With a nod from FERC, MISO will apply a more stringent physical withholding rule and remove demand response and energy efficiency from market monitoring in next month’s capacity auction.

Load forecast data for the MISO 2017/18 PRA shows that all local resource zones have enough capacity to meet their clearing requirements.

Consultants on either side of MISO’s rejected capacity auction redesign faced off in a debate at the Gulf Coast Power Association's conference.

MISO has taken another shot at explaining how behind-the-meter generation (BTM generators) will function in its markets.

MISO’s South-to-Midwest transfer limit for the 2017/18 Planning Resource Auction (PRA) will be 1,500 MW, an increase of more than 600 MW.

MISO will likely fall back on its existing capacity auction design next year after its competitive retail solution failed to win FERC approval.

FERC rejected the proposed MISO three-year forward capacity auction in its retail-choice areas. It's back to the drawing board for the RTO and stakeholders.

MISO is poised to implement a laundry list of changes intended to improve its capacity auction, some of which should take effect in time for the 2017/18 Planning Resource Auction.

FERC said that MISO can use the PJM technology-specific reference levels for market mitigation in its 2017/18 capacity auction.

The MISO Board of Directors Markets Committee discussed the status of the RTO's forward capacity auction and queue reform proposals.