The Capacity Market Regulation was filed by the Minister of Energy on December 14, 2018, pursuant to sections of the Electric Utilities Act (EUA), which allow the Minister to make regulations regarding the capacity market.
On March 15, 2018, the Department of Energy hosted an information session to update stakeholders on the government’s policy directions for the capacity market.
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On October 27, 2017 the DOE hosted an Capacity Market Engagement Session on resource adequacy. Essentially, the DOE is looking for feedback from stakeholders on the province’s tolerance to outages in order to develop an appropriate resource adequacy standard for the capacity market. Additionally, they are keen to do so quickly because the standard will drive the AESO’s determination of how much capacity to procure, an important input for market design.
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