MISO officials answered questions about the capacity shortfalls and expensive prices in the 2022/23 auction while stakeholders asked for more supply data.

FERC challenged the transmission formula rate protocols of five Western utilities, saying they lack sufficient transparency and customer protections.

Stakeholders told MISO it should use a consistent capacity accreditation process for both its conventional and non-thermal generators.

MISO and SPP planners discussed the prospects of Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue projects at the Missouri Energy Initiative Midwest Energy Policy Series.

SPP stakeholders have rejected a recommendation to stick with the status quo when it comes to adding counterflow optimization to the congestion-hedging process.

SPP and MISO began gathering feedback on ways they can pass the hat for seven joint transmission projects that could enable almost 29 GW of new generation.

MISO’s 2022/23 capacity auction saw all its Midwest zones clearing at the nearly $240/MW-day cost of new entry, signaling a need for additional generation.

MISO convened a special edition of its Planning Advisory Committee to drive home the urgency for more than $10 billion in long-range transmission projects.

MISO announced this week that it’s contemplating adding a class of smaller, congestion-relieving projects under its annual transmission planning.

Conservation groups have asked Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources to revoke permits for the embattled Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission line.