IESO Board approves market rule amendments
October 26, 2017
The IESO Board approved two market rule amendments on October 25, 2017.
Mandatory Requirements for Regulation Service Providers (MR-00432)
These rule amendments increase the transparency and consistency of performance requirements for all registered facilities providing regulation service. The amendments will clarify that certain performance requirements – off-nominal frequency, speed/frequency regulation, and voltage ride through – apply to all regulation service providers, regardless of size, technology or connection location. In addition, the amendments will clarify that telemetering requirements apply to all regulation providers regardless of connection location.
The effective date of these amendments will be November 17, 2017. Specific details on how the rules have been changed can be found in the Board approved Market Rule Amendment Proposal.
Market Rules True-Up: Disconnection Orders (MR-00431)
These rule amendments explicitly identify the obligation of transmitters, distributors and other market participants to comply with disconnection orders issued by the IESO to give effect to a suspension order, termination order or an IESO ordered de-registration of a market participant’s facilities due to persistent breaches of the market rules.
In addition, the changes amend references to disconnection orders within the grid connection requirements of the market rules in order to create consistency regarding the types of market participants to whom the IESO may issue a disconnection order.
The effective date of these amendments will be November 17, 2017. Specific details on how the rules have been changed can be found in the Board approved Market Rule Amendment Proposal.
These market rule amendments, as well as previous ones, can be found on the Proposed Market Rule Amendments webpage.