Stakeholder Initiatives

Stakeholder engagement is an integral part of the IESO decision-making process. The IESO’s stakeholder engagement process provides an opportunity for stakeholders – individuals or organizations with an interest in or concern about the IESO’s business – to provide input and feedback about a proposed decision or market rule change.

The IESO is committed to open, two-way dialogue with stakeholders to help understand and resolve issues in a way that benefits both stakeholders and the IESO. The building block for this approach is the development of a Stakeholder Engagement Plan that specifies the steps of consultation and the roles and responsibilities of the IESO and affected stakeholders.

The engagement process is organized mainly around two broad decision-making categories: market evolution and major operational change. It is designed to ensure that those affected by a change will be given the opportunity to provide input to the decision before it is made and to ensure that the process is transparent, efficient and consistent.

Recently Updated Stakeholder Engagement Consultations

All Active Consultations

Ref. #	Last Updated	Active Consultations	Closure Date
SE-64	Aug 18, 2008	+ IESO System Access Changes on how participant�s access the IESO systems are needed for a number of reasons as outlined in the stakeholder plan. Improvements to the process need to occur in consultation with stakeholders so that their needs are understood.	September 2008
SE-60	Aug 18, 2008	+ Inter-market Trading of Operating Reserve The IESO examination of allowing the exporting of operating reserve is an outstanding commitment from prior to market commencement. For reciprocity reasons, importing of OR will also be examined. The exporting and importing of operating reserve will have an interest to traders who conduct transactions between neighbouring electricity markets. The existing Market Pricing Working Group will be used for detailed consultation on this initiative.	September 2008
SE-70	Aug 11, 2008	+ Changes to Frequency of 18-Month Outlook The IESO is planning to move forward with changes to the frequency with which the 18-Month Outlook is produced.� Instead of producing the report four times per calendar year, it would be produced twice, once in the Spring and again in the Fall.� In addition, interim updates would be produced on a monthly basis to keep stakeholders informed of changes between reports.	September 2008
SE-21	Aug 8, 2008	+ Day-Ahead Market Evolution This stakeholder engagement plan provides a description of the significant decisions which must be made to create a high level design for presentation to the IESO Board in the fall of 2007. The purpose of this plan is to understand the interest and priorities in evolving the electricity market as it relates to day-ahead markets.	Fall 2008
SE-68	Aug 6, 2008	+ Transmission Rights Market Review Transmission rights are financial instruments that are periodically auctioned by the IESO and are purchased by market participants to hedge against intertie congestion costs or as speculative investments. Holders of transmission rights are entitled to a revenue stream based on the number of rights they hold and the spot market price differences between Ontario and external zones.	September 2009

Upcoming Stakeholder Engagement Events

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September 2008
Date	Event	Location
4	Day-Ahead Guarantees and Export Inclusion TSG (SE-21) Additional Information	Mississauga
	Cancelled Energy Forward Market TSG (SE-21) Additional Information	Mississauga
10	Baseline 20.0 Released Final approved documents for Baseline 20.0 posted on Rules and Manuals page.	n/a

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