MISO said unless stakeholders can come up with an alternative it hasn’t explored, it will have to renew its sole system support resource — Manitowoc Public Utilities’ Lakefront 9 coal unit — for another year.

FERC once again has determined the continuing payments MISO is making to a Wisconsin coal plant to stay online to sustain system reliability might be too steep.

A Wisconsin coal plant kept online for the sake of reliability will receive smaller monthly payments from MISO, FERC ruled in a settlement approval.

FERC approved a MISO system support resource (SSR) agreement that will keep a Wisconsin coal plant operating for reliability purposes.

MISO is headed for another System Support Resource designation to keep a Wisconsin coal plant operating unless stakeholders present a viable alternative.