MISO’s Advisory Committee is deliberating whether state regulators elected to the RTO’s Board of Directors should be subject to the same “cooling-off” period required for industry executives.

Several MISO stakeholders are criticizing Tariff filings the RTO plans to make by the end of the year to free up an additional 5 to 10 GW of capacity.

The MISO Board of Directors approved allocating $20.5 million for another year of the RTO’s ongoing effort to replace its market platform.

MISO’s 10 sectors are split over whether state regulators should be subjected to a one-year moratorium before they’re eligible to serve on the RTO’s board.

MISO’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve the 2018 Transmission Expansion Plan in its entirety despite stakeholder objections.

MISO membership re-elected Directors Phyllis Currie and Mark Johnson while also electing sitting Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Chair Nancy Lange.

MISO staff are seeking to advance the RTO’s full 2018 Transmission Expansion Plan despite stakeholder objections to two projects.

MISO unveiled its annual Transmission Expansion Plan, consisting of 434 transmission projects valued at $3 billion.

A systemwide emergency, market innovations and the relatively calm summer topped the discussions at MISO’s Board of Directors meetings.

MISO’s replacement of its market platform is complete, with the RTO now settling at five-minute intervals.