January 18, 2025

Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)

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Clean Grid Asks MISO for Penalty-free IC Exits
Clean Grid Alliance asked MISO to consider penalty-fee withdraws for advanced-stage interconnection projects saddled with expensive network upgrade costs.
Michigan Tech
Study: Old Mines Can Host New Pumped Storage
Michigan Tech researchers find that nearly 1000 abandoned and flooded mines in the U.S. have the potential to become long-term pumped storage facilities.
ATC
MISO Annual Transmission Package Nears $4B
A draft version of MISO’s MTEP 22 calls for $3.8 billion in spending over 364 new transmission projects in the footprint, stakeholders heard.
MISO
MISO to Limit Market Error Resettlement Times
MISO intends to adjust the time it allows itself to retroactively correct market pricing errors, stakeholders learned during a Market Subcommittee meeting.
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MISO Curbing Use of Emergency Commitment Statuses
MISO will limit when some resources can use an emergency commitment status outside of emergency conditions, hoping to prod a more available resource fleet.
MISO
MISO Makes Business Case on Long-range Transmission Plan
MISO members are voting whether to recommend MISO’s $10 billion long-range transmission buildout to the RTO’s board as staff make final pitches for the project.
Pattern Energy
FERC OKs New Queue Priority for MISO, SPP Seams Studies
FERC has approved MISO's and SPP’s plan to assign a new prioritization of projects in their respective interconnection queues for study purposes.
Vistra
MISO Customers Ask for Penalty-free Load Reductions
MISO transmission customers argued to FERC that MISO should allow customers to decrement their load penalty-free to lessen the possibility of summer blackouts.
MISO
Midwest Capacity Shortage Leads to Must-offer Talk
MISO’s capacity auction shortfall has nearly doubled its probability of load shedding in its Midwest region, prompting discussion of must-offer requirements.
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MRO Annual Reliability Conference Spotlights Need for Generation and Transmission
MRO’s annual reliability conference emphasized the inevitability of the transition to clean energy and avoiding future supply shortfalls with more generation.

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