FERC has upheld its order that MISO and SPP fix their overlapping congestion charges on pseudo-ties despite a rehearing request from MISO.

Major transmission construction will help the grid tolerate increasingly severe weather, panelists said at a recent ACORE webinar.

State commission staff from MISO South questioned MISO's long-range transmission plan at an Entergy State Regional Committee meeting.

Texas PUC staff and ERCOT staff have been "living on coffee and anger" as they work together to redesign the state's deregulated market.

The postage-stamp cost allocation method for long-term transmission projects might be coming back in vogue in MISO.

Solar has overtaken wind in the interconnection queues of MISO and SPP as declining PV costs make solar attractive even in wind belt states.

The Midwest Reliability Organization said extremely hot temperatures will continue to be an area of concern for its planning coordinators through September.

MISO said it will probably use its existing affected system study as a model to study interconnecting DER aggregations under FERC Order 2222. 

MISO's proposed seasonal accreditation for capacity resources remains a point of contention among the RTO, its Market Monitor and the stakeholder community.

MISO defended its June 10 decision to call an emergency to access load-modifying resources at last week's Market Subcommittee meeting.