What's happening in the Ontario Electricity Market
Ez2viewOntario helps you keep an eye on it:
- Track the way the supply/demand balance is unfolding. Particularly over peak summer and winter periods and the prices that emerge as a result.
- What are temperatures like in the various weather zones?
- Will there be enough supply to meet demand?
Keep an eye on generation:
- What proportions of supply are from generators of a particular fuel type?
- Has a particular generator/station suddenly increased or decreased its output?
- Will there be enough supply to meet demand?
What are the interties doing?:
- What is the direction of flow on the interties?
- Are any interties constrained?
A shot of the geographic display showing price, demand, interties, weather and internal zones.
The data
Here is what ez2viewOntario displays on the geographic map:
- Ontario Market Clearing Price (MCP) (5-minute)
- Hourly Ontario Energy Price (HOEP) (hourly)
- Ontario 10-minute spinning, 10-minute non-spinning, and 30-minute Reserve prices (5-minute)
- Hourly Uplift Charge
- Intertie Offer Guarantee Estimate
- Total Load
- Total Loss
- Generation by fuel type (Nuclear, Hydro, Wind, Gas, Coal and Other)
- demand (5-minute and hourly)
- Available Generation (hourly)
- Generator Surplus Margin (GSM)