October 1, 2024

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. 
Pattern Energy
MISO Rejects Call for Penalty-free Queue Exits
MISO is resisting clean energy developers’ calls to allow penalty-free queue withdrawals for generation projects bogged down by SPP’s affected system studies.
MISO
MISO Pledges Review of On-hold Stakeholder Ideas
MISO is refreshing its longstanding “parking lot” of improvement ideas submitted to the grid operator; some ideas have been in a holding pattern for years.
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Entergy CEO Denault Stepping Down in 2023
Entergy announced that chairman and CEO Leo Denault will step down early next year after a decade at the helm of the utility.
ACORE
ACORE Panel Lauds MISO Tx Benefits Process
A panel convened by the American Council on Renewable Energy largely agreed that MISO’s transmission benefits process could be a blueprint for the country.
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MISO, SPP Identify Hotspots for Smaller Interregional Tx Projects
MISO and SPP say they have plenty of constrained flowgates that could become candidates for smaller, cross-border transmission projects.
PJM
Illinois Climate Bill Could Force $2B in Transmission Upgrades, PJM Says
Illinois’ climate goals could cost other states in PJM and MISO tens of millions in transmission upgrades as coal and natural gas power plants are retired.
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OMS RA Summit Confronts Midwestern Supply Squeeze
State regulatory staff and MISO executives found no easy answers to solve a burgeoning reliability crisis after converging for a resource adequacy summit.
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DC Circuit Sends FERC Back to Drawing Board on MISO ROE
The battle over MISO transmission owners’ return on equity continued with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacating FERC’s order setting the rate at 10.02%.
Kentucky PSC
DC Circuit Backs Kentucky Munis on Transmission Rate ‘Pancaking’
FERC failed to consider the impact of potential rate increases when it allowed LG&E/KU to partially exit market power mitigation, the D.C. Circuit ruled.
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Entergy Beats Expectations with Q2 Earnings
Entergy easily beat analysts’ expectations with its second-quarter results, thanks to better-than-expected retail sales during the early-summer heat.

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