MISO’s Planning Advisory Committee last week deferred for a future meeting a vote on Wind on the Wires’ request to require external generators seeking network resource interconnection service to pay the dollars-per-megawatt portion of M2 milestone costs.

After a lengthy discussion, several stakeholders said they needed more information before voting.

Wind on the Wires, which represents the wind industry, argued that the M2 deposit should be applied to external generators because internal generators already put cash at risk to demonstrate that they are serious about moving forward. The deposits discipline generators to not jump in and out of the queue and cause re-studies, the group said.

MISO officials said they do not agree with Wind on the Wires’ proposed requirement for external units. They said not all internal generators pay an M2 deposit.

— Chris O’Malley