MISO has plans to test its hypothesis that benefits from long-range transmission projects built in Midwest won’t deliver benefits to the South.

MISO pushed its deadline for approvals of the first long-range transmission projects from March into late spring.

Louisiana regulators have shelved a vote that might have had them compelling Entergy Louisiana and Cleco Power to leave MISO for another transmission operator.

MISO plans to file in December to create separate but identical cost allocation designs for MISO Midwest and MISO South under its long-range transmission plan.

Amid clashes with MISO on transmission planning and cost allocation, the Entergy State Regional Committee featured introductions to SPP’s and SEEM’s workings.

SPP’s Strategic Planning Committee approved a task force’s recommended framework to manage DC tie revenue-requirement recovery in the proposed RTO West.

MISO said its proposal to conduct transmission cost allocation separately for the South and Midwest regions is likely to be in place for up to four years.

Divisions between MISO and MISO South stakeholders deepened over the RTO’s long-range transmission plan.

Panelists dissected FERC’s proposed rulemaking on transmission planning and cost allocation, noting what the commission left out and the challenges ahead.

Stakeholders say it's ill-advised for MISO to propose separate cost allocation methods for long-range transmission projects in MISO South versus MISO Midwest.