MISO told the Planning Advisory Committee that it will conduct three new separate, but related, studies this year to identify a transmission solution for the RTO’s constrained interface between its North and South regions.

MISO stakeholders are asking to review the scenarios for MTEP 17 because of the uncertainty of carbon-emission policies under the Trump administration.

MISO told its Planning Subcommittee that it and PJM are not optimistic that they can use common assumptions in their interregional transmission planning.

The 2016 MISO Transmission Expansion Plan, with 383 projects totaling $2.7 billion, unanimously passed the Board of Directors’ review Dec. 7.

At last week's MISO Planning Advisory Committee, stakeholders predicted that the proposed changes to the interconnection queue will face challenges at FERC.

The length of the Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL) project in MISO MTEP 16 will have to be extended, increasing its cost and reducing its benefit-cost ratio.

MISO began working with stakeholders to refine its behind-the-meter generation procedures with a special meeting at which it dropped hints on changes it might seek.

MISO said it will work to improve the role of the Planning Advisory Committee in interregional matters following complaints that the committee was hearing after the fact about IPSAC decisions.

MISO wants to end the White Pine SSR for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, saying the ATC transmission reconfiguration will ensure reliability.

SPP and MISO are inching closer to agreement on a second joint transmission study on their seams, though they continue to disagree how “targeted” a targeted study should be.