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

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 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.

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

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

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

MISO’s Board of Directors appointed Director Phyllis Currie to serve as its chair, replacing current Chairman Michael Curran.

MISO’s effort to replace its market platform will likely come in slightly over budget and is at risk of delay because of project snags with vendor GE.

Officials at MISO Board Week meetings pondered why the RTO is likely to face an increasing frequency of emergency conditions in the near future.