MISO may have to contend with security concerns and the phaseout of the vertically integrated utility model as it strives to manage a grid with more DERs.

MISO’s most recent maximum generation emergency is yet another portent of its increasing need to rethink grid operations, execs told the Board of Directors.

In an assessment of this year’s load forecast, MISO told load-serving entities they could do more to support their individual forecasts with documentation.

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 approved changes to CAISO’s Tariff that describe practices already employed to balance supply and demand in the day-ahead and real-time markets.

MISO will this year draw on three sets of contributors to create its load forecast for 2020 transmission planning.

PJM is reformatting and drafting clarifications to Manual 14B: PJM Region Transmission Planning Process that may impact the RTO’s planning modeling.

NERC is still analyzing the causes of the July 10 low-frequency event in the Eastern Interconnection, PJM’s Chris Pilong told the Operating Committee.

MISO proposed bringing the three major players in its load forecasting together to coordinate on predictions for long-term transmission planning.

Lessons from the Jan. 17 MISO South emergency resulted in smoother management of the Sept. 15 emergency in the region, RTO officials told stakeholders.