The MISO Energy Storage Task Force will get a new lease on life: as an expert advisory panel on increasingly sophisticated storage issues.

MISO plans to hold a final Order 841 workshop on Oct. 10 to complete its collection of stakeholder opinions on its energy storage participation model.

SPP stakeholders approved staff’s recommendation to remove AEP’s Wind Catcher project from the 2019 ITP assessment scope.

National Grid has begun operating a vanadium redox-flow battery (VRB) with its solar PV array in Massachusetts to demonstrate utility operation of storage.

CAISO moved to update its rules to make it easier for energy storage and distributed energy resources (ESDER) to participate efficiently in its markets.

The MISO Steering Committee approved an expanded role for the Energy Storage Task Force, provided it doesn’t impede discussions in other stakeholder forums.

In a special conference call, MISO officials went over how the RTO would treat energy storage resources in its markets in compliance with FERC Order 841.

FERC denied Southern California Edison’s proposal to treat its energy storage customers differently from its retail and wholesale ratepayers.

MISO is probing what eligibility requirements it should establish before allowing energy storage resources to function as transmission assets.

FERC accepted MISO’s compliance filing spelling out rules for its new energy storage category, rejecting a protest and rehearing request by IPL.