MISO presented stakeholders a long-awaited set of planning futures it insists are final despite calls for an additional scenario that models a downturn stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

DTE Energy will cut $60 million in operations and maintenance expenses to counteract sagging energy sales caused by social distancing measures in Michigan.

Warmer-than-usual weather this summer means MISO will likely have to declare an emergency, even without heavy loads or a high volume of generation outages.

FERC denied rehearing of a 2019 order that directed MISO, PJM and SPP to shine more light on how they perform their affected-system studies.

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.