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May 11, 2015 To: Market Participants and Other Interested Parties Re: Market Systems Replacement and Re-engineering (MSR) Project The AESO invites market participants to attend an upcoming workshop May 26 in Calgary from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the Market Systems Replacement Project – Phase III (Design). The MSR Project started just over two years ago to proactively address the long-term needs of the market systems and ensure reliable operation and timely evolution of the wholesale electricity market. As has been the philosophy from the start, it is critical to the success of this project to obtain appropriate industry input into system requirements for the current, expected and possible future system such that the AESO continues to fulfill its mandate. As such the AESO has engaged market participants over the past two years in a series of workshops and information sessions to better understand relevant issues and opportunities. Workshop Objectives As the MSR Project is now well into the design phase of implementation, the AESO would like to update market participants on the following: • • • An overview of the current state of AESO market systems A summary of issues and opportunities identified by market participants (of which the AESO will attempt to address through the development and deployment of the replaced and/re-engineered components of the market systems environment) An overview of the target state for AESO market systems This overview will provide some early information so that market participants and other interested parties can begin planning any needed changes to their systems or processes in order to ensure a seamless transition to the new market systems environment. In addition, the AESO and MSR Project team would appreciate feedback on the AESO’s understanding of market participants’ issues and opportunities, and as well as the strategy for addressing issues going forward. The AESO is inviting representatives from your company with the following expertise to participate in the discussion around these specific areas: • • • • • Registering as a Market Participant Managing your assets Agency Arrangements Managing authority levels and system access Authentication / certification process Following the workshop, the AESO will summarize the minutes and high-level highlights and report back later in 2015. Please also save the date for a second workshop on June 22, 2015. We will be sending further information in the next several weeks. Page 1 For more information on these sessions and to RSVP, please contact [email protected] or via phone at 403-539-2693. Once your representatives’ attendance is confirmed, the AESO will send out a pre-workshop package for your review and completion. Yours truly, “Original signed by” Mike Law Vice-President, Market Services cc: Bill Baker, Vice-President, Information Technology Miranda Keating-Erickson, Vice-President, Operations Todd Fior, Vice-President, Finance Page 2