The Illinois Commerce Commission’s “NextGrid: Illinois’ Utility of the Future” study, which began with grand hopes years ago, ended with barely a whimper.

The Midwest requires a more comprehensive approach to transmission planning to meet the region’s varied goals, experts said during a Mid-Grid meetup.

MISO will extend its COVID-19 response measures of holding virtual stakeholder meetings and restricting access to control rooms to at least June 1.

MISO’s Advisory Committee is beginning work on a possible new process for prospective members to join the RTO.

MISO’s Steering Committee is considering proposing a rule that would require consultants to identify clients they represent when participating in stakeholder meetings.

FERC reversed one part of a decision on the long-disputed bandwidth calculation Entergy used to equalize production costs among its operating companies.

FERC affirmed METC's 138-kV Morenci transmission project is a local distribution facility that should not be included in MISO's annual transmission plan.

MISO is mounting a third attempt to gain FERC approval to overhaul the cost allocation design for economic transmission projects after previous rejections.

MISO’s capacity auction marked the RTO’s first clearing price set by its cost of new entry, as prices in the Lower Peninsula rocketed to almost $260/MW-day.

SPP’s Market Monitor said MISO and SPP must rethink some of their fees and practices before rolling out coordinated transaction scheduling across the seam.