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.

MISO is seeking stakeholder guidance on how to forecast the probable locations of future renewable, storage and distributed energy resources (DER).

MISO will release results from its regional transmission overlay study by December, nearly two years ahead of schedule.

MISO will resume discussion on possible cost recovery for participant-funded transmission projects under 345 kV.

MISO officials presented three proposals related to the implementation of the RTO’s new generator interconnection queue for stakeholder feedback.