The future electric grid that upends traditional utility operations may be soon, according to industry experts speaking at the MISO Market Symposium.

MISO announced that it will hold its second Market Symposium in downtown Indianapolis on Aug. 15-16.

Regulators from Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana competed to heap scorn on Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s bid to boost coal and nuclear plants.

Competitive transmission, hurricane forecasts and maximum generation alerts were among the topics at the GCPA MISO South regional conference.

The MISO board of directors stepped in to order a plan of succession for the RTO’s executive leadership, while also approving its requested 2018 budget.