Regulation Service Procurements
2017 Regulation RFP
In 2016, the IESO determined the need for an additional 50 MW of regulation service. This 50 MW was incremental to the 100 MW of regulation service that the IESO typically schedules every hour.
The 2017 RFP for Incremental Regulation Capacity was aimed at obtaining incremental regulation capacity from all manner of technologies, including those that are existing and currently registered in the IESO-administered markets and those that had the ability to register in the IESO-administered markets at a later date.
Through the Regulation RFP process, the IESO offered two contracts, representing ±55 MW of regulation capacity across two new energy storage facilities in Ontario. Unfortunately, neither facility achieved commercial operation and both contracts were terminated. In the intervening time, changes to Ontario’s supply mix have reduced the need for additional regulation service capacity.
- September 2016 RFI (September 30, 2016)
- Request for Proposals for Incremental Regulation Capacity Addendum No. 1 (September 13, 2017)
- Form of Agreement for the Provision of Regulation Service Addendum No. 1 (September 13, 2017)
- Regulation RFP Selected Proponent List
- Regulation RFP Fairness Report (Updated January 19, 2018 to include an overview of the debriefing process)
- Regulation 101 Webinar (April 25, 2017)
- Regulation Service RFP Webinar (June 8, 2017)