At last week's MISO Planning Advisory Committee, stakeholders predicted that the proposed changes to the interconnection queue will face challenges at FERC.
MISO and PJM will have 65 days to evaluate the impact of generator retirements under joint operating agreement language drafted to comply with FERC.
The length of the Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL) project in MISO MTEP 16 will have to be extended, increasing its cost and reducing its benefit-cost ratio.
Fellow Mortals Hospital lost its case against American Transmission Co., as a Wisconsin judge decided that ATC has the right to remove trees.
FERC Chairman Norman Bay headlined the Organization of MISO States (OMS) annual meeting, where panelists discussed the grid of the future, the growing role of natural gas and the continuing uncertainty over state and federal regulators’ jurisdictions.
MISO told the Reliability Subcommittee that it will have an easier time than expected complying with EPA’s Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR).
FERC last week rejected the MISO attempt to exempt external generators from interconnection queue milestone payments, saying the fees should be applied equally to all.
Members of the MISO Board of Directors last week expressed support for increasing their pay and relaxing their independence requirements, saying the changes were needed to ensure the RTO can attract strong candidates.
MISO's forward capacity auction proposal was approved by the Board of Directors' Markets Committee, setting up a FERC filing expected in three weeks.
FERC last week rejected the MISO plan for ensuring it terminates reactive power payments when generating units are no longer capable of providing the service or are transferred out of a fleet.