After prodding by stakeholders, MISO says it will boost renewable generation estimates in each of the four 15-year future scenarios that guide its annual transmission planning process.

MISO will ask for another year to comply with FERC Order 841, saying the intricacy and expense of incorporating storage is greater than anticipated.

The MISO Planning Advisory Committee will vote on a DTE Energy proposal to broaden the scope of the RTO’s storage-as-transmission assets initiative.

MISO will take another crack at identifying a project that could provide an alternative to the constrained transmission path linking its North and South regions.

MISO and its stakeholders are considering how to more accurately measure the potential benefits of proposed transmission projects.

MISO is considering moving ahead with a plan to streamline its report detailing the projects in its annual Transmission Expansion Plan beginning this year.

MISO now cautiously estimates that the benefits of a seasonal capacity auction would outweigh potential drawbacks.

MISO’s annual report on future trends includes suggestions for market changes that could ease the transition to a still hard-to-pin-down future fleet.

MISO’s 7th annual capacity auction cleared at $2.99/MW-day in all but 1 zone, a significant decline compared with last year’s nearly uniform $10 price.

MISO will kick off discussions on distributed energy resources policy after completing stakeholder workshops on integrating DER into its system.