MISO foresees a “modest probability” it will declare a systemwide maximum generation event this spring.
MISO revived the idea of implementing a seasonal capacity auction as part of its multipronged resource availability and need initiative, but promised to gather more data before defining long-term solutions.
In the wake of its Jan. grid emergency, MISO pledged to further study generation cutoffs in extreme temperatures and improvements to its load forecasting.
FERC rejected Coalition of Midwest Power Producers' complaint that MISO is improperly accounting for the deliverability of some capacity resources.
MISO and a majority of its transmission owners filed a new cost allocation plan with FERC that would change the way the RTO allocates costs for market efficiency projects.
SPP and MISO staff and stakeholders recommended performing a coordinated system plan in 2019-20 to study 6 possible sites for transmission projects.
MISO will keep a system support resource agreement in MISO South intact for another few months while it awaits completion of an area transmission project.
FERC again denied Vermont Transco permission to embed transmission acquisition costs in its rate recovery through the ISO-NE Tariff.
MISO is looking for ideas on how leaders of stakeholder groups can best oversee spirited discussions while sticking to schedules listed on meeting agendas.
The growing fallout stemming from GreenHat Energy’s record default in PJM’s financial transmission rights market prompted MISO officials to reassure members that a similar situation is unlikely to unfold in MISO.