MISO

The Midcontinent Independent System Operator is a regional transmission organization that plans transmission projects, administers wholesale markets for its membership and manages the flow of electricity in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. 
EDP Renewables
Court Says Mich. TO Cannot be Sole Owner of Upgrades on Shared Line
A yearslong dispute over who gets to own a 345-kV network upgrade in Michigan had the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals meditating on the definitions of “system” versus “facility.”
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MARC Confronts Public Perception, Affordability, ‘Post-DEI’ and Nuclear Options
The 2025 Mid-America Regulatory Conference tackled themes on meaningful public engagement, nuclear options, bill affordability and DEI programs falling out of favor.
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FERC Says MISO’s Interconnection Compliance Lacking, Approves General Design
FERC told MISO it needs a few more edits to its queue rules to be compliant with the commission’s wide-ranging order to streamline generator interconnection.
Consumers Energy
Half of MISO States Oppose DOE Order on Campbell Plant, Add Rehearing Request
Half of the Organization of MISO States have challenged the Department of Energy’s directive to keep the J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan operating through late August.
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MISO Declares Max Gen Emergency in Heat Wave
MISO Midwest entered emergency status during the RTO’s first serious heat wave of the summer.
La. PSC
MISO Debates What-ifs, Vows Improvements in Front of La. PSC After Load Shed
MISO leadership again promised to step up the RTO’s advance communication of tight system conditions following its four-hour load-shed directive for about 600 MW in Greater New Orleans.
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NERC Responds to MISO IMM’s LTRA Criticism

NERC acknowledges it used mismatched data to calculate MISO's risk level in its Long-Term Reliability Assessment and plans to release a revised report soon.

WEC Energy Group
MISO’s Queue Fast Lane, Take 2, Nets Déjà vu Arguments

MISO’s repackaged proposal to establish a temporary fast track in its interconnection queue resulted in a familiar division among MISO stakeholders, with vertically integrated utilities in favor and clean energy organizations opposed.

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MISO IMM Contends he Should Have Role in Tx Planning Oversight

The MISO Independent Market Monitor insisted to FERC that MISO’s own rules allow him to assess transmission. Market monitors of other grid operators backed him up.

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MISO 2025 Transmission Planning Cycle Rises to $13B
MISO’s 2025 Transmission Expansion Plan has amassed another $2 billion in investment since early spring, bringing its total to $13 billion.

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