MISO released details on its long-term transmission plan, intended to adapt its grid to a rapidly evolving generation portfolio.

MISO is wrapping up its 2020 Transmission Expansion Plan and eyeing next year’s planning cycle, with more renewable energy predictions.

MISO members have recommended that the RTO’s 2020 Transmission Expansion Plan proceed to final approval in December.

MISO is juggling several transmission planning activities as it faces a cascade of new gigawatts in its interconnection queue.

MISO proposed requiring upgrades needed by generation projects to reach certain voltage and price levels before they can be tested for cost-sharing eligibility.

MISO temporarily backed off requiring load-serving entities to provide the location and capacity values of distributed energy resources for planning models.

MISO floated ideas on how it could better synchronize the studies supporting its annual transmission planning and generator interconnection queue processes.

MISO presented stakeholders a long-awaited set of planning futures it insists are final despite calls for an additional scenario that models a downturn stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

MISO will use the recommendations of the Coordinated Planning Process Task Team to work on synchronizing the RTO's transmission planning and generator interconnection processes.

MISO will ask FERC to waive its June 25 deadline for developers to demonstrate site control for projects entering MISO South’s 2020 interconnection cycle.