A MISO task team is slated for retirement after successfully developing several changes to the competitive transmission process that were approved by FERC.

MISO is reviewing an expedited project request from ATC to connect a massive Foxconn manufacturing plant that would be Wisconsin’s largest power user.

FERC approved several changes to MISO’s competitive transmission developer selection process under FERC Order 1000.

Panelists at EUCI’s Transmission Expansion in the Midwest conference said industry must focus on exporting wind energy and overcoming seams processes.

FERC ruled that Xcel can recover its investment in a transmission project if it is abandoned for reasons beyond the company’s control.

A MISO Board of Directors committee has advanced MTEP 17, a $2.7 billion transmission development package that includes 353 new projects.

MISO is confronting a pair of conflicting motions as some stakeholders push back on including a Texas project in MTEP 17.

MISO proposed to rely on its own load forecasting to support long-term transmission planning, instead of a combination of forecasts provided by LSEs.

Stakeholder sectors have eschewed MISO’s suggestion that they apply equal weight to the RTO’s four 15-year future scenarios used for next year’s planning.

After a second full review of the 2011 slate of multi-value transmission projects, MISO has concluded that benefits outpace rising project costs.