Implementation Phase Documents
This phase will establish the Market Renewal Program (MRP) designs into rules, manuals, processes and tools to implement the renewed energy markets.
Visit the implementation engagement page to find out about upcoming sessions.
Market Rules and Market Manuals
Here you’ll find draft amendments to the market rules and market manuals, proposed as part of MRP.
Update March 11, 2021: Revised to align with V2 of the Detailed Design. Revisions incremental to those shared on December 4, 2020 are presented in yellow highlights. For stakeholder convenience, the Guide to Reading the Amendments summarizes the revisions.
Draft Materials
Market Rules amendments:
Market Manuals amendments:
- Market Manual 1.5 (clean)
- Market Manual 5.4 (clean)
- Market Manual 1.5 (redline)
- Market Manual 5.4 (redline)
Update December 1, 2023: Market Manuals updated. For stakeholder convenience, see the Summary of Changes that outlines the revisions.
Draft Materials
Market Rules amendments:
- Definitions
- Definitions (redline)
- Chapter 3 and Chapter 7 (clean)
- Chapter 3 and Chapter 7 (redline)
Market Manuals amendments:
- Market Manual 14.1 (clean)
- Market Manual 14.1 (redline)
- Market Manual 14.2 (clean)
- Market Manual 14.2 (redline)
Conforming Changes:
- Market Manual 1.3 (clean)
- Market Manual 1.5 (clean)
Update March 13, 2024: For stakeholder convenience, see the Summary of Changes that outlines the revisions.
Draft Materials
Market Rules amendments:
- Definitions
- Appendix 7.5: The Day-Ahead Market Calculation Engine
- Appendix 7.5: The Day-Ahead Market Calculation Engine (redline)
- Appendix 7.5A: The Pre-Dispatch Calculation Engine
- Appendix 7.5A: The Pre-Dispatch Calculation Engine (redline)
- Appendix 7.6: The Real-Time Calculation Engine
- Appendix 7.6: The Real-Time Calculation Engine (redline)
Update December 20, 2022: This batch of market rules and market manuals will provide conforming changes to build on three concepts introduced in prior MRP batches:
- Resource as a defined term
- Interim electricity storage facilities within MRP
- Price Responsive Load (PRL) as a distinct load resource type
Draft materials:
Market Rules amendments:
- Market Manual and Batch Alignment
- Load Resources
- Storage Integration
- Resource Related Updates
- Defined Terms
Market Manuals amendments:
- Market Manual 1.5 Market Registration Procedures (clean)
- Market Manual 1.5 Market Registration Procedures (redline)
- Market Manual 5.4 Prudential Support (clean)
- Market Manual 5.4 Prudential Support (redline)
- Market Manual 12 Capacity Auctions (clean)
- Market Manual 12 Capacity Auctions (redline)
- Market Manual 14.1 Market Power Mitigation Procedures (clean)
- Market Manual 14.1 Market Power Mitigation Procedures (redline)
- Market Manual 14.2 Reference Level and Reference Quantity Procedures (clean)
- Market Manual 14.2 Reference Level and Reference Quantity Procedures (redline)
Update January 29, 2024: The following documents are available for stakeholder review: Chapter 9 of the Market Rules, Chapter 9: Appendices, Market Manual 5.5, and Charge Types and Equations. An updated Summary of Changes is available to outline the revisions.
Draft Materials
Market Rules amendments:
- Chapter 6: Energy – Revenue Meter Registration (clean)
- Chapter 6: Energy – Revenue Meter Registration (redline)
- Chapter 7: Hydroelectric Resources – Optional Registration Requirements
- Chapter 8: Physical Bilateral Contracts and Financial Markets (clean)
- Chapter 8: Physical Bilateral Contracts and Financial Markets (redline)
- Chapter 9: Market Settlements, Market Billing and Funds Administration (clean)
- Chapter 9: Market Settlements, Market Billing and Funds Administration (redline)
- Chapter 9: Appendices (clean)
- Chapter 9: Appendices (redline)
- Chapter 11: Definitions (clean)
- Chapter 11: Definitions (redline)
Market Manuals amendments:
- Market Manual 1.5 (clean)
- Market Manual 1.5 (redline)
- Market Manual 4.4 (clean)
- Market Manual 4.4 (redline)
- Market Manual 5.3 (clean)
- Market Manual 5.3 (redline)
- Market Manual 5.5 (clean)
- Market Manual 5.5 (redline)
- Market Manual 5.6 (clean)
- Market Manual 5.7 (clean)
- Market Manual 5.7 (redline)
- Market Manual 5.8 (clean)
- Market Manual 5.8 (redline)
- Market Manual 5.10 (clean)
- Market Manual 5.10 (redline)
Charge Types and Equations (clean)
Update March 13, 2024: For stakeholder convenience, see the Summary of Changes that outlines the revisions.
Draft Materials
Market Rules amendments:
- Chapter 5: Sections 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10
- Chapter 7: All Sections
- Chapter 7: All Sections (redline)
- Chapter 7: Appendix 7.1 – 7.4, 7.7
- Chapter 7: Appendix 7.8
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 11 (redline)
Market Manuals amendments:
- Market Manual 4.1
- Market Manual 4.1 (redline)
- Market Manual 4.2
- Market Manual 4.2 (redline)
- Market Manual 4.3
- Market Manual 4.3 (redline)
- Market Manual 4.5
- Market Manual 7.1
- Market Manual 7.1 (redline)
- Market Manual 7.2
- Market Manual 7.2 (redline)
- Market Manual 7.3
- Market Manual 7.3 (redline)
- Market Manual 7.4
- Market Manual 7.4 (redline)
The MRP Consolidated Draft has been superseded by the Final Alignment batch of market rules. The Final Alignment batch can be found on the Final Alignment Documents page.
Reference Levels and Reference Quantities
Here you’ll find supporting materials for ongoing one-on-one consultations for reference levels and reference quantities.
1. Dispatchable Load:
2. Energy Storage
- Positive cost with separately metered station service
- Positive cost without separately metered station service
3. Hydro:
4. Nuclear
5. Solar:
6. Thermal:
7. Wind: