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IESO: A Market in Transition

Originally published in APEx Newsletter Volume XI – September 2019.

Ontario has achieved a major milestone in its Market Renewal program – the completion of three Highlevel Designs that lay the foundation for a more dynamic and efficient energy market. By 2023, Ontario will have replaced its uniform pricing system with locational marginal pricing, while also implementing a Day-Ahead Market and Enhanced Real-time Unit Commitment.

This renewed market will not only deliver significant levels of market efficiency and customer savings, it will also allow us to better address the changes that we are all experiencing:…