SPP and MISO staff shared with the SPP Seams Steering Committee additional details on the yearlong transmission study the RTOs will soon pursue.

Two recently announced special transmission planning efforts could have MISO members soon stringing miles of new wires across the footprint.

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.

FERC left MISO transmission owners’ ability to self-fund network upgrades intact over a protest from AWEA and the dissent of Commissioner Richard Glick.

MISO members are urging the RTO to implement dynamic line ratings, saying the benefits would outweigh the costs.

With a challenging summer in the rearview, MISO expects more traditional reliability risks this fall while making blueprints for an industry roiled by change.

The pandemic continues to clamp down on MISO’s spending, with the RTO again predicting to be millions under budget by the end of the year.

Uneconomic self-commitments of coal resources in MISO’s footprint are not occurring at the clip that critics imagine, the RTO’s Monitor said.

MISO’s and SPP’s state regulators gave the RTOs’ staffs an opportunity to respond to their monitors’ suggestions for improving interregional coordination.

MISO and SPP announced a yearlong transmission study to identify projects with “comprehensive, cost-effective and efficient upgrades.”