MISO Planning Advisory Committee (PAC)
MISO transmission planners outlined three possible congestion-busting projects in Louisiana and a “skeleton” of potential projects from an overlay study.
MISO is planning to eliminate temporary suspensions of generating resources, a move the RTO says will provide resource owners more flexibility.
MISO is recommending the addition of a fourth future to its 2018 transmission planning to reflect localized carbon reduction efforts and battery storage.
MISO spent $1.3 million to evaluate construction bids in its first competitive transmission process, funded by the 11 developers that submitted proposals.
Preliminary results of the MISO and SPP '16 coordinated system study are in, and the RTOs say one project has potential, but it fails MISO’s cost threshold.
The futures assumptions for the MISO 2017 Transmission Expansion Plan (MTEP) are finalized, with the RTO granting its South region a different future weighting.
MISO told the Planning Advisory Committee that it will conduct three new separate, but related, studies this year to identify a transmission solution for the RTO’s constrained interface between its North and South regions.
MISO stakeholders are asking to review the scenarios for MTEP 17 because of the uncertainty of carbon-emission policies under the Trump administration.
After seven years as MISO Planning Advisory Committee chairman, "PAC MAN" Bob McKee has announced he will not seek re-election.
The MISO Planning Advisory Committee discussed making retirement notices public, including energy storage in interconnection rules and charging for Quarterly Operating Limit studies.
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