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CARMEL, Ind. — MISO told stakeholders last week it is confident the RTO’s shortage pricing rules are compliant with FERC’s Sept. 17 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (RM15-24). The rule would trigger shortage pricing “for any dispatch interval when a shortage of energy or operating reserves occurs.” MISO employs an operating...

By Amanda Durish Cook CARMEL, Ind. — MISO will not raise its energy offer cap for the coming winter but will ask FERC to approve another waiver allowing recovery of costs above $1,000/MWh through uplift. MISO officials told the Market Subcommittee on Oct. 27 that they were responding to stakeholder...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Board of Directors’ System Planning Committee last week reviewed the status of the 2015 MISO Transmission Expansion Plan, dissecting a few large and contentious projects. MTEP15, which will be finalized by the board in December, is expected to include 357 projects valued at $2.6 billion.

By Amanda Durish Cook LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — MISO’s Board of Directors voted last week to switch to a quarterly meeting schedule from its current every-other-month calendar, a change likely to also be adopted by the Advisory Committee. The changes are the first to result from the RTO’s stakeholder process...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — MISO is cool and collected heading into the winter, staff told the Markets Committee of the Board of Directors on Wednesday. Todd Ramey, vice president for system operations and market services, said the RTO has 146 GW of capacity available to serve the estimated winter peak...

The Planning Advisory Committee wrapped up stakeholders’ review of the draft 2015 MISO Transmission Expansion Plan with a vote of support last week. The System Planning Committee will consider the plan in December. MTEP15 contains about 352 transmission projects valued at a total of about $2.4 billion. (See MISO Proposes...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s liberal wing indicated support Wednesday for FERC’s jurisdiction over demand response, but the commission faced harsh questions from conservatives Antonin Scalia and Chief Justice John Roberts and swing vote Anthony Kennedy. Kennedy and Scalia challenged Solicitor General Donald Verrilli’s arguments on...

By Amanda Durish Cook and Tom Kleckner INDIANAPOLIS — MISO and SPP have filed a settlement agreement with FERC allowing MISO to use the SPP transmission system to transfer power freely between its North and South regions. The settlement (ER14-1174, et al.) eliminates the $9.57/MWh hurdle rate established in 2014...

By Tom Kleckner MISO staff said Friday they will recommend three economic projects be included in the 2015 MISO Transmission Expansion Plan. The projects in Southern Indiana, East Texas and Central Arkansas have a projected cost of $281 million, including $85 million that PJM will pay for its share of...