Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)

MISO Pledges Work on Affected System Studies
MISO said it will approach SPP about improving the processes underpinning affected system studies in response to stakeholders’ persistent calls for change.
MISO Begins Longterm Tx Modeling
MISO will draw on its new planning futures to build the first set of models that could result in the long-term transmission plan’s first projects.
MISO, SPP Regulators Call for Pancaking Fix, Smaller Projects
SPP and MISO regulators would like to see the RTOs improve seams relations by resolving rate pancaking and adding a smaller interregional project category.
‘Participant Funding’ Violates FPA, Grid Groups Say
RTO policies assigning network upgrades to interconnection customers are no longer just and reasonable, renewable advocates said in a new report.
SPP, MISO See $22.8M in M2M Settlements
SPP staff assured stakeholders they are looking into the causes of congestion around the MISO seam following a third month of record M2M settlements.
MISO Questions VOLL Pricing During Abnormal Events
After Hurricane Laura’s landfall, MISO is questioning whether its value-of-lost load should be used to price energy during extraordinary weather events.
MISO Intends to Add Seasonal Capacity Auction
MISO plans to subdivide its annual capacity auction by seasons to better manage reliability risks caused by renewables’ growing share of the resource mix.
MISO Holds 1st DER Task Force Meeting
Stakeholders asked MISO for simpler interconnection studies during the inaugural meeting of The Distributed Energy Resources Task Force.
2020 a Year of Challenges for SPP, Sugg
Last year SPP's Board of Directors appointed Barbara Sugg as CEO, and she wasted little time implementing her vision for the RTO.
MISO Bends to Renewable Realities in ’20, ’21
In 2020 MISO managed remotely, redefining reliability standards, reorganizing its capacity market and launching a long-term transmission planning effort.

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