Purpose

Following a stakeholder session the AESO hosted on November 5, 2025, stakeholder feedback received October 20, 2025, and discussions during the October 9, 2025 technical session, the AESO has posted the Dispatch Compliance and Allowable Dispatch Variance design. We invite interested stakeholders to provide comments by December 1, 2025. 

Instructions

• To submit your responses, you will need to be registered and signed in on the AESO Engage platform. 
• Please click on the "Submit Feedback " box below to begin the survey and provide your specific comments. 
• Please submit one completed survey per organization. 
• All responses will be shared on AESO Engage. 
• Responses are due by December 1, 2025.

Questions

1. Please provide your feedback related to the REM ISO Rules: Dispatch Compliance and Allowable Dispatch Variance

Purpose

In response to stakeholder feedback received on the proposed REM ISO rules following their release on September 4, 2025, the AESO has published an update to Stakeholders on the AESO’s approach to methodological content. We invite interested Stakeholders to provide comments by December 1, 2025. 

Instructions

1. To submit comments, you will need to have registered and be signed-in on the AESO Engage platform.
2. Please click on the "Submit Feedback Here" box below to begin the survey and provide your specific comments.
3. Please submit one completed survey per organization.
4. All responses will be shared on AESO Engage.
5. Responses are due by December 1, 2025.

Purpose

We have published a summary of the Opportunity Cost Methodology for Market Power Mitigation stakeholder session on November 6, 2025. We invite interested stakeholders to review and provide additional comments by December 15, 2025. 

Instructions

• To submit your responses, you will need to be registered and signed in on the AESO Engage platform. 
• Please click on the "Submit Feedback " box below to begin the survey and provide your specific comments. 
• Please submit one completed survey per organization. 
• All responses will be shared on AESO Engage. 
• Responses are due by December 15, 2025.

Questions

1. Out of the options presented, which option are you most aligned with and why?
2. What modifications would you propose to improve the options presented?
3. If you think an alternative option for mitigating Energy Storage Resources (ESR) and Hydro should be pursued, can you please describe it in detail below including how it would be calculated, and how you think it would address the market power concerns of these types of resources?
4. Are there any other considerations that the AESO should be mindful of when determining an opportunity cost level for ESR and Hydro?

Instructions for Written Feedback

What we need from Stakeholders:

• Feedback that is authorized by an organization
• Solution oriented written feedback on why and how specific REM ISO rule provisions should be changed  

In Scope:

• Feedback on whether the REM ISO rules align with the final REM design
• Feedback on whether the REM ISO rules are technically sufficient:
  • Clear and concise
  • Complete (to the extent possible)
  • Practically implementable
  • Consistent with the statutory scheme, including the Electric Utilities Act (as amended by Bill 52)

Out of Scope:

• Revisiting the final REM Design

While providing written feedback:

• One response per organization.
• All submissions will be published on AESO Engage, in its original state.
• Responses due on or before 4:00 p.m. MDT on October 20, 2025.

Note: We recommend that responses are prepared in a word document (or some other document processing system) and when ready to submit, the answers are copied and pasted for each question back into the survey response comment box. The formatting (numbering/bullets) may not appear as drafted in the survey comment response; however, the formatting is retained when the responses are exported by the AESO.