Transition of Authoritative Documents (TOAD) Project
As the Independent System Operator (ISO) for the jurisdiction of Alberta, the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) is responsible for the safe, reliable and economic operation of the interconnected electric system and for promoting a fair, efficient and openly competitive market for electricity. In order to carry out our responsibilities, the AESO is given authority through legislation to make ISO Rules, adopt or make Reliability Standards and to prepare an ISO Tariff. These documents are referred to as the AESO’s authoritative documents.
Authoritative documents are used by the AESO to communicate the binding and legal rights, requirements and obligations of market participants and the AESO. Compliance with the requirements set out in authoritative documents is mandatory.
The AESO is undertaking a comprehensive review of these documents in order to:
- Clarify the mandatory requirements and obligations for both market participants and the AESO,
- Standardize the structure and form of authoritative documents (template).
- Eliminate duplication among authoritative documents,
- Eliminate language inconsistencies including use of and unnecessary variations in acronyms, terms and definitions.
- Address gaps,
- Improve the organization of and navigation to authoritative documents (referred to as the framework).
- Ensure documents that are, or have subject matter which is authoritative in nature, are represented within the ISO Rules, Alberta Reliability Standards or ISO Tariff. Other documents, such as technical standards, will be transitioned into an authoritative document.
Where possible the AESO is associating the transition of its authoritative documents with AESO priorities and initiatives and consulting with stakeholders in accordance with AESO Consultation Principles and Alberta Utilities Commission Rule 017 - Procedures and Process for Development of ISO Rules and Filing of ISO Rules with Alberta Utilities Commission.
The AESO has been working with stakeholders on the TOAD project since September 2009. Based on the progress achieved by December 2010 the AESO believes that most of its documents will be transitioned by the end of 2012.