Update on Technical Panel determinations
January 25, 2018
The Technical Panel met on January 23 to discuss two proposed market rule amendments which are now posted for broader stakeholder comment:
MR-00434: Regulated Settlement – Deletion of Rural and Remote Settlement and Debt Retirement Charge
The IESO proposes amendments to the market rules to ensure consistency with respect to regulated settlement. Regulated settlement is the determining, collecting and remitting of applicable settlement amounts in compliance with the relevant provisions of the Electricity Act, 1998; the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998; and any related regulations. The proposed amendments will delete market rule references to rural and remote settlement and the debt retirement charge since these charges can be settled under Section 1.2.1 of Chapter 9, consistent with other regulated settlement charges.
Stakeholders are asked to provide comments by February 8 on the related market rule amendment proposal. Comments can be sent to rule.amendments@ieso.ca
MR-00436: Enabling System Flexibility – Thirty-Minute Operating Reserve
The IESO proposes amendments to the market rules to provide clarification and ensure consistency in the market rules related to operating reserve requirements. These amendments were identified through the Enabling System Flexibility engagement initiative which proposes to utilize 30-minute operating reserve to schedule additional resources that can be available to improve response during a significant unexpected intra-hour change in supply and demand. The initiative proposes using existing market processes to schedule and commit resources for the additional thirty-minute operating reserve.
Although no current market rules prevent the IESO’s use of operating reserve for flexibility, the proposed amendments are intended to provide clarification that the requirement for thirty-minute operating reserve is a minimum requirement. The amendments will ensure consistency with the market rules language related to ten-minute operating reserve, as well as consistency with operating reserve requirements specified in the NPCC Regional Reliability Reference Directory #5.
Stakeholders are asked to provide comments by February 8 on the related market rule amendment proposal. Comments can be sent to rule.amendments@ieso.ca