Two market efficiency projects approved by MISO face continued obstacles, while two others slated for inclusion in MTEP 19 must wait longer for approval.

MISO will allow stakeholders an additional month to file their opinions on the RTO’s draft 2021 transmission planning futures scenarios.

Fresh off approval for one change to its interconnection process, MISO is looking for ways to advance generation projects more quickly through its queue.

Two MISO groups will discuss what the RTO can do to break down walls between the MTEP and network upgrade planning for the generator interconnections.

The growth of DER means the MISO grid will become increasingly fraught with planning challenges that require target responses, stakeholders heard.

MISO released draft future scenarios that would reflect the increasingly dominant role clean energy resources will play in its planning process.

MISO’s industrial and transmission customers have banded together for a complaint against the cost allocation plan for baseline reliability projects.

A team convened to examine the cause of a MISO transmission capacity shortfall is seeking input on what measures the RTO could take to support renewables.

MISO spent much of 2019 preparing for a massive shift to renewable resources — and 2020 will herald much the same, RTO executives say.

MISO’s Board of Directors unanimously approved the 2019 MISO Transmission Expansion Plan (MTEP 19) - a $4 billion portfolio consisting of 480 projects.