MISO unveiled its annual Transmission Expansion Plan, consisting of 434 transmission projects valued at $3 billion.

A systemwide emergency, market innovations and the relatively calm summer topped the discussions at MISO’s Board of Directors meetings.

MISO’s replacement of its market platform is complete, with the RTO now settling at five-minute intervals.

MISO’s Board of Directors appointed Director Phyllis Currie to serve as its chair, replacing current Chairman Michael Curran.

MISO’s effort to replace its market platform will likely come in slightly over budget and is at risk of delay because of project snags with vendor GE.

Officials at MISO Board Week meetings pondered why the RTO is likely to face an increasing frequency of emergency conditions in the near future.

Resilience was in the spotlight after MISO stakeholders selected the subject as their quarterly “hot topic” industry discussion with the RTO’s Board of Directors.

A seasonal post-mortem at this month's MISO Board Week provided stakeholders with insight into the RTO’s market performance recently, in the near future and the long term.

The dedicated MISO market platform replacement team will work this year to ensure the existing system can stay afloat during the time it will take to build the new one.

MISO Board of Directors Chairman Michael Curran paid tribute to Eugene Zeltmann, a former board member who passed away in late February.