MISO might replace up to three members on its board of directors as they reach term limits at the end of 2025.  

Board members Todd Raba, H.B. “Trip” Doggett and Barbara Krumsiek are to conclude their third and final terms at the end of 2025. Though they’re term-limited, all have expressed interest in serving a maximum fourth term that is allowable through a special waiver of MISO’s rules. (See Extensions Likely for MISO’s Term-limited Board Members.)  

MISO’s Nominating Committee has said it may decide to use the waiver provision for one or two directors to retain members’ expertise and prevent too much board turnover from one year to the next.  

During an Aug. 13 MISO Advisory Committee teleconference, Nominating Committee member Brian Drumm, of ITC, said Chicago-based search firm Russell Reynolds Associates in the spring presented 20 external board candidates. The Nominating Committee first narrowed that slate down to seven external candidates to be considered alongside the three incumbent directors. Drumm said that after interviewing the three incumbents and seven external candidates in July, the Nominating Committee has assembled a slate of two director candidates for each of the three open Board positions. He declined to comment during the meeting on whether the Nominating Committee is recommending any waivers at all.

Drumm said some MISO members have opposed use of the waiver or have said one to two waivers are necessary to avoid excessive board member attrition. Drumm said MISO’s potential use of waivers and names of outside candidates remain confidential. He said stakeholders would learn more during MISO Board Week in mid-September in Detroit.  

MISO Board Chair Raba said in June that MISO’s Nominating Committee had a lot of work ahead of it to make decisions on who might stay to serve a fourth and final three-year term and how many fresh faces could earn a spot on the board.  

The Nominating Committee is charged with vetting and selecting MISO Board of Director candidates, who are put to a vote of membership. The committee’s members change annually, and the committee is composed of three MISO board members and two MISO stakeholders, one of whom typically is from a state public service commission. This year, directors Bob Lurie, Jeff Lemmer and Nancy Lange sit on the Nominating Committee alongside Drumm and Illinois regulator Michael Carrigan.  

Elections for MISO’s Board of Directors are held in the fall, with the Nominating Committee advancing one candidate per open seat. MISO members vote electronically on whether they support the candidate. MISO’s board elections require candidates to earn a majority of votes in support among membership. MISO members can vote for or against or abstain from selecting any of the candidates. The elections require a minimum 25% participation rate among the voting-eligible members of MISO’s 197 members to achieve a quorum.