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Market Design Committee
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Established in early 1998, the Market Design Committee was comprised of representatives from the electricity industry and customers, and experienced few changes in membership during its tenure. The Committee was coordinated and supported by a Market Design Committee Secretariat operating out of the Energy Division of the Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology.
The Committee produced three interim reports throughout 1998 and a final report of recommendations was released in January 1999. The Committee and its Secretariat ceased to exist shortly after its final report.
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The Market Design Committee was responsible for providing advice and recommendations to the government and the Ontario Energy Board on the rules and structure for a new competitive electricity market and on the governance and operation of an Independent Market Operator (IMO) to manage this competitive market.
As part of its mandate, the Committee investigated technical issues involved in establishing a proposed electricity market, such as: power market rules and procedures; market and transmission reliability, codes and standards; governance of the IMO; and information systems.
Finally, the Committee also made recommendations as to issues to be addressed in any proposed new or amended legislation and regulations; the decision-making and funding mechanisms of the IMO; the role of the IMO in expanding and supporting competition; and workplans for testing a viable electricity market.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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KWIC Indexes, 1999
Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1998-1999
Maintenance notes
A January 1998 press release describing this Committee further can be found in TRIM under RG 45-82.
Archivist(s):
P. Lawton