MISO and SPP announced a yearlong transmission study to identify projects with “comprehensive, cost-effective and efficient upgrades.”

MISO and SPP regulators are close to asking the RTOs for improvements to transmission operations on their seam as their market monitors wind down a study.

The Organization of MISO States continues to signal its grid operator that regulators are ready for dynamic transmission line ratings in the footprint.

The growth of DER means the MISO grid will become increasingly fraught with planning challenges that require target responses, stakeholders heard.

Regulators in MISO and SPP states are looking into the RTOs’ inability to develop interregional projects intended to relieve congestion across seams.

MISO’s Monitor found no major concerns with performance in MISO South, but wants the RTO to better handle short-notice and unreported generation outages.

OMS will examine the revolving door policies of its member states after its president departed to take a job with a wind energy trade association.

MISO executives and some of its state regulators provided sharply contrasting visions of the grid’s move away from fossil fuels and toward renewables.

Stakeholders at the Organization of MISO States’ annual meeting debated the merits of interregional transmission planning between MISO and SPP.

The outgoing president of the Organization of MISO States used his final address to once again press the RTO to develop a long-term transmission plan.