On March 12, 2014, the IESO issued an RFP to procure 35 MW of
energy storage resources. This procurement follows on the
commitment made by the government in the long-term energy plan and
the Minister of Energy's more recent request to the IESO and
the OPA. The Minister requested that the IESO and OPA design a
process to procure 50 MW of energy storage by the end of 2014 and
conduct an independent study assessing the value of energy storage
for Ontario as well as review the regulatory barriers to
storage's participation in the Ontario electricity
market.
The IESO and the OPA collaborated in designing a framework for the procurement of 50 MW of
storage, which they submitted to the Minister at the end of
January. The recent RFP relates to Phase I which will be led
by the IESO and which will seek to procure up to 35 MW of
regulation service and/or reactive support and voltage control from
grid energy storage facility operators. Phase II will be
launched later this
