By Chris O’Malley CARMEL, Ind. — MISO’s Board of Directors System Planning Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to approve Entergy’s request for $217 million...

Stinging from objections to Entergy’s proposed Lake Charles transmission upgrade, MISO has launched discussions that could lead to refinements in its procedures for handling out-of-cycle requests.

MISO management has reiterated its recommendation that $200 million in proposed out-of-cycle projects by Entergy be approved by the RTO.

The MISO Market Monitor says transmission loading relief requests attributed to a TVA constraint are causing price volatility within the RTO.

Under questioning from MISO board members, senior RTO officials defended their support for the $200 million controversial out-of-cycle requests by Entergy.

MISO stakeholders indicated widespread support for moving to a seasonal measurement of resource adequacy; supporters say it would improve reliability.

A round-up of news from the MISO Board of Directors Markets Committee meeting on Feb. 25, 2015.

A round-up of news from the MISO Board of Directors meeting on Feb. 26, 2015.

Entergy’s request for a $187 million transmission upgrade near Lake Charles, La., will receive a “full review” by MISO’s board following stakeholder dissent over its classification as an out-of-cycle project.

Market Monitor David Patton told the MISO Board of Directors’ Markets Committee that the RTO should see significant benefits from its market-to-market coordination with SPP.