The Lignite Energy Council, a coal lobbying group, reportedly plans to approach MISO and SPP in an effort to have them pay more for coal-fired generation.

Lessons from the Jan. 17 MISO South emergency resulted in smoother management of the Sept. 15 emergency in the region, RTO officials told stakeholders.

Climate change could have catastrophic effects sooner than previously thought, according to a new report by the U.N.’s IPCC.

MISO said its grid can currently sustain 20% renewable penetration without damaging frequency response.

MISO leadership has not yet decided on how it can improve resource availability, though it is evaluating several possible remedies, the RTO said.

MISO and PJM have whittled 20 prospective targeted market efficiency projects (TMEPs) down to two.

FERC granted MISO a two-year lead time to implement a new offer cap, while also directing the RTO to submit another compliance filing to meet Order 831.

MISO said it will approve New Orleans’ request to make the city a cost allocation zone but is deferring action on an interregional cost-sharing plan by TOs.

MISO announced plans to update its interconnection queue procedures to allow multiple projects to interconnect at one point on the system.

FERC approved the MISO plan to cut some duplicate analyses from the first phase of its generation interconnection queue.