Conference & Workshops
- Presented by IPPSO and the IMO -
May 26, 1999, Toronto, Ontario
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Conference and Workshop Program
8:30 am Welcome and Introduction to Conference
Safouh Soufi, SMS Energy-Engineering, Conference Chair
Keynotes:
Jim Wilson, Ontario Minister of Energy, Science and Technology
James C. Baillie, QC, Chair of Ontario Independent Market Operator
Al Barnstaple, IPPSO
9:45 am Coffee Break
10 am Update on Ontario's IMO
Dave Goulding, President and CEO, Independent Market Operator
Rod Taylor, Ontario Hydro Services Company (Transco)
Les Horswill, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology
Questions from the floor
10:45 Training design, commissioning and dry runs
Al Findlay, Customer Relations Manager, IMO
10:55 am Introduction to Workgroups and initial questions
(quick stop for more coffee on way to first breakout session)
11:00 a.m. First Working Group
IMO Bidding, Dispatch, scheduling and control
Session will be led or co-led by representatives of IPPSO and the IMO, as appropriate
12:30 p.m. Buffet or Banquet Lunch
1:00 p.m. Keynote: Karl Wahl, General Manager,
Hydro Mississauga, "What a buyer wants to see in the IMO system"
Jim Wilson, Ontario Minister of Energy, Science and Technology
Karl Wahl, General Manager of Hydro Mississauga
James Baillie, Chair Independent Market Operator
1:30 p.m. Facilitated Technical Workshops (participatory)
(Session leaders for each provided by IMO and IPPSO)
l Settlements
l Information Systems (including confidentiality and telecommunications)
l Transmission pricing and service arrangements
l IMO Forward Market
l Market Power Mitigation Agreement Implementation
l Green power issues
3:15 p.m. Coffee Break
3:45 p.m. Return to Plenary
Report from facilitators: Questions for further study
Comments from the audience
Opportunity to question representatives of the IMO Board and staff
Discussion of further meetings
4:45 p.m. Closing
Note: Program subject to change without notice.
The First Ontario Electricity IMO Design Conference and Workshops
Conference Speakers
James Baillie is a partner with the Toronto law firm of Tory Tory Deslauriers and Binnington, and he also chairs the board of the Ontario Independent Market Operator.
Hon. Jim Wilson is Ontario's Minister of Energy, Science and Technology.
Karl Wahl is General Manager and Secretary of Hydro Mississauga.
Dave Goulding is President and CEO of the Independent Market Operator.
Rod Taylor is Senior Vice-President, Network Asset Management Group, Ontario Hydro Services Company.
Les Horswill is Assistant Deputy Minister of Energy.
Al Barnstaple is President of IPPSO.
With thanks to the sponsors of this conference:
Enbridge Consumers Gas, Northland Power, and
the Ontario Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology.
Advance Documentation
A range of discussion papers are available
for review prior to the conference. Contact IPPSO
or the IMO for further information, or visit the
websites: iemo.org and marketdesign.org
IPPSO thanks the conference sponsors, the Ontario Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology, Borden & Elliot, Enbridge Consumers Gas, Northland Power, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, for their assistance with the organization of this process.
For further information, contact:
Independent Power Producers' Society of Ontario
(IPPSO)
163-C Eastbourne Ave., Toronto, Canada, M5P 2G5
(416) 322-6549 fax (416) 481-5785 e-mail: ippso@web.net
(The conference location was at the Holiday Inn at 370 King Street West, in downtown Toronto, between University and Spadina Avenues.)