In a special conference call, MISO officials went over how the RTO would treat energy storage resources in its markets in compliance with FERC Order 841.
MISO is planning a study to ensure external resources bordering more than one of its local resource zones participates in only one zone.
MISO’s replacement of its market platform is complete, with the RTO now settling at five-minute intervals.
MISO is probing what eligibility requirements it should establish before allowing energy storage resources to function as transmission assets.
MISO is planning to file with FERC in October a proposal to create two new benefit metrics to appraise new market efficiency transmission projects.
The future electric grid that upends traditional utility operations may be soon, according to industry experts speaking at the MISO Market Symposium.
MISO laid out a more detailed proposal for how it will determine the capacity accreditation of energy storage resources under FERC Order 841.
The MISO market was competitive in 2017, but the RTO should do more to address increasing congestion and low capacity prices, Monitor David Patton said.
MISO, commited to moving forward, said it plans to refile a plan to create external capacity resource zones with FERC by the end of the month.
The MISO Energy Storage Task Force is making a bid to broaden its role by seeking the authority to evaluate storage issues in addition to identifying them.