FERC rejected MISO’s cost allocation proposal for market efficiency projects, saying it was at odds with the principle of cost causation.

The empty chair at MISO Board of Directors meetings should be filled by fall, stakeholders learned during the RTO’s quarterly Board Week.

MISO executives said they continue to seek ways to improve the RTO’s response to an increasing number of emergency events.

MISO acknowledged the future of a NextEra transmission project is uncertain after the passage of a Texas law giving incumbent utilities a ROFR in the state.

NextEra Energy filed a federal lawsuit challenging a recent Texas law giving incumbent utilities a ROFR to build transmission projects in the state.

The BQTT, the team charged with re-examining MISO’s director-selection process, recommended doubling stakeholder representation on the Nominating Committee.

MISO’s Advisory Committee is considering creating a new miscellaneous sector in order to give its Environmental Sector a more singular voice.

SPP collected $1.65 million in M2M payments from MISO in April, pushing the total to $62.5 million since the two RTOs began the process in March 2015.

MISO is toying with the idea of foreshortening its MTEP 20 process in order to maximize time spent on the 2021 cycle of transmission projects.

A key annual capacity report issued by MISO and the Organization of MISO States (OMS) predicts the RTO is unlikely to soon face a shortfall in generation.