Final Release Plan for changes to IESO IT systems now posted
July 27, 2017
The Final Release Plan is now posted for Release 38.0 on the IT Release Schedule webpage. Four changes are included in this release.
The Sandbox version of the Market Information Management (MIM) IDK will be removed from service on August 17 and the Production version will no longer be available after September 13. The MIM API will be available via the API web services which was introduced last summer. More information can be found in the Quick Reference Guide to MIM API Web Services.
A necessary software upgrade will result in cosmetic changes to the IESO Report Site. These changes will only be visible to participants logging in to retrieve confidential reports and will not have any effect on participants using automated RESTful webAPI and SFTP. These changes may also be seen in the Sandbox environment after August 17.
New and modified Online Settlement Forms will be available July 28 related to the Ontario Fair Hydro Plan and the Real-Time Generation Cost Guarantee (RT-GCG) program. The forms related to the Ontario Fair Hydro Plan will allow impacted participants to submit settlement claims. The forms related to the RT-GCG program will allow impacted market participants to submit settlement claims using the new RT-GCG form.