MISO’s Steering Committee concluded last week that the Resource Adequacy Subcommittee acted properly when it retired the Competitive Retail Solution Task Team on May 5 without a vote or motion.

But in its meeting Wednesday, the committee discussed whether the RTO’s stakeholder governance guide should be updated to outline a process for retiring a task team. To retire the CRSTT — which was established last October to develop capacity auction improvements — the RASC relied on written comments and discussion with stakeholders.

RASC Chair Gary Mathis said the issue was presented to the Steering Committee after questions were raised about the procedure the RASC used.

“I don’t think we need to formalize this process,” Steering Committee Chair Tia Elliott said.

But Bill SeDoris, director of MISO integration for Northern Indiana Public Service Co., said it may be helpful for committee charters to state that task teams can be closed out “entirely at the discretion of committee leadership.”

Indianapolis Power & Light’s Lin Franks also recommended that the Steering Committee produce a non-enforceable guideline document on the creation and dissolution of task teams.

In lieu of task teams, Kent Feliks of American Electric Power suggested MISO could hold special meetings on topics, as PJM does.

Elliott said further discussion on the issue will be taken up at the July Steering Committee meeting.

IMM Makes Recommendation in Data Request

Two pending data requests must be adjusted before being implemented by MISO, RTO staff and the Independent Market Monitor said.

The Monitor cautioned against fully granting a stakeholder request to post commercial limits for binding constraints in the real-time and day-ahead markets. It recommended rejecting the release of day-ahead values “but is still considering the possibility of real-time values on a week delay,” according to MISO. The RTO’s Tom Welch said staff plan to postpone a decision until July, when the Monitor’s final recommendation becomes available.

Foreknowledge of the constraints creates concerns about market manipulation, Welch explained.

The RTO is also putting the brakes on an early May request to break down wind output data by North, South and Central regions in both real-time and day-ahead forecasts. (See “MISO Grants 2 Data Requests, Denies Another,” MISO Steering Committee Briefs.)

Welch said the request is still under review, noting that when the first wind units open in MISO South, wind output reports would inadvertently “expose their unit-specific information.” To protect nonpublic information, MISO said the data posting might not be prudent until at least three wind units are installed in the region.

“We can break down the northern regions,” Welch said.

Financial Transmission Rights Working Group Retired

MISO’s Financial Transmission Rights Working Group was retired as a result of a Steering Committee decision. Duties associated with financial transmission rights and auction revenue rights have been transferred to the Market Subcommittee.

The move was approved by consent with little discussion.

— Amanda Durish Cook