MISO acknowledged the future of a NextEra transmission project is uncertain after the passage of a Texas law giving incumbent utilities a ROFR in the state.

The BQTT, the team charged with re-examining MISO’s director-selection process, recommended doubling stakeholder representation on the Nominating Committee.

Representatives contend that MISO should increase stakeholder representation on the committee that selects candidates for its Board of Directors.

MISO’s Board of Directors will hold a special vote to fill the seat of former Director Thomas Rainwater, who left for a for-profit company in New England.

A new MISO Board Qualification Task Team is seeking stakeholder suggestions to improve the process for choosing the RTO’s board members.

MISO will attempt to divide its ongoing market platform replacement into a series of smaller agreements with vendors rather than one large contract.

Stakeholders gave MISO leadership mixed signals on what they expect from seams policy, though they agreed the RTO shouldn’t strive for exacting consistency in how it deals with different neighbors.

MISO’s most recent maximum generation emergency is yet another portent of its increasing need to rethink grid operations, execs told the Board of Directors.

MISO’s Advisory Committee is exploring whether to extend a 1-yr. “cooling-off” period to state regulators before they serve on the RTO’s Board of Directors.

MISO’s Advisory Committee is deliberating whether state regulators elected to the RTO’s Board of Directors should be subject to the same “cooling-off” period required for industry executives.