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July 29, 2024

MISO

The Midcontinent Independent System Operator is a regional transmission organization that plans transmission projects, administers wholesale markets for its membership and manages the flow of electricity in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. 
Otter Tail Power
MISO Warns Queue Won’t Stay at 150-GW High
MISO staff said project withdrawals from its record-setting 150-GW interconnection queue are imminent.
Entergy
Facing City Council Inquiry, Entergy Says it Could Sell New Orleans Utility Arm
Entergy said it could either sell its New Orleans unit, merge it with Entergy Louisiana or step out of the way as New Orleans navigates a municipal utility.
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MISO Wants Abridged Stakeholder Meeting Schedule
When it emerges from the worst of the pandemic, MISO wants to limit its in-person stakeholder committee schedule to eight in-person meeting weeks per year.
Ameren Missouri
MISO Backs Divisive Seasonal Capacity Design
MISO this week said it’ll give stakeholders more time — but not much — to get comfortable with four seasonal capacity auctions.
GRE
MISO Stakeholders Blame Entergy for Long-range Transmission Impasse
A former FERC commissioner, along with other stakeholders, say MISO has allowed itself to be led by Entergy in long-term transmission planning.
WEC Energy Group
MISO IC Queue Tops 150 GW; Solar Maintains Lead
MISO's interconnection queue currently stands at a record-breaking 153 GW after the RTO processed 2021 applicants. 
Entergy
Entergy Fends Off Calls for Tx, Solar, Microgrid Investment
Entergy has pushed back on the notion that sturdier transmission or more solar panels would have helped Louisiana's grid better withstand Hurricane Ida. 
Primoris Services Corp.
Flexible Ramping Grows as Ancillary Service
RTOs and ISOs described their strategies for using quick ramping products to offset weather-dependent renewable resources at a FERC conference Tuesday.
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Illinois Senate Passes Landmark Energy Transition Act
The Illinois Senate approved legislation putting the state on a path to 100% carbon-free electric generation and bailing out two Exelon nuclear plants.
ACORE
Report: Renewable Developers Footing Tx Upgrade Bills
A new report says wind and solar projects in MISO’s and SPP’s generator interconnection queues are being asked to pay the bill when connecting to the grid.

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