LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — MISO is cool and collected heading into the winter, staff told the Markets Committee of the Board of Directors on Wednesday.

Todd Ramey, vice president for system operations and market services, said the RTO has 146 GW of capacity available to serve the estimated winter peak of 104 GW.

The RTO was able to meet its all-time winter peak of 109.3 GW during the polar vortex on Jan 6, 2014, without directing any demand reductions.

Since then, MISO has taken steps to improve gas-electric coordination and provide more transparency on fuel supplies.

Ramey said MISO is looking into putting other winter readiness measures into place, including emergency pricing and seasonal assessments of resource adequacy. Last year, MISO won FERC approval to create two capability products to manage short-term variations in load. MISO hopes to implement the products in 2016.

— Amanda Durish Cook