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By Amanda Durish Cook Tanya Paslawski at the OMS Annual Meeting in October | © RTO Insider The Organization of MISO States said Friday that Executive Director Tanya Paslawski will depart the organization at the end of the year. Paslawski has accepted a position as president of the Michigan Gas...

By Amanda Durish Cook AUSTIN, Texas — The Organization of MISO States last week reflected on its 15 years of existence and looked ahead to how its member states can best accommodate an evolving grid. OMS Annual Meeting | © RTO Insider During the organization’s Annual Meeting on Oct. 26,...

RSC, OMS to Take Crack at Interregional Issues | Aces OMAHA, Neb. — State regulators from the SPP and MISO footprints are banding together to take on seams issues created by what one industry expert calls “RTO gerrymandering.” Commissioners sitting on SPP’s Regional State Committee and MISO’s Organization of MISO...

By Amanda Durish Cook CARMEL, Ind. — MISO’s supply picture for the next five years is less rosy — and less clear — than it was a year ago, according to an annual capacity survey released Friday in conjunction with the Organization of MISO States. This year’s OMS-MISO resource adequacy...

By Amanda Durish Cook CARMEL, Ind. — ‎MISO is proposing to eliminate a footprint-wide postage stamp rate and change its rules for market efficiency projects to include regional cost allocation for transmission projects under 345 kV. Moser | © RTO Insider The RTO wants to lower its cost allocation threshold to...

A clean energy consultant told Midwest regulators Tuesday that a future footprint with more renewables would benefit from modern transmission technologies. Rob Gramlich, president and founder of Grid Strategies, said transmission technologies — dynamic line ratings, flow control devices and network topology optimization — will help manage congestion. “We’re looking...

By Amanda Durish Cook The Organization of MISO States on Monday called on FERC to order the nation’s utilities to cut rates in response to a recent reduction in federal corporate taxes. OMS board members last week unanimously approved sending the commission a letter outlining their position after Executive Director...

By Amanda Durish Cook CHICAGO — The Organization of MISO States (OMS) last week failed to reach consensus on how to respond to MISO’s plans to allocate costs for smaller transmission projects that produce broader economic benefits for the grid. OMS is slated to present its suggestions on cost allocation...

By Amanda Durish Cook CHICAGO — State regulators, their staff and utility executives proved reluctant to be pinned down on predictions about the future of the grid during a spirited question-and-answer session at the annual meeting of the Organization of MISO States (OMS) last week. Deora | © RTO Insider...

After hosting a distributed energy resources conference early this month, the Organization of MISO States has formed a temporary work group to formulate ideas on incorporating DER into the grid. The group will report to the OMS board, OMS Executive Director Tanya Paslawski said at a board meeting Thursday. She...