October 7, 2024

Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)

The Boldt Co.
MISO to Assess Extending Queue’s COD Grace Period
In light of stressed-out supply chains and a bogged-down study process, MISO has agreed to re-evaluate its rules around commercial operation dates in its interconnection queue.
Ameren
FERC Approves Transmission Incentives for MVP Line
FERC approved transmission incentives for a MISO multivalue project, though Commissioner Mark Christie continues to call for a general review of transmission incentives.
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FERC: MISO Can Ban Intermittent Resources from Providing Ramp
MISO has FERC’s go-ahead to bar its renewable energy resources from supplying ramping reserves.
Entergy
Latest FERC Order on Grand Gulf Nuclear Plant Ambiguous on Refund Amount
FERC’s most recent order on an Entergy subsidiary’s tax violations and lease payment collections for the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Mississippi reignited a longstanding dispute over how much in refunds should be due to customers.
Alliant Energy
MISO Sticks with MW Caps, Higher Fees to Pare Down Queue Requests
MISO says it will file in October to put stronger obligations and more monetary risk on queue entry to weed out speculative generation projects and take pressure off its overcrowded interconnection queue.
Forrest Pearson
Minnesota PUC Mulls Lifting Ban on Aggregated DR in Wholesale Markets
Minnesota regulators discuss whether it's time to lift a 13-year ban on aggregators of retail customers bidding demand response into wholesale markets.
Ameren Missouri
FERC Approves Lower MISO Reliability Payments to Ameren Coal Plant
FERC OK'd a settlement to reduce payments to a Missouri coal plant under its system support resource agreement with MISO.
Invenergy
MISO Strengthens Resolve on Marginal Capacity Accreditation, Stakeholders Displeased
Stakeholders remain frustrated with MISO’s plan to enact a marginal capacity accreditation as staff insist that the approach will measure the true value of capacity.
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MISO South Support for Sloped Demand Curve Wanes on Opt-out Provision
State regulators of MISO South are withholding support for MISO’s plan to implement a sloped demand curve in its capacity auctions based on a proposed option for states to shield themselves from the effects.
MISO
MISO Expects Sedate Fall, Emerges Unscathed from Heat Emergency
MISO said it can likely take on fall with sufficient capacity and minimal operating challenges.

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