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)
• 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)
  • Application for Accreditation (PDF)
  • Application for Change in Status (PDF)
  • Notification for Withdrawal (PDF)
  • Participation Agreement (PDF)
• MP-03 Credit Support (deferred for current wholesale market)
• MP-04 Facility Registration (under development)
• MP-05 Market Rule Amendment (PDF)
  • Market Rules Stakeholder List (PDF)
  • Proposal to Amend a Market Rule (PDF)
  • Commenting on Proposed Rule Amendments (PDF)
  • Proposal to Amend A Market Procedure (PDF)
  • Commenting on Proposed Market Procedure Amendments (PDF)
• MP-06 Temporary Waivers (under development)
• MP-07 Compliance actions (under development)
• MP-08 Information required for forecasts and assessments (under development)
• MP-09 Outage planning and approval (PDF)
  • Transmission Outage Request Form (DOC)
  • Generation Facility Outage Request Form (DOC)
  • Outage Change Request Form (DOC)
• MP-10 Stakeholder Emergency & Restoration Plans (under development)
• MP-11 Scheduling & Marginal Cost Estimates (under development)
• MP-12 Forced Outages (under development)
• MP-13 Re-dispatch settlement claims & determination (under development)