MISO want to improve how owners of LMRs interact with a communications system that some think hampered the RTO’s response to a grid emergency this winter.

MISO’s most recent maximum generation emergency is yet another portent of its increasing need to rethink grid operations, execs told the Board of Directors.

MISO foresees a “modest probability” it will declare a systemwide maximum generation event this spring.

MISO managed its eighth maximum generation event in six years last month despite the difficulty of pulling together the forecast leading up to the episode.

Record-breaking cold brought multiple appeals for conservation from utilities in the northern portions of MISO's footprint.

Lessons from the Jan. 17 MISO South emergency resulted in smoother management of the Sept. 15 emergency in the region, RTO officials told stakeholders.

MISO Advisory Committee members discussed how to ensure sufficient energy supply at the RTO’s Board Week.

The MISO Reliability Subcommittee (RSC) discussed a recent RTO white paper on resource availability, including the increasing frequency of max gen events.

Monitor David Patton said that although MISO markets and operations performed well over a warmer-than-usual summer, there is room for improvement.

Increased natural gas prices and congestion in MISO South boosted energy prices 23% in June, the RTO reported in an Informational Forum.