize any adverse impacts on stakeholders' operations and businesses and the IESO-administered market in general.		June 2006
SE-15	Feb 13, 2007	+ Changes for Self-Scheduled and Intermittent Generation See SE-57		Closed
SE-14	Nov 3, 2006	+ Real-Time Intertie Transaction Failures integration with Day-Ahead Commitment Process One issue that impacts interties transactions is the need to allow imports to be scheduled day-ahead in order to address chronic transaction failures near real-time that leave insufficient time to respond reliably. This initiative in conjunction with real-time transaction failures will be considered jointly under this stakeholder plan.		February 2006
SE-12	Nov 18, 2006	+ Corporate Performance Performance measurement helps the IESO monitor and assess how well it achieves the corporate goals approved by its Board of Directors. The goal of the stakeholder engagement program is to seek feedback from stakeholders on the proposed changes to the Corporate Performance Measures for 2006, as well as the relative importance of the operational performance measures.		June 2005
SE-11	Nov 1, 2006	+ Migration of Transmission Rights Auction Application into the Web Portal This Stakeholder Plan relates to the migration of the Transmission Rights Auction application into the Web Portal.		September 2006
SE-10	Jun 19, 2008	+ Constrained off CMSC Payments to Importers and Exporters The IESO has identified to the Market Surveillance Panel an unintended consequence under the current market rules whereby market participants can structure their import offers or export bids to receive unwarranted constrained off CMSC payment amounts. A stakeholder engagement plan has been developed to involve stakeholders in assisting the IESO to mitigate any unintended consequences that exist with respect to CMSC payments to importers and exporters.		July 2008
SE-9	Nov 1, 2006	+ Dispatch Issues Improving the reliability and capability of existing resources by resolving ongoing dispatch issues is one of the areas that the IESO intends to address as part of its goal of enhancing the reliability of the power system in advance of the summer 2006. The IESO will work with affected stakeholders to identify measures to address dispatch issues that can be implemented by June 2006.		December 2006
SE-8	Jun 1, 2006	+ Emergency Load Reduction Program The creation of a new demand response reliability program is being considered as a way of addressing measures to enhance the reliability of the power system in advance of the summer 2006. The goal of the stakeholder engagement program is to provide stakeholders with the opportunity to work with the IESO in designing a demand response reliability program that increases system reliability and increases program participation to the extent possible.		June 2006
SE-7	Dec 1, 2005	+ Day-Ahead Commitment Process Design The IESO Board of Directors approved, on December 7, 2005, the proposed design of the Day-Ahead Commitment Process (DACP). The stakeholder engagement plan consists of two interrelated phases to support both the design and implementation phases of the initiative. This design phase involves soliciting stakeholder input on the development of the day-ahead commitment processes design. Upon finalization and approval of the design, stakeholder input will be solicited on its implementation. See SE-16 for the implementation phase.		December 2005
SE-6	Sep 1, 2005	+ Inclusion of Global Adjustment in Actual Net Exposure Several market participants have requested the inclusion of an estimate of the monthly global adjustment settlement amount in their daily actual net exposure calculation. The consensus amongst stakeholders will be a key determinant as to whether this recommendation to include the estimated global adjustment settlement amount in the daily actual exposure will be implemented.		September 2005
SE-5	Oct 1, 2005	+ Measurement Error Correction Factor-Legacy Metering Instrument Transformers Some legacy Instrument Transformers (IT), those that existed at the time of market opening, do not meet current Market Rule accuracy requirements. The IESO needs to confirm the market's position on this issue so that participant can make informed cost/benefit decisions in 2005 to enable them to budget and schedule the replacement of ITs if appropriate to their situation.		October 2005
SE-4	Aug 1, 2005	+ 2006-2008 Business Plan To assist us in completing the Business Plan, we are engaging stakeholders to get their feedback on the draft Business Plan. This session is geared towards senior persons from representative organizations.		September 2005
SE-3	Jun 1, 2005	+ Emergency Control Actions and Counter-Intuitive Prices Conditions may arise that necessitate the IESO to implement a number of emergency control actions to maintain the reliable operation of the IESO-controlled grid. These emergency control actions include voltage reductions, emergency energy purchases, and non-dispatchable load cuts. As a result of discussions with stakeholders, market rule and software changes to IESO systems need to be made.		June 2005
SE-2	Aug 1, 2005	+ Day-Ahead Needs and Priorities This plan involves a number of working sessions to develop and evaluate different alternatives to satisfy the day-ahead planning and operational needs of Ontario’s electricity sector. The Day-Ahead Commitment Processes (SE-7) will address interim arrangements over the coming months to ensure that measures are in place to enhance the reliability of the power system in advance of the summer of 2006. Complete day-ahead arrangements, building on longer term needs, priorities and objectives, will continue to be evaluated and addressed. See SE-21 for the continuation of this.		August 2005
SE-1	Jun 1, 2005	+ IESO Stakeholder Engagement Review On July 28, the IESO's stakeholder engagement review culminated with the adoption of enhanced stakeholder engagement principles and processes, together with the creation of a Stakeholder Advisory Committee to the IESO Board and Executives.		June 2005

Past Consultations

• Consultation Handbook
• Consultation on Formalizing Reliability Must Run Contract
• Consultation on Meter Seal Expiry Compliance
• Consultation on Assignments of Market Power Mitigation Rebate
• Consultation on the Blueprint for Demand Response in Ontario
• Consultation on Proposed Changes to the IESO Information Confidentiality Catalogue
• Consultation on Confidentiality Protocol with New York ISO
• Consultation on the Evolution of the Market
• Consultation on Operational Performance Measures
• Consultation on the Application of a Measurement Error Correction
• Transitional Demand Response Project (formerly Economic Demand Response Pilot Project)
• Report Renewal Project
• Multi-interval Optimization
• Congestion Management Settlement Credits (CMSC) In the IESO-Administered Electricity Market - Issues Related to Constrained-Off Payments to Generators and Imports

Past Working Groups

• Day-Ahead Commitment Process
• DACP-Operations
• DACP-Trials
• DACP-Settlements
• Dispatch Issues
• Intertie Transactions Failure
• Demand Forecast Deviations
• Demand Response
• Report Site Transition
• Meter Trouble Report
• Facility Outage Management
• Enhanced Day-Ahead Commitment
• Market Manuals
• Market Pricing

Past Standing Committees

• Market Operations
• Regulatory Affairs
• Outage Planning
• Forecasts and Assessments
• Commercial Reconciliation
  

Questions or feedback on the stakeholder engagement processes or an initiative can be sent to stakeholder.engagement@ieso.ca.

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