The cost of MISO’s 2021 Transmission Expansion Plan is set to ring in substantially below last year’s spending level, the RTO said at a planning meeting.

MISO will draw on its new planning futures to build the first set of models that could result in the long-term transmission plan’s first projects.

MISO state regulators debated what to include in a list of guidance principles on transmission project cost allocation they will send to the RTO.

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 sticking with its usual slate of transmission planning studies for 2021, opting not to include specially targeted analyses in MTEP 21

A MISO board committee unanimously voted to send the $4 billion MTEP 2020 to the full board for a vote in December.

MISO released details on its long-term transmission plan, intended to adapt its grid to a rapidly evolving generation portfolio.

MISO is wrapping up its 2020 Transmission Expansion Plan and eyeing next year’s planning cycle, with more renewable energy predictions.

MISO members have recommended that the RTO’s 2020 Transmission Expansion Plan proceed to final approval in December.