MISO stakeholders said another round of expensive system upgrades would render its West planning region a “dead zone” for new generation.

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

PJM stakeholders endorsed an installed reserve margin of 14.4%, down from 14.8% in 2019, along with new winter weekly reserve targets.

After years of using its own generator interconnection cost allocation method, ATC will transition to MISO’s after FERC gave the company its approval.

MISO is considering how to restrict generation developers’ ability to change the fuel type of proposed projects in the interconnection queue.

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

FERC said MISO’s Tariff was silent on the issue of whether a generation project can switch from wind to solar while in the RTO’s interconnection queue.

The Sustainable FERC Project has released an interactive map of MISO’s interconnection queue, highlighting many renewable gigawatts the footprint has lost out on.

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

PJM's Planning Committee endorsed the use of a 13-year load model with data from 2002-2014 for the 2020 reserve requirement study.