Statement of Opportunities
The IMO’s determination of capacity requirements is published annually in the Statement of Opportunities (SOO) report. This report provides forecasts of maximum peak demand and energy usage for all loads that form part of the South West Interconnected System (SWIS). It also provides information in respect to:
- Generation and DSM capacity currently operating in the SWIS.
- Capacity which is planned to be built or under construction.
- Planned capacity retirements.
From this, the IMO provides estimates of the amount of capacity that will be available to meet demand in future years and the extent that this exceeds, or is less than, the forecast demand.
The 2005 to 2009 Statement of Opportunitues reports are available here:
2009 Statement of Opportunities [1.0MB]
2008 Statement of Opportunities [735kB]
2007 Statement of Opportunities [848kB]
2006 Statement of Opportunities [283kB]
2005 Statement of Opportunities [153kB]
Corrections
Corrections have been made to Participant Names shown in the table of Facility Capacities (Appendix 7) included in the Statement of Opportunities report issued on 1 July 2009. Version 0.2 (2009_SOO_Final_v0.2.pdf) of this document should be used and is available through the link above. This notice has been published on 14 July 2009.
An error has been identified in one of the dates in section 5.3 (pp35) published in version named 2008_SOO_Final.pdf of the 2008 Statement of Opportunities report. Version 0.1 (2008_SOO_Final_v0.1.pdf) of this document, currently available should be used. This notice has been published at 8:00 AM on 2 July 2008.
The IMO has determined (October 2005) that an error occurred during the preparation of the electricity forecasts that were published within the 2005 Statement of Opportunities Report. The notice below provides clarification on this matter.
This document is published in accordance with Market Rule 10.5.1 (m).