Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)
Entergy is expanding its clean energy portfolio by adding 6 GW of renewable capacity through 2026.
MISO presided over routine operations in June, with an average 81-GW load and diminished wholesale prices.
MISO has enacted conservative operations, a hot weather alert and a capacity advisory for its Midwest region ahead of a widespread heat wave set to bake the U.S. this week.
MISO stakeholders are trying to figure out what transmission service requirements the grid operator has in place for battery storage that charges from the grid.
MISO proposes megawatt limits on annual project proposals, tripled entry fees and escalating penalty charges in its quest to oust speculative projects and lighten its gridlocked interconnection queue.
MISO has shortened one of the 345-kV lines contained in its $2 billion Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue portfolio with SPP, which will lower costs.
FERC approved LS Power’s request for rate incentives for the first competitive project surfacing from MISO’s long-range transmission plan.
MISO says it will add a study to its planning process early next year to identify transmission reliability issues caused by distributed energy resources.
MISO said it will debut a task team dedicated to improving its credit policy as market participants experience more price volatility in the market and default risk grows.
MISO and the Organization of MISO States’ resource adequacy survey warned that a more than 9-GW shortfall could loom by the decade’s end, though it painted an adequate supply picture for the upcoming year.
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