MISO has enacted conservative operations, a hot weather alert and a capacity advisory for its Midwest region ahead of a widespread heat wave set to bake the U.S. this week.

MISO stakeholders are trying to figure out what transmission service requirements the grid operator has in place for battery storage that charges from the grid.

MISO proposes megawatt limits on annual project proposals, tripled entry fees and escalating penalty charges in its quest to oust speculative projects and lighten its gridlocked interconnection queue.

MISO has shortened one of the 345-kV lines contained in its $2 billion Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue portfolio with SPP, which will lower costs.

FERC approved LS Power’s request for rate incentives for the first competitive project surfacing from MISO’s long-range transmission plan.

MISO says it will add a study to its planning process early next year to identify transmission reliability issues caused by distributed energy resources.  

MISO said it will debut a task team dedicated to improving its credit policy as market participants experience more price volatility in the market and default risk grows.

MISO and the Organization of MISO States’ resource adequacy survey warned that a more than 9-GW shortfall could loom by the decade’s end, though it painted an adequate supply picture for the upcoming year.

MISO IMM David Patton appeared before the Market Subcommittee to again criticize the future resource mix assumptions MISO is using to craft a second long-range transmission plan.

DTE Energy reached an agreement with Michigan officials and environmental groups to add more renewable power and phase out coal use by 2032.