MISO Advisory Committee (AC)
MISO, PJM and SPP have failed for years to find a suitable replacement for a 20-year-old system reference they use to portion out flow rights on their system, the so-called freeze date.
At their quarterly meetup, MISO members largely agreed there won’t be an easy path to achieving decarbonization affordably for customers.
MISO continues to try to get a bead on load growth and took stakeholder suggestions on how to best monitor sizable future load additions across the footprint.
MISO said its cost of doing business is set to escalate within the next four years, spawning bigger operating budgets and heftier member dues.
Members of MISO’s Advisory Committee emphasized that all players in the footprint need to act swiftly to position themselves for “hyperscale” load growth and the EPA’s new carbon rule.
MISO members pondered at Board Week over how quickly the full impact of Order 2222 will be felt across the footprint.
Multiple MISO members appeared skeptical at their quarterly meetings that the RTO is destined to face capacity shortfalls before the turn of the decade.
Outgoing Organization of MISO States Executive Director Marcus Hawkins appeared before the RTO’s Advisory Committee for a final time before taking on a new role as a Wisconsin PSC commissioner.
MISO wades into the battle over who will build the Iowa portions of its long-range transmission projects after a court found the state’s right of first refusal law unconstitutional.
Just three of MISO’s 11 member sectors voted to support the RTO’s $9 billion 2023 Transmission Expansion Plan.
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