OEB Review Process

The IESO is responsible for communicating to market participants about new or amended reliability standards and criteria, which may be subject to the Ontario Energy Board's (OEB) review. The OEB or any person may make an application for review of a reliability standard within the time prescribed as in Sections 36.2 (3) and 36.2 (4) of the Electricity Act, 1998 and Section 2. of Ontario Regulation 214/08 Reliability Standards as follows:

Date Posted: New or amended reliability standard are posted on the IESO’s website within seven days of being notified by the standards authority (NERC or NPCC).
Last Date to Request an OEB Review: There is a 21-day window from posting for any market participant, including the IESO, to apply to the OEB for review of the reliability standard.
Last Date for OEB to Initiate Its Own Review: Within 120 days from posting the OEB can initiate its own review.
- If a review is initiated the OEB has the authority to stop the standard from applying in Ontario and to refer it back to the standards authority.
If there is no review, the standard comes into effect under the Market Rules on the enforcement date of the reliability standard.

Proposed new or amended reliability standards

The table below provides a summary of proposed new or amended reliability standards and criteria currently subject to the OEB's review process. To request a copy of the summaries below, please contact customer.relations@ieso.ca with a link to the web page along with the summary description and posting date, and advise whether it needs to be provided in an accessible format. Please allow a minimum of one business day for a response.

Date of Notice of Filing	Date Posted	Last Date to Request an OEB Review	Summary of Proposed New or Amended NERC Standard or NPCC Criteria	Last Date for OEB to Initiate Its Own Review
2023/02/02	2023/03/20	2023/03/27	IESO’s briefing to the OEB regarding proposed NPCC Criteria Directory #8 (002)	June 28, 2023
2023/03/02	2023/03/09	2023/03/20	IESO's briefing to the OEB regarding proposed NERC standards PRC-023-6	June 9, 2023
2023/01/05	2023/01/05	2023/01/26	IESO's briefing to the OEB regarding proposed NERC standards CIP-003-9	May 6, 2023
2022/12/09	2022/12/09	2022/12/31	IESO's briefing to the OEB regarding proposed NERC standards EOP-011-3 and EOP-012-1	April 11, 2023
2022/06/14	2022/06/21	2022/07/11	IESO's briefing to the OEB regarding proposed NERC standards FAC-001-4 and FAC-002-4	October 19, 2022
2021/06/28	2021/10/07	2021/11/06	IESO's briefing to the OEB regarding proposed reliability standards under NERC Project 2019-06	February 4, 2022
2021/09/15	2021/09/21	2021/10/15	IESO's briefing to the OEB regarding proposed reliability standards CIP-004-7 and CIP-011-3	January 19, 2022
2021/06/28	2021/07/07	2021/07/28	IESO's briefing to the OEB regarding proposed reliability standard FAC-011-4, FAC-014-3, FAC-003-5, IRO-008-3, PRC-002-3, PRC-023-5, PRC-026-2, TOP-001-6	November 4, 2021
2021/02/25	2021/03/09	2021/03/30	IESO's briefing to the OEB regarding proposed reliability standards FAC-008-5	June 6, 2021
2020/12/21	2020/21/29	2021/01/19	IESO's briefing to the OEB regarding proposed reliability standards within NERC Project 2019-03 Cyber Security Supply Chain Risks	April 28, 2021
2020/06/12	2020/06/18	NA	IESO's briefing to the OEB regarding proposed reliability standard CIP-002-6 Update on February 7, 2021: NERC has withdrawn its petition for proposed reliability standard CIP-002-6.	NA
2020/03/30	2020/03/31	2020/04/21	IESO's briefing to the OEB regarding proposed NPCC Regional Reliability Criteria A-10 Classification of Bulk Power System Elements	July 29, 2020
2020/03/20	2020/03/23	2020/04/13	IESO's briefing to the OEB regarding proposed NERC Reliability Standard PRC-024-3	July 21, 2020
2020/02/21	2020/02/26	2020/03/18	IESO's briefing to the OEB regarding proposed Project 2017-07 Standards Alignment with Registration (FAC-002-3, IRO-010-3, MOD-031-3, MOD-033-2, NUC-001-4, PRC-006-4, TOP-003-4)	June 25, 2020
2020/02/07	2020/02/13	2020/03/05	IESO's briefing to the OEB regarding proposed reliability standard TPL-007-4	June 12, 2020
2020/01/30	2020/02/06	2020/02/27	IESO's briefing to the OEB regarding proposed reliability standard NPCC Directory # 4 System Protection Criteria	June 05, 2020
2019/12/23	2020/01/03	2020/01/24	IESO's briefing to the OEB regarding proposed reliability standard PRC-006-NPCC-2	May 3, 2020
2019/12/19	2019/12/20	2020/01/10	IESO's briefing to the OEB regarding proposed reliability standard BAL-003-2	April 18, 2020

See Closed OEB Reviews.

System Reliability

OEB Review Process

Proposed new or amended reliability standards