October 12, 2024

MISO long-range transmission plan (LRTP)

American Transmission Co.
Cardinal-Hickory Creek Line Fully Energized 13 Years After MISO Approval
Thirteen years after it was recommended by MISO, the 102-mile, $655 million, often-controversial Cardinal-Hickory Creek line is completely in service.
MISO
MISO Affirms Commitment to $21.8B Long-range Tx Plan in Final Workshops
MISO staff are resolute that a collection of 24 proposed, mostly 765 kV projects totaling $21.8 billion is a “least-regrets” avenue to achieving members’ resource planning, despite misgivings from some members.
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MISO Members See No Easy Fix for Making Transition Affordable
At their quarterly meetup, MISO members largely agreed there won’t be an easy path to achieving decarbonization affordably for customers.
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MISO, Monitor at Stalemate over Need for $21B Long-range Tx Plan
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
MISO Says 2nd Long-range Tx Plan to Cost $21B, Deliver Double in Benefits
MISO said its second, mostly 765-kV long-range transmission plan will provide the Midwest region with at least a 1.9:1 benefit-cost ratio, a metric that was greeted with skepticism by Independent Market Monitor David Patton.
MISO, SPP
MISO, SPP Try Again to Find Joint Seam Projects
After five fruitless attempts to agree on joint transmission projects across their seams, MISO and SPP will use what they call a “blended joint model” in parallel with existing SPP and MISO regional models.
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MISO Queue Critiques Take Focus at Infocast Midcontinent Conference
Infocast’s inaugural Midcontinent Clean Energy summit provided panelists a pulpit for critiquing MISO’s interconnection queue setup as it strains under the weight of hundreds of gigawatts intended to further fleet shift and meet load growth.
Alliant Energy
Research Firm Emphasizes MISO Queue’s Wait Times, Bigger Projects, Tx Influence
A recent webinar from Texas-based analytics firm Aurora Energy Research drew attention to promising and troubling trends alike in MISO’s interconnection queue process.
ACEG
Electric Sector Added just 55 Miles of New Transmission in 2023

ACEG found the U.S. electricity industry added just 55 miles of new high-voltage transmission to the grid last year, despite estimates the system will need to expand rapidly in the near future.

DOE
DOE Awards $371M to Regulators, Communities Grappling with New Tx
DOE awarded $371 million to state regulatory agencies to accelerate transmission permitting and to communities impacted by major interstate projects.

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