MISO staff said they will recommend three economic projects be included in the 2015 MISO Transmission Expansion Plan.

MISO told FERC that a group of wind generators alleging special treatment for external generators misunderstands the purpose of the M2 milestone payment in the RTO’s interconnection process.

A round-up of issues discussed by stakeholders at the MISO Planning Advisory Committee on Sept. 16, 2015.

MISO revealed yet another twist in its deliberations over two southern Indiana transmission projects, leading some stakeholders to question whether RTO officials are following their planning rules.

The MISO PAC deferred for a future meeting a vote on Wind on the Wires’ request to require external generators seeking network resource interconnection service to pay the dollars-per-megawatt portion of M2 milestone costs.

Two of three proposed MISO-SPP interregional projects touted to offer $235 million in benefits look much less attractive following additional modeling and are likely doomed.

MISO planners who just completed the third phase of a study on the Clean Power Plan said last week that a “multibillion dollar” transmission build-out will be necessary in almost every compliance scenario they’ve anticipated.

News that MISO is reconsidering a market congestion project in Southern Indiana sparked renewed complaints from developers over the RTO’s transmission planning processes.

MISO stakeholders have submitted recommendations for refining the out-of-cycle request process in the wake of transmission developer complaints.

A list of joint transmission projects between MISO and SPP has been trimmed and sent further down the line toward possible board approval late this year.