MISO Planning Subcommittee
MISO has multiple planning topics to tackle on the horizon, with work involving an update of merchant HVDC interconnection procedures, making expedited transmission project reviews more manageable, and evaluating co-located load and generation seeking interconnection.
MISO’s exploratory study on alleviating near-term transmission congestion has led the RTO to consider adding near-term economic benefits to its existing long-term economic planning.
MISO is seeking ways to modify its annual transmission plan and make it easier for stakeholders to suggest alternatives to TOs’ project proposals.
Renewable supporters were frustrated about what they perceived as MISO’s premature declaration that its planning studies are above reproach.
The MISO Planning Subcommittee urged members to prepare for its new Model Manager and reported nearly 900 active transmission projects.
MISO is wrapping up its 2020 Transmission Expansion Plan and eyeing next year’s planning cycle, with more renewable energy predictions.
MISO is juggling several transmission planning activities as it faces a cascade of new gigawatts in its interconnection queue.
The cost estimation guide for MISO’s 2020 transmission planning cycle will for the first time include upfront and long-term cost estimates for HVDC lines.
MISO is considering updating solar and wind generation dispatch assumptions in its reliability planning models with projections rather than historical data.
MISO will this year draw on three sets of contributors to create its load forecast for 2020 transmission planning.
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