Former Southern California Edison Senior Vice President Erik Takayesu is joining MISO’s Board of Directors.

The MISO Board of Directors hit the high notes of resource adequacy anxiety, a possible new member with experience at Southern California Edison and an annual budget that will creep past $400 million.

MISO’s quarterly public meetup with its board of directors put on display the unrelenting rift between the RTO’s planners and the Independent Market Monitor over MISO’s $21 billion in long-range transmission planning.

MISO’s new day-ahead market clearing engine should move into standalone production near the end of September following a delay in testing, RTO executives said.

MISO and its board are scrutinizing the steps they can take to preserve institutional knowledge on the board of directors as they confront half of board members reaching term limits this year and next.

MISO’s Independent Market Monitor told the board the RTO must crack down on confirmations to prevent more phony demand response from infiltrating its markets.

MISO’s base operating budget will increase 15% in 2024, mostly due to the grid operator adding about 70 staff positions.

The MISO Board of Directors next year will boast a former Ford Motor Co. executive after a vote of MISO membership.

The MISO Board of Directors addressed adding a former Ford executive to its ranks and MISO's proposed, nearly $400 million 2024 budget.

MISO officials said they probably could have held off their decision to call a summertime emergency in late August.