A MISO workshop on energy storage as transmission made clear how much the technology is blurring the once clear lines between generation and transmission.

MISO’s Planning Advisory Committee will vote through Oct. 26 on whether to move most of the RTO’s $3.3 billion 2018 Transmission Expansion Plan forward.

MISO proposed bringing the three major players in its load forecasting together to coordinate on predictions for long-term transmission planning.

MISO floated a relatively simple straw proposal for treating energy storage as a reliability asset in its annual transmission plan.

FERC affirmed an administrative law judge’s decision to assign a Minnesota city’s portion of a 345-kV line to Northern States Power’s joint pricing zone.

MISO unveiled its annual Transmission Expansion Plan, consisting of 434 transmission projects valued at $3 billion.

MISO said it is reviewing stakeholder proposals to improve load forecasts and plan hourly energy delivery on its evolving system.

MISO is probing what eligibility requirements it should establish before allowing energy storage resources to function as transmission assets.

MISO has called off a proposal to rely on data from its load-serving entities to compile its own long-term load forecast.

MISO is seeking stakeholder input for its conceptual study to determine how to incorporate transmission outages into its economic planning models.