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.  

• Accredited Market Participants (PDF)
• Applications for Market Participation (PDF)   

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 

• MP-01 General Market Procedure (PDF)
• MP-02 Market Participant Accreditation (PDF)                    

            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)

• MP-05 Market Rule Amendment (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) 

• MP-06 Temporary Waivers (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)

                       5. Waiver Process Flow (PDF)    

• MP-07 Compliance actions (PDF)  

             1. Compliance Actions Process Flow (PDF)

• MP-08 Information required for forecasts and assessments (PDF) 

              1. Semi-annual 18-Month Forecast & Assessment by Transmitters Form (DOC)

              2. Annual 10-Year Forecast & Assessment by Transmitters Form (DOC)

              3. Semi-annual 18-Month Forecast & Assessment by Market Participants for Generating Facilities 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)

              7. Semi-annual 18-Month Forecast & Assessment by Market Participants for Distribution Systems 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)       

•  MP-09 Outage planning and approval (PDF)

              1. Transmission Outage Request Form (DOC)

              2. Generation Facility Outage Request Form (DOC)

              3. Outage Change Request Form (DOC)  

•  MP-10 Stakeholder Emergency & Restoration Plans (PDF)
•  MP-11 Scheduling & Dispatch (PDF)

                1. Hourly Loading Blocks for Dispatchable Generators Form (xls)

                2.  Non-dispatchable Generators Schedule Form (xls)

• MP-12 Forced Outages (PDF) 

                1. Generator Forced Outage Report Form (DOC)

                2. Transmission Element Forced Outage Report Form (DOC) 

• MP-13 Re-dispatch settlement claims & determination (PDF) 

                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 01/14/2020