MISO and SPP appear to have come up empty once again after a fourth study failed to detect a joint transmission project.

Hurricane Laura’s impending landfall along the Gulf Coast has MISO, Entergy, SPP and ERCOT bracing for grid impacts.

Southeast utilities could cut electric rates and emissions by joining an organized market, according to an Energy Innovation Policy & Technology study.

The MISO Advisory Committee discussed possible design elements of the RTO’s sector setup after FERC said the new sector is only temporary.

SPP identified a couple potential joint projects with MISO but none with Associated Electric Cooperative Inc.

MISO is not resting after FERC recently accepted its transmission cost allocation plan, promising more such work on long-term and interregional projects.

MISO’s Board of Directors is expected next month to approve MISO and PJM’s first major interregional transmission project.

FERC approved new rules likely to reduce load-modifying resources’ capacity accreditation in MISO, despite several protests from RTO members.

MISO is juggling several transmission planning activities as it faces a cascade of new gigawatts in its interconnection queue.

MISO’s first rule set for storage resources functioning as transmission assets passed muster with FERC, though James Danly opposed the plan.