FERC accepted MISO’s compliance filing spelling out rules for its new energy storage category, rejecting a protest and rehearing request by IPL.

Southwest Power Pool (SPP) has kicked off an effort to develop an alternative rate structure for recovering its administrative costs.

MISO laid out a more detailed proposal for how it will determine the capacity accreditation of energy storage resources under FERC Order 841.

The MISO market was competitive in 2017, but the RTO should do more to address increasing congestion and low capacity prices, Monitor David Patton said.

MISO, commited to moving forward, said it plans to refile a plan to create external capacity resource zones with FERC by the end of the month.

The MISO Energy Storage Task Force is making a bid to broaden its role by seeking the authority to evaluate storage issues in addition to identifying them.

MISO laid out how it will tackle changing resource availability and needs in its footprint ahead of the release of a white paper on the issue.

FERC rejected CMS Energy’s plan to boost a 60-MW qualifying facility to 263 MW, saying the change is too large to qualify for recertification under PURPA.

FERC rejected MISO’s proposal to create external zones for its annual capacity auction but left the door open for a revised plan in the future.

Regulators from the SPP and MISO footprints are banding together to take on seams issues created by what one industry expert calls “RTO gerrymandering.”