2020 is shaping up to be a seminal period in the Midwest’s transition to renewable energy if new initiatives and state legislation are any indication.

WEC Energy Group reported year-end net income of $1.13 billion ($3.58/share), up from $1.06 billion ($3.34/share) in 2018.

Xcel Energy reported year-end earnings of $1.372 billion ($2.64/share), up from 2018’s performance of $1.261 billion ($2.47/share).

MISO will consider another solution to mitigate its Midwest-South transmission constraint before the original settlement agreement with SPP closes.

MISO’s first storage-as-transmission proposal has drawn protests saying the plan gives transmission owners an unfair advantage in developing the resources.

Entergy must provide a clearer rationale before it will be allowed to include a line item for pension costs in its rate base, FERC ruled.

Transmission buildout costs in MISO West under the 2020 expansion plan will look much the same as last year’s, RTO officials said.

Fresh off the approval of their first interregional transmission project, MISO and PJM are now contemplating a new study this year.

MISO’s Advisory Committee will vote next month whether to recommend the Board of Directors split up the Environmental and Other Stakeholder Groups sector.

MISO’s industrial and transmission customers have banded together for a complaint against the cost allocation plan for baseline reliability projects.