IESO

IESO Dispatch Service Web Service

A web service, specified in SPEC-154, through which registered market participants retrieve dispatch instructions issued by the IESO and send back acknowledgements and responses. This is the machine interface to real-time dispatch of Ontario's grid. The design specification is published openly as a PDF, but no base URL is disclosed in it and access is restricted to registered market participants operating dispatchable facilities.

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https://www.ieso.ca/-/media/Files/IESO/technical-interfaces/dispatch-service-system/SPEC-154-Dispatch-Service-Web-Service-Design-Specifications.pdf
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Documentation
https://www.ieso.ca/sector-participants/technical-interfaces

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: ieso:ieso-dispatch-service-web-service
name: IESO Dispatch Service Web Service
description: A web service, specified in SPEC-154, through which registered market participants retrieve
  dispatch instructions issued by the IESO and send back acknowledgements and responses. This is the machine
  interface to real-time dispatch of Ontario's grid. The design specification is published openly as a
  PDF, but no base URL is disclosed in it and access is restricted to registered market participants operating
  dispatchable facilities.
humanURL: https://www.ieso.ca/sector-participants/technical-interfaces
tags:
- Dispatch
- Real-Time
- Market Participants
tags_raw:
- Dispatch
- Real Time
- Market Participants
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.ieso.ca/-/media/Files/IESO/technical-interfaces/dispatch-service-system/SPEC-154-Dispatch-Service-Web-Service-Design-Specifications.pdf
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.ieso.ca/sector-participants/technical-interfaces