MISO and SPP state regulators appear intent on completing their work to improve the RTOs’ interregional coordination before 2021 arrives.
The Seams Liaison Committee (SLC), comprising regulators from the Organization of MISO States and SPP’s Regional State Committee, met virtually and briefly Monday, deciding to develop a decision matrix to help them prioritize the various recommendations offered up for their consideration.
Admitting he may have had “reckless optimism about wrapping up at the end of the year,” Arkansas’ Ted Thomas, SLC co-chair along with Texas’ DeAnn Walker, said the matrix should “do good,” given the difficulty of holding in-depth discussions over the internet.
“The joy of virtual meetings,” he said.
Thomas, Walker and OMS Executive Director Marcus Hawkins will work together on the decision matrix. They hope to have a workable format that they can discuss with the full RSC and OMS on Oct. 26 and 29, respectively.
Walker said she wanted to have an “orderly way” to step through the recommendations made by the RTOs’ market monitors. That came into clearer focus, she said, as Hawkins went through a list of recommendations and the grid operators’ responses. (See MISO, SPP Respond to Monitors’ Studies.)
SPP responded to recommendations for coordinated transaction scheduling, interface pricing and the MISO Independent Market Monitor’s report on market-to-market (M2M) coordination. Staff added clarifying remarks and noted which recommendations are included in SPP’s 2020 Market Roadmap.
MISO detailed its responses to the same recommendations, noting whether they have been included in its Integrated Roadmap or the IMM’s 2019 State of the Market report.
