The MISO Board of Directors’ Markets Committee agreed to fund the RTO’s share of its seams coordination analysis with SPP.

For the first time, MISO has found a loss-of-load risk outside of summer months, and said it may be more evidence for seasonal capacity supplies.

MISO and its Monitor are making several changes to market mitigation procedures — most of which will increase the IMM’s authority to mitigate and penalize.

MISO signaled it’s ready to address calls from its Monitor and members to tighten capacity deliverability requirements, but some are concerned about costs.

MISO has proposed limiting extended planned outages to fewer than 90 days to qualify for participation in its Planning Resource Auction.

MISO is still reviewing FERC’s recent proposal that NERC develop cold weather reliability standards.

MISO is nearing its goal of an October FERC filing to solidify its first, limited set of storage-as-transmission assets rules.

Xcel stressed its renewable credentials after the release of its second-quarter earnings, detailing developments that will lessen reliance on fossil fuels.

Missouri regulators are completing a probe into the self-commitment and self-scheduling of generation into wholesale energy markets.

MISO is evaluating nine projects to supplement or substitute for the contract path on SPP transmission linking its Midwest and South regions.