Arkansas Commissioner Ted Thomas says his recent decision to step down from the state’s regulatory body is simply a matter of making room for his successor.

A working group inventorying rate pancaking issues on the MISO-SPP seams have developed a strawman with four recommendations to improve transmission service.

MISO’s board of directors gathering covered concern over slipping capacity reserves as heat blistered the footprint and forced emergency preparations.

MISO and the Organization of MISO States’ 2022 resource adequacy survey again sounded the supply alarm rung from the 2022/23 capacity auction results.

The Organization of MISO States is preparing a letter to MISO leadership to stress resource adequacy work following the last month’s capacity auction.

MISO and SPP state regulators plan to involve themselves in the RTOs’ discussions about sharing costs from their joint interconnection queue study.

The Organization of MISO States emphasized the footprint’s deteriorating resource adequacy during its annual meeting.

State regulatory staff and MISO continued to debate  the potential billions in spending called for in the RTO’s long-range transmission plan.

MISO and the Organization of MISO States said things are looking up in their annual resource adequacy assessment.

The MISO-SPP joint targeted interconnection queue study has moved into its technical phase with a promise of more stakeholder involvement.