MISO membership re-elected Directors Phyllis Currie and Mark Johnson while also electing sitting Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Chair Nancy Lange.
MISO will file a proposal to revise its interconnection queue process by implementing stringent site control requirements and increasing milestone payments.
FERC ruled that an existing Montana wind farm is exempt from a commission order requiring new generators to provide primary frequency response.
Midcontinent ISO now has a fifth wintertime waiver of its $1,000/MWh offer cap in hand after FERC approved the RTO’s request on Nov. 16.
MISO staff are seeking to advance the RTO’s full 2018 Transmission Expansion Plan despite stakeholder objections to two projects.
FERC allowed MISO to designate certain Louisiana resources as commercially significant to voltage and local reliability without collecting a year of data.
The Organization of MISO States is now accepting applicants for a new executive director to replace Tanya Paslawski, who will depart at the end of the year.
MISO officials say they will follow through on most recommendations in its Independent Market Monitor’s 2017 State of the Market report.
Midcontinent Independent System Operator is working to create market rules for capacity reserves that can be supplied within 30 minutes.
MISO and SPP agreed to file changes to their joint operating agreement that they say will smooth the approval of interregional projects.