October 7, 2024

Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)

We Energies
MISO Holds Steady in Mid-Jan. Storm with Help from Wind
MISO dodged the need for emergency procedures during a mid-January cold blast that brought consecutive days of subzero temperatures to the Midwest.
WisEye
Wisconsin Senate Votes to Fire Commissioner Huebner 4 Years into Job
Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled Senate voted to reject Public Service Commissioner Tyler Huebner’s nomination to the commission — nearly four years into his time there.
Xcel Energy
Xcel Says Coal Retirements on Track Despite South Dakota PUC’s Plea for Extensions
Xcel Energy insists its plan to retire two Minnesota coal plants won’t mar reliability even though the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission sent a letter urging the utility to hold off on shutting down the units.
IBEW
Christie Denounces Tx Incentive Process as FERC Approves More MISO LRTP Project Perks
Mark Christie used FERC’s latest order on transmission incentives to condemn the process as requests for incentives come in from several MISO’s long-range transmission projects.
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Stakeholders Ask MISO to Share New Order 2222 Go-live Date ASAP
MISO stakeholders pushed the RTO to publish sooner rather than later a new deadline for accepting aggregators of distributed resources into its markets.
Calumet
FERC Orders $66.7M in Penalties and Disgorgement on Linde and NIPSCO
FERC ordered Linde and NIPSCO to pay a combined $66.7 million in penalties and disgorgement for manipulating MISO’s demand response program.
Grid North Partners
FERC Approves Dairyland Incentives for Minn.-Wis. Transmission Line
FERC OKd Dairyland Power Coop’s requested rate incentives for the Wilmarth-North Rochester-Tremval project, a 169-mile line spanning Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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MISO Year in Review: 2023 — and Likely 2024 — Dedicated to Deflecting Reliability Issues
MISO juggled several projects over 2023 designed to fend off imminent reliability problems and will keep up the multitasking in 2024.
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FERC Upholds MISO Ban on Renewables Supplying Ancillary Services
FERC has reaffirmed that MISO can exclude renewable resources from providing ancillary services in its markets.
Entergy
Former Employee Details Failures at Entergy’s Grand Gulf
A former Grand Gulf nuclear plant employee testified he witnessed mismanagement by supervisors and was fired for refusing to revise audits documenting problems.  

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