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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…