Transmission planning in the Eastern Interconnection is well-coordinated among its planning authorities, according to EIPC.

MISO said it will approve New Orleans’ request to make the city a cost allocation zone but is deferring action on an interregional cost-sharing plan by TOs.

Stakeholders remain skeptical of a MISO-SPP plan to eliminate the joint model in favor of using their respective regional models for interregional projects.

Regulators from the SPP and MISO footprints are banding together to take on seams issues created by what one industry expert calls “RTO gerrymandering.”

FERC has allowed MISO and PJM to implement the first of a two-phase fix to remedy double-charging of congestion fees on pseudo-tied generation.

Infocast’s first SPP and MISO Markets Summit attracted participants and industry representatives from the RTOs’ footprints for panel discussions.

MISO and SPP announced they plan to relax barriers that have prevented them from agreeing to develop interregional projects.

MISO said it will revise its regional cost-sharing practices for interregional projects with SPP to match its process for PJM seams projects.

MISO says it will seek to alter SPP’s practice of levying unreserved transmission use penalties on MISO load-serving entities.

Interregional transmission planning challenges and the growth of renewable energy, particularly wind power were among the topics of discussion at the 2018 Mid-America Regulatory Conference.