MISO members haven’t landed on easy answers in getting the approximately 54 GW of unfinished generation that has cleared the interconnection queue online sooner.

MISO confirmed it’s taking steps to get answers from FERC about the role the Independent Market Monitor should have — if any — in transmission planning.

FERC Commissioner Judy Chang delivered remarks on the importance of meeting ballooning load at MISO Board Week in New Orleans.

MISO announced it will ask FERC for a postponement on rolling out ambient-adjusted line ratings until December 2028.

MISO’s preliminary 2025 Transmission Expansion Plan is set to become another record-breaking collection, at 434 transmission projects at an estimated cost of $11 billion.

MISO emerged from winter 2024/25 without turning to emergency procedures despite wide-ranging winter storms Jan. 6-9 and again Jan. 20-22.

MISO said it will leave the 10-year-old guiding principles for its market design untouched after it conducted a check-in with stakeholders to gauge whether they are still valid in a rapidly changing industry.

MISO told its Board of Directors that drafting an interconnection queue express lane for generators that resolves resource adequacy risks and has stamps of approval from regulators is essential.

The MISO Board of Directors hit the high notes of resource adequacy anxiety, a possible new member with experience at Southern California Edison and an annual budget that will creep past $400 million.

At their quarterly meetup, MISO members largely agreed there won’t be an easy path to achieving decarbonization affordably for customers.