MISO is toying with the idea of foreshortening its MTEP 20 process in order to maximize time spent on the 2021 cycle of transmission projects.

After prodding by stakeholders, MISO says it will boost renewable generation estimates in each of the four 15-year future scenarios that guide its annual transmission planning process.

MISO will rely on the same set of futures for the third straight year when it evaluates transmission projects in its 2020 Transmission Expansion Plan.

MISO will this year draw on three sets of contributors to create its load forecast for 2020 transmission planning.

MISO stakeholders said impact to customers and solid business cases should factor prominently in any new regional transmission package.

SPP’s Market and Operations Policy Committee unanimously approved staff recommendations to revise the SPP-MISO Coordinated System Plan.

Applied Energy Group produced 20-year estimates of MISO’s future demand response, energy efficiency and distributed generation.

MISO is moving ahead with a proposal to largely recycle last year’s 15-year transmission planning predictions for use in its 2019 Transmission Expansion Plan.

MISO expects the 15-year future scenarios informing its 2019 Transmission Expansion Plan to look much like those for 2018.

Market developments are compelling MISO to reconsider how it weighs the 15-year future scenarios designed to inform its 2018 Transmission Expansion Plan.