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Pending Changes - Documents

The list below provides advance notice of pending changes to the market rules, market manuals, technical interfaces documentation or other items that define the operation of the IESO-administered market. For changes that are minor, the listing will identify the document that is changing and a description of the revisions, but a link to the altered document may not be included.

Comments on the design and implementation concerns can be sent to pending.changes@ieso.ca. This feedback will be taken into account during the baseline schedule.

Details of all of the documents being revised for the current Baseline (and the next Baseline if available) can be found below.

See Document Library for previous Baseline Plans.

Pending Changes - Documents

Item Last Updated Comments Due Target Implementation
Market Manual 1.5 – Market Registration

Updated the instructions for Changing an Authorized Representative to reflect the actual IESO practice.
15-Oct-2025 31-Oct-2025 Baseline 54.1
Market Manual 4.1 – Submission of Dispatch Data in the Physical Markets

Clarified the market rule references and location of the IESO established energy lamination volume limit and offer/bid quantity limit for virtual transactions.
15-Oct-2025 31-Oct-2025 Baseline 54.1
Market Manual 4.3 – Operation of the Real-Time Market

Added ‘TLRe – MIN’ reason code to the make whole payment eligibility and failure charges settlement treatment table. The reason code is applied only for capacity exports. Further description added in Table 4-2.
15-Oct-2025 31-Oct-2025 Baseline 54.1
Market Manual 5.5 – IESO-Administered Markets Settlement Amounts

The proposed market rule amendments and consequential market manual changes are non-substantive changes required to better align market rules and market manuals with the correct functioning of the renewed market.
15-Oct-2025 31-Oct-2025 Baseline 54.1
Renewed – Charge Types and Equations

The proposed market rule amendments and consequential market manual changes are non-substantive changes required to better align market rules and market manuals with the correct functioning of the renewed market.
15-Oct-2025 31-Oct-2025 Baseline 54.1
Market Manual 5.6 – Non-Market Settlement Programs

The proposed market rule amendments and consequential market manual changes are non-substantive changes required to better align market rules and market manuals with the correct functioning of the renewed market.
15-Oct-2025 31-Oct-2025 Baseline 54.1
Market Manual 7.1 – IESO-Controlled Grid Operating Procedures

Added “conservative” operating states under communication of abnormal conditions (section 5). Deleted “reliability directives” from section 5.1 as this is no longer relevant.
15-Oct-2025 31-Oct-2025 Baseline 54.1
Market Manual 7.4 – IESO Grid Operating Policies

Removed ‘zero series’ labelling and Market Transition section.
Refer to Table of Changes for all other changes.
15-Oct-2025 31-Oct-2025 Baseline 54.1
Market Manual 7.8- Ontario Power System Restoration Plan

These confidential sections have been removed from this document to be housed separately. All subsequent sections are re-numbered accordingly. Removed requirement for end of line voltage verification for certain, shorter lines.
15-Oct-2025 31-Oct-2025 Baseline 54.1
Market Manual 14.1 – Market Power Mitigation Procedures

The changes provide details on the publication of potential constrained areas.
15-Oct-2025 31-Oct-2025 Baseline 54.1
Market Manual 14.2 – Reference Level and Reference Quantity Procedures

Revisions will provide more clarity to certain requirements for storage and thermal resources.
15-Oct-2025 31-Oct-2025 Baseline 54.1
Market Manual 0.5.5 – IESO-Administered Markets Settlement Amounts

Update to capacity obligation buy-out charge overview to reflect it being applied by the IESO pursuant to MR Ch. 7, ss. 18.4.4.
08-Oct-2025 23-Oct-2025 In advance of Baseline 54.1
Renewed – Charge Types and Equations_LST-84_4.1

Modified charge type 1319 (Capacity Obligation - Buy-Out Charge) as part of the 2025 Capacity Auction enhancements.
08-Oct-2025 23-Oct-2025 In advance of Baseline 54.1
Market Manual 12.0 Capacity Auctions

These include changes to the buy-out process, self-scheduled test framework and time stamp under the new tie-break methodology in the Market Rules.
08-Oct-2025 23-Oct-2025 In advance of Baseline 54.1