Wholesale Market Documents
Wholesale Market Documents
The Electricity Act, which opened the Nova Scotia electricity market to wholesale competition, went into effect on February 1, 2007. The following documents apply to the wholesale market.
Market Rules Proposed Amendments
- Market Rules Proposed Amendments - September 30, 2015
- MP-05-01 with amendments proposed - September 30, 2015
Wholesale Market Rules
- Chapter 1: Introduction (PDF)
- Chapter 2: Market Administration (PDF)
- Chapter 3: Reliability Planning Requirements (PDF)
- Chapter 4: Wholesale Market Operations (PDF)
- Chapter 5: Settlement (PDF)
Wholesale Market Procedures
1. Application for Accreditation (PDF)
2. Application for Change in Status (PDF)
3. Notification for Withdrawal (PDF)
4. Participation Agreement (PDF)
- MP-03 Credit Support (Not required at this time)
- MP-04 Facility Registration (PDF)
1. Application for Facility Registration Form (DOC)
2. Application for Transfer of Facility Registration Form (DOC)
3. Certification for Transfer Form (DOC)
4. Facility Registration Process Flow (PDF)
1. Market Rules Stakeholder List (PDF)
2. Proposal to Amend a Market Rule (PDF)
3. Commenting on Proposed Rule Amendments (PDF)
4. Proposal to Amend A Market Procedure (PDF)
5. Commenting on Proposed Market Procedure Amendments (PDF)
1. Application for a Temporary Waiver Form (DOC)
2. Application for an Amendment or Extension Form (DOC)
3. Notification of NSPSO-initiated Change Proposals Form (DOC)
4. Application for Transfer of a Temporary Waiver Form (DOC)
1. Compliance Actions Process Flow (PDF)
1. Semi-annual 18-Month Forecast & Assessment by Transmitters Form (DOC)
2. Annual 10-Year Forecast & Assessment by Transmitters Form (DOC)
4. Annual 10-Year Forecast & Assessment by Market Participants for Generating Facilities Form (DOC)
5. Semi-annual 18-Month Forecast & Assessment by Market Participants for Load Facilities Form (DOC)
6. Annual 10-Year Forecast & Assessment by Market Participants for Load Facilities Form (DOC)
8. Annual 10-Year Forecast & Assessment by Market Participants for Distribution Systems Form (DOC)
9. Semi-annual 18-Month Forecast & Assessment by Other Market Participants Form (DOC)
10. Annual 10-Year Forecast & Assessment by Other Market Participants Form (DOC)
11. Semi-annual 18-Month Forecast & Assessment by Connection Applicants Form (DOC)
12. Annual 10-Year Forecast & Assessment by Connection Applicants Form (DOC)
13. All Forecast & Assessment by Market Participants with No Information to Report Form (DOC)
1. Transmission Outage Request Form (DOC)
2. Generation Facility Outage Request Form (DOC)
3. Outage Change Request Form (DOC)
1. Hourly Loading Blocks for Dispatchable Generators Form (xls)
2. Non-dispatchable Generators Schedule Form (xls)
1. Generator Forced Outage Report Form (DOC)
2. Transmission Element Forced Outage Report Form (DOC)
1. Redispatch Claim Form (DOC)
Wholesale Market Advisory Committee Meeting Dates
2013
- October 22, 2013
2014
- February 19, 2014
- May 28, 2014
- August 20, 2014
- December 17, 2014
2015
- February 17, 2015
- May 20, 2015
- August 17, 2015
- November 10, 2015
2016
- March 9, 2016
- June 1, 2016
- September 22, 2016
- November 16, 2016
2017
- March 1, 2017
- June 7, 2017
- August 23, 2017
- November 22, 2017
2018
- March 21, 2018
- May 30, 2018
- October 30, 2018
2019
- May 27, 2019
- June 12, 2019
- September 5, 2019
- September 27, 2019
- December 11, 2019
2020
- February 26, 2020
- May 26, 2020
- September 8, 2020
- November 24, 2020
The information on this page has been reviewed 09/16/2020