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.

MISO’s Planning Advisory Committee will consider several motions before it votes on whether to send the RTO’s $4 billion MTEP 19 to its board for approval.

MISO plans to file its first storage-as-transmission asset ruleset, despite complaints from members the proposed provisions limit resource ownership to TOs.

MISO is poised to recommend its first-ever storage-as-transmission project to ease reliability issues in central Wisconsin.

MISO is nearing its goal of an October FERC filing to solidify its first, limited set of storage-as-transmission assets rules.

FERC’s request for comments on transmission incentives produced splits between transmission owners and load interests, as well as calls for new policies.

An ATC effort to improve reliability in Wisconsin could within two years provide MISO with its first-ever storage-as-transmission asset project.

CAISO is postponing stakeholder initiatives on day-ahead market enhancements and storage-as-transmission assets, while adding four new initiatives.

MISO is pondering whether to amend its Order 841 compliance filing after FERC rejected multiple requests to alter the landmark energy storage order.